New Haircut

Today I gave in. Robyn has been asking me to get her haircut. You know the way little kids ask repeatedly several times a day. She wanted bangs. Well, we just grew them out and I wasn't any hurry to chop them off as it takes a long time to grow those suckers out. But --- Annalise got bangs a few months ago so that meant Robyn now wanted bangs. She always wants whatever Annalise has or does. Sometimes it's cute and sometimes it's just downright annoying.

Jeff & Annalise were in SF this weekend to watch a Giants game and run a 5k race the next morning. So I needed to find something to do that was fun. Last night we saw the new Shrek movie (if you haven't seen it yet, wait until it comes out on DVD) and today she got her haircut.

front view
back view

I like the haircut but she looks so different with bangs. I especially like how the back turned out. The hairdresser really cut it well. Now we will just have to see what happens the next time it's washed -- will it look as cute when I get ahold of it? That is the million dollar question.

New Camera

My new camera.

I bought on sale from Best Buy last Monday. I'm still trying to figure it out so don't expect perfect pictures -- yet. Annalise is also excited because I gave her my old camera. She's been having fun taking pictures of everything.

Preschool Graduation

This week was Robyn's last day at preschool -- next year it's kindergarten! It was an interesting year. Due to my mistake (okay, it was a huge mistake -- but it's one that takes a lot of explaining so I'll save that for another time) she ended up having to sit out for a month. But thanks to the teachers & Dad she was able to finish the last month with her friends.

waiting for graduation to start

Receiving her certificate. I claim no responsibility for her hair. She did that all on her own. You should have seen her before school. She was also rocking these big neon green glasses. Madonna, here she comes.

enjoying an after program cupcake

with her preschool teachers

Music Mania

Music Mania was the district's music department's fundraiser. Elementary school music class are going to be cut so the department set up this eight hour music extravaganza in order to raise money. So, Annalise got to play again. We also got to see the UC Davis marching band play. They were really good and very fun to watch!

(These pictures turned out because they were outside. I guess my camera just doesn't like indoor shots.)

I so want a new camera

I so need a new camera! This week was Annalise's first band concert. In her school district fifth graders get to start taking band and she chose learn how to play the flute.

Granted this concert featured first year elementary school band members but I thought they did well. If anything, they were certainly better than they were in September!

So with this momentuous occasion, so of course I wanted to take pictures. Did I tell you my camera stinks? For most of the time I like my camera. I've had it for four years and it has served me well --- unless I'm taking indoor pictures. This is what happens:

everything is dark when I use the auto setting. So I change the setting to indoor shots. This is what I get:

now everything is blurry. I usually take okay pictures so I'm thinking that it's not just me. Right?????

I think I need to buy a new camera and Annalise can have my old one. It will be perfect for her. Right now I have a Canon Powershot, any suggestions?

Mother's Day Weekend

Now I don't have pictures of Mother's Day but rest assured it was a nice day. We received roses and chocolate at church. That night Jeff's mother & family came down for dinner. Jeff & the girls made a delicious dinner (and cleaned up afterwards -- even better). It was a great day.

I do have pictures of the other things we did that weekend. The Dixon May Fair was going on that weekend. I entered three things (see below) into the fair and only received one ribbon for the dress. Disappointing, yes, but it's a popular fair and there were a lot of entries to compete against. (That's what I keep telling myself.) Robyn was excited to see her things in the fair and she was just a little bit nervous. When we were leaving the fair she wanted us to go back and get her things.

On Saturday the whole family went to see the River Cats play in Sacramento. It was a beautiful day but once the sun went down it quickly got cold. Jeff was probably the coldest as he graciously let Annalise have his sweatshirt. Though he did say next time he's bringing 3 sweatshirts so he will have at least one to wear.

It's going to be awhile before Robyn gets to go to another baseball game. She was asking to leave during the first inning! We did manage to stay until the seventh inning. In Robyn's defense, it was a long game. When we left the River Cats were in the lead by 11 runs!

A very unhappy little girl.

Loop the Lagoon 2010

Saturday was Annalise's first 5k.

She told us a while ago that she wanted to do the 5k and not the 1/2 mile kids run. So, the last couple of months Jeff has been training her. Before the race their longest run was 2 miles. Due to a mix up on the course they ended up running closer to 4 miles rather than the usual 3.1. Jeff was ticked but even with the longer distance Annalise manged to run the entire race.

Robyn didn't race this year. The girl has a definite falling problem. Everytime she runs, she falls down -- just check her knees. So instead she played at the finish line while I walked the 2 mile course with a friend. Her older girls watched Robyn so I didn't need to take the stroller.


Afterwards we headed to Panera. While eating breakfast Robyn asked Jeff if she could run next year. Of course he said yes. That's when she asked if he could "twain her." How cute is that! I guess she's seen how much fun Jeff & Annalise are having with running together that she wants in on the fun (though I personally don't see the fun).