My little guy is three!

Finally pictures from Jacob's third birthday. He had a party at school, a party at Chuck E Cheese and a party at Grandma's. If you click on the picture below it takes you to the album!

Hall of Fame videos

Latin Energy-Small Group Jazz

The Bird-Tap

Rhasta-Hip Hop

Satisfaction-Large Group Jazz

Monster Boogie and Banana Phone

Here is Jacob's suit from the recital. He will also be wearing this outfit when he attends the weddings he is going to!

Claire's solo at HOF

Here is Claire's solo from Hall of Fame. I hope to upload it from Odyessy because she performed a little better there, but I can't find the DVD. :(

A bunch of stuff, including Mother's Day

I am so bad about updating my blog! School is almost out so it is a busy time of year for Claire. This week she has field day, plus she is getting ready for the school musical next week. In dance, the recital is fast approaching. The studio is separating out the ballet this year so we have to attend three recitals in one day! Claire is in the ballet and the evening show and Jacob will be in the afternoon show. I am a little worried about Jacob's show because as far as I know he has yet to actually do either of his dances in class. Don't get me wrong, Miss Jenny has taught them the dances, Jacob just won't do them...well...what can I say!

I also haven't updated on the European trip as promised. Today I am posting a picture of the Houses of Parliament. We went in and actually got to watch part of a session. It was great! They called each other names, but with their accents it still sounds dignified! Also, there were protesters camped out across the street.




Mother's Day was really nice. Jacob made me a candle at school and Claire made me a candle holder. It wasn't even coordinated! Jacob did not want to give me the candle though, he wanted to keep it and he told me he made the candle holder, not Claire. He did tell me he made it at Claire's school though. hmmm....should I worry he is such a story teller already. They also (with Alberto) got me a gift card to Caribou Coffee which is exactly what I wanted! We went to the zoo that day. It was so crowded but we had a lot of fun so it was worth it! Here is a picture showing that 11 Claire may finally be taller than a penguin! :) Jacob maybe taller than the little penguin. I think they are both in trouble height wise!

My trip

I went on a European vacation! My friend, Dana, and I went to London and went to Ireland. It was so great and even though I missed my family, I did not want to come back. We arrived in London at 7:00 am, so we hit the ground running. We had trouble finding the flat where we were staying. It was down my St. Katharine's Docks, right next to the Tower of London so it was a really cool location. Here is a picture of the docks.



On our first day we just did some walking and saw the sights. Here is a picture of the Tower Bridge, Dana in a London phone booth :) and The Royal Court of Justice. Just some of the things we saw on our walk:




I have a lot more pictures and more to tell so I will post more later!

Easter

We had a great Easter. The Easter bunny left Jacob some Bob the Builder trucks a really big coloring book with stickers. The Easter bunny left Claire a gift card to target. Also, the whole family got LOTS and LOTS of candy! We went to brunch with the family, Grandma, Alex, Jose, Diana, and Jaz. Then we went back to Grandma's house for an Easter egg hunt. Apparently the Easter bunny forgot that he left all that candy at our house, because left even more at Grandma's house! :) We went to the park and flew a kite and played some ball. Alex and Daddy played basketball. Later mom, Claire, Grandma and Diana went to a movie. The day was fun, but we were wiped out by that night!