Tug A Bug test ride

We are in the market for a new ride for Aanika. She's getting too big to continue riding in the Burley when we're out on a bike ride so we're thinking of buying a Tug A Bug. Aanika's not too excited about it but everyone at the bike shop were rooting for her during the test ride!

The Hummingbirds Fighting

Wow, I sure do love it here. A little mini-heatwave and now it's glorious and in the low 80's....perfect weather!

My hummingbirds have seemed to enjoy the change too because they're going crazy at the feeders. I have two feeders on my deck and you can hear their chatter that they do when they chase each other - they even take out feathers when they fight! You'd never know that a little bird could have personality, but they do! They're a ton of fun to watch and I'll miss them when Fall comes along.

Sleepover for Aanika

Aanika has been invited for a sleepover (her second official one) at her friend Sophie's house tonight. When it was all finalized last night and I told her she was going today, I thought she was going to explode! She started doing some kind of crazy squealing giggle along with a wild little jig....Kev looked at her like she was insane - very funny!

Woohoo! Looks like it's date night for momma and daddy with a nice quiet dinner out without the chatterbox along (a.k.a. Aanika). I'm really looking forward to being able to have a whole conversation without having to explain what we're talking about. : )

Heatwave and the walker

Yikes! It's HOT....I like it warm as many of you know, but this is even too hot for me!

We're under an advisory tomorrow because the heat index is supposed to be around 110 degrees and it's like pea soup because of the humidity. Bleah! It's been very up and down lately - one day it's in the 80's and the next day you're in a blast furnace. Hopefully it won't hang around too long because it makes for a miserable exercise companion! Tomorrow morning's walk oughta be pretty interesting. It's supposed to be well into the 80's by 9 a.m. and I'm sure it will be kicking my butt by the time I get to the end of my walk at 10:00. Bah! The things we'll do to keep our shapely figures....sheesh.

Aanika's Violin Fitting

Today was the big day - Aanika was fitted for her first violin! You won't be fortunate enough to hear her first sounds on it in this clip but I gotta say, she did a pretty good job with it. It might not be as much of a noisy acquisition as I thought it'd be....time will tell! ; )

The Ballerina and the Violin

Aanika had her dance recital for the year and she did wonderfully! The theme for the entire program was Fairies and Aanika's class were in Fairy School where she graduated and got her wings that were shaped like a flower petal. She was also a Chatty Elf for the Jazz section where they got to do a lot of sassy dancing and giggling. Too cute!
Sadly, Aanika has asked not to do dance again this year. If you've been reading any of the past posts you'll have seen that, for many years, Aanika has had an infatuation with Riverdance. There is a part in it where there is a violin player performing solo on the stage and, apparently, she really liked it. Fast forward to 2008 where she sees Celtic Woman on PBS and there is a very beautiful woman rockin' out on a violin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXanHvrjQO0&feature=related
Yup, Aanika's asked for violin lessons. We'll keep ya posted on how that goes!

Halloween and PreK Picture '07

Well, we've had a busy year since our last posting. We've moved into our house (Feb '07), got into dancing again, found an awesome preschool and have made TONS of new friends.
Aanika's in her 3rd year of PreK and is growing like a weed. Check out her most current school picture and you'll see what a little lady we have!
Here's Aanika in her Halloween costume for this year - Mulan.