We decided that a game of miniature golf was in order. It was great because Felix and Amanda were in town and willing to join us. Adrian and I were thankful that they were there! The girls had a blast! We had them travel ahead of us so we were all able to enjoy playing!
Jillian was so very excited to return to school!
The very first day was a “get to know you” day. The parents and students were able to “play” in the classroom for an hour. I was bummed I missed her first day, but I’ll get to take her once I’m on my Fall break.
Here she is on her first official day of the school year.
Adrian, the girls and I traveled down to San Diego on Labor Day. We met up with our friends Felix and Amanda and spent a fun day in the sun!
During the heat wave, Jillian and I decided to make caramel apples for the first time. Haha needless to say it was quite hot in the kitchen. Our caramel apples did not turn out the greatest, haha I kinda made everything up as I went and the caramel was just too hard. Oh well, haha, it was an experience!
Working full time doesn’t always give me time to get out with the girls. Luckily the weather has been very nice on the weekends 🙂
The family and I (minus the girls) took a trip to New York for the week of Fourth of July! It was fantastic! We definitely classified this as a trip, not a vacation! We were non stop moving from morning to night. Our hotel was located in the heart of Times Square which was so much fun! We saw everything on the “tourest to do list” haha. It was a jammed packed week!
My good friend Lacey was also inNew York, studying at the Teacher’s College of Columbia, (She’s getting her second Master’s!!!) She was the reason this trip was put into motion. Adrian and I met up with Lacey for the fireworks show. Unfortunately, we were directed in the wrong direction and we ended up smooshed between two large buildings with a very limited view of the fireworks. It was so ridiculously hot due to it being summer and the fact that we were packed like sardines! It’s still fun to say that we were in New York on the Fourth of July!
Off we go!
View from our hotel
Exploring the city: Central Park 
Museum Day
Subway Adventures
Little Italy
China Town
911 Memorial
Fourth of July Fireworks
More Subway Adventures
Statue of Liberty/Elis Island
Empire State Building
Best Korean Lunch!
Heading back home
Jillian had a fantastic year in preschool. She absolutely loved her teacher and loved learning new things… and playing with friends!! She has grown so much in a school year!
First Day of Preschool (September 2011)
Last Day of Preschool (June 2012)
Jillian made Adrian a card and filled in a survey at school. It was very cute! For Father’s day Adrian wanted to take a nap 🙂 so we let him haha.
Jillian’s much anticipated 4th birthday party was great! Being inspired by Pinterest, I created a rainbow themed party for Jillian. At the last minute Jillian also asked for a Hello Kitty cake, so to compromise I made the cake rainbow in colors 🙂
Her party was an all day event! Her preschool friends arrived around 1pm and left around 4. Then the family/friends of family started arriving around 5pm. We had the Taco guy come (actually is was a Taco Gal). The food was delicious and the party was fun. It was great having so many friends and family around to celebrate Jillian’s 4th!
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