BIRTHDAY PARTY

My friend Max turned 4 last week so we went over to his house to help him celebrate. I had such a great time at his party! We danced, we played dress-up, played with hoola-hoops, ate, sang, had a pinata and all that good stuff that goes along with a kid's birthday party. I'm looking forward to more birthday celebrations here!

My Pinata Loot The Whole Gang

OPEN HOUSE

A couple of weeks ago my school had an Open House. We looked at my work, played, talked to my teacher, drew pictures together, and sang songs. We all had a great time!

Working on the collage with Mom

Showing My Dance Moves
Puzzle Time with Dad (I had a bit of a cold)

Adalyn's Place

I love cooking in my kitchen! Here is a short video of me making a hamburger for Mom at "Adalyn's Place".

DISNEY ON ICE

Last Friday, I got a HUGE surprise! I got to go see Disney on Ice "Princesas y Heroes"! I had so much fun seeing all the Disney characters I knew and even the ones I didn't know. (yet) I got to wear my princess dress, had popcorn, took a picture with Ariel, and kept asking when we could go back to see more. I think Mom even felt like a kid, too! We had so much fun! When we got to Dad's office I told him, "We can go back tomorrow, Dad, so you can see all the princesses!" Sleeping Beauty Before the Show
Checking Out the Program

Minnie and Mickey

Sleepy

La Rural

Sunday, after church, we decided to head over to the convention center called La Rural for the 2010 Expo Rural. WOW! It is basically the Houston Livestock Show for Argentina. There were all kinds of booths: animal health/tack products, food and wine vendors, leather goods, and of course all the latest in farm implements. It was amazing! The show cattle were just awesome and it was so neat to see the similarities between our stock shows and theirs. (I even saw Sullivan show cattle products for sale--those who show know the brand) We didn't get to see the stock show since the cattle weren't scheduled to show 'till Monday, but they did have the horse shows going on. The arena is outside, and of course, it was raining so we didn't get to watch this time. We did, however, get to see some of the horses waiting in the back alley and who could resist an adorable little girl with admiring eyes....Yes, the Argentines love children, so Adalyn got to ride! She was in heaven! The horses were gorgeous with ornate silver reins and breast collars. We had a great time and can't wait to go back next year!

Las Violetas

I had to post about this place! I only took 2 pictures-one didn't turn out so well- the day we went (about 3 weeks ago) because we WILL go back. The pastries are well worth the wait and the day we were there we really didn't know what to get. So, we ordered hamburgers and Adalyn had a sandwich. While we waited for our order, the place got so crowded--it was around 4:00 p.m. and the waiters started bringing out these HUGE trays filled with sandwiches and cakes that looked "to die for". Well, obviously it was tea time and I can not wait to go back for an actual tea. They had excellent shortbread cookies and I promised Adalyn we would get some to take home. When we walked over to the confiteria (bakery) side we were standing shoulder to shoulder with people waiting to buy all kinds of baked goods. (of course they don't beat a good kolache but hey...we're in Argentina) We patiently waited about 15-20 minutes 'till they called our number and walked away with heart shaped chocolate dipped shortbread cookies (not as good as Scotland's shortbread but a close 2nd) and the BEST medialunas (croissants) that we have had here so far. Anyhow, they place has huge stained glass windows, an antique stairwell, and antique bar...just beautiful! As we left, the line to get into the cafe part was out the door and around the block! If you check the webpage, http://www.lasvioletas.com/ it explains in great detail the history of the place....very informative!

One of 12 stained glass windows

La Feria de los Libros (The Book Fair)

Mom and I headed out this week with our Spanish teacher and her son, Oliver to the "Feria de los Libros". There were wall to wall books and Oliver and I had a great time! We colored, practiced our art skills on the smart board, read a few books, AND I even got to meet Doki the dog from Discovery Kids! (not sure what his "English" name is) I got a balloon from a clown, held on to it the entire time and then ended up popping it in the car on the ride home. I was REALLY sad and asked mom to put all the pieces back together. Other than my balloon popping we had a great time and can't wait to do more adventures!
Oliver and I hit the first stand and decided to sit and read for a bit.
DOKI!!!!

Posing with the frog on the way out

LOVED drawing on the Smart Board