International Day

For the past few weeks, Noah's co-op has been learning about different places in the world. Each parent volunteers to expose the children to a new culture and today I got to teach the children about South Korea. I brought in Korean Shingo Pears, I taught them how to make kim-bap, and afterschool each child got a rice cake larger than the size of their face! We played a matching game with Hwatoo cards and the children also got to paint Korean fans. I really enjoyed exposing the kids to part of Noah's culture. What will I do next year???

REDCAT International Children’s Film Festival

Today we ventured to downtown LA to check out the 6th annual REDCAT International Children’s Film Festival (located next to the Disney Concert Hall pictured above). We saw short animated films from Germany, Canada, and the UK. Micah did pretty good sitting through the show (he got antsy during the last film) and Noah really enjoyed the shows. It was a great family outing. I would like to go next month before the festival is over... will that happen???

Tumbling class- session 2

Noah completed his second session of Tumbling class. He is learning so many things: tuck jumps, balance beam, and straddle flips! One of Noah's favorite things to do is the bars. I signed him up for his third session... what else will he learn???

Noah's haircut

Today we went to get Noah's haircut. It's been a long time since his last haircut and even though I like his long silky hair we knew it was getting too long when I could braid it! Here is his new look... pretty cute eh???

Date with Bubbe

Noah got to spend some one on one time with Bubbe. Here is what he described....

"I went to the new park that Bubbe took me. And then Bubbe took me to lunch. I ate a hamburger, milkshake and it was a new flavor, and then we played PacMan. I saw a dog race. They put them in a box and when they say go they run and then they get dog food. I asked two people can I pet your dogs and then they said yes. Next time it's Micah's turn to go with Bubbe because he didn't got a chance to go with Bubbe."

I'm not sure if this is 100% correct... only Bubbe can corroborate the story... but milkshakes, dog races, and a park sounds like fun, don't you think???

Swim time

Noah is taking swim lessons at the Santa Monica YMCA with a few of his friends. It's so nice that he is able to learn this skill with a bunch of his buddies from preschool. Here they are in the locker room right before they head out to lessons. How will they react to the instructors???

Another blessing

We were on our way to preschool when my front bumper was hit after two cars collided (one ran a red). The car pictured is NOT my car, it's the one that hit me after it hit the car that ran the red. This blog entry is entitled "Another blessing" because we were rear ended about 6 months ago, and like that accident no one was severely hurt. Thank God. Now we have to deal with the aftermath of insurance and fixing the car, which is not how I want to spend my time, but again, a blessing that we are all okay. Can anyone help me avoid being in the wrong place at the wrong time???

Pasta day

Noah learned how to make fresh pasta at preschool today. It was so much fun watching the kids make and then eat their pasta! Isn't it cool that his preschool does activities like this???