It doesn’t seem too long ago when Hubby and I were checking out strollers at baby stores.  Yesterday, that baby we were shopping a stroller for turned 4. 

Abby belongs to a very small number of children here in the US who still sleep in the master bedroom. :D  After midnight of the 17th, I readied her room (Yes, she has one of her own!) for an early morning birthday celebration.  I laid out all our presents for her on the bed. 

In previous birthdays, Abby opened her presents after dinner.  She eagerly embraced this slight deviation from our usual birthday routine.  Hee hee.

Before she opened her presents, Hubby and I present her with a birthday cake, my other Weekend Snapshot entry.

Have a fab week ahead!  Cheers!

Our trip to California last month was both Abby’s and my first plane ride after moving to Texas. On our trip to Austin from the Philippines, Abby insisted on sitting on my lap during take off and landing, much to the dismay of Continental’s flight attendants. I’m just glad that was no longer the case. She sat by the window and asked, “Are we there yet?” every 5 minutes. Her portable  DVD player kept her entertained for the most part of the trip. Thank God for direct flights! Hee hee.

A few minutes before boarding

Prim and proper and excited

I may have spoken too soon!

It felt good to be up in the air again.  I hope the next time won’t take another year to come around!

Hungry?  Share a meal with me here, my other WS entry.

Have a wonderful week!

Early Saturday evening, Hubby, Abby and I were again at the community pool.  Father and daughter had a grand time swimming (can you see them in the pic?) while I read Stephenie Meyer’s new book, Breaking Dawn…

The book was released in the US last Saturday, August 2nd at 12:01am.  I picked up my pre-ordered copy at Borders on the same day a little after lunch time.  I finished reading it this morning just before 2:00 a.m.  I’m now off to take a nap.  Hee hee. :) 

Have Korean food with me here, my other WS entry! :)  Have a great new week ahead!   Cheers!

Early Friday evening, hubby, Abby and I went to The Domain, a rather high-end dining, shopping & entertainment destination here in Austin.   We love coming here, primarily for Borders and to windowshop. ;)  Coming out of the parking building onto the main street, we were greeted by beautiful live music.

I used my old P&S camera to take pics.  I would have wanted to sit on a bench and enjoy the music a bit longer.  Then again, it was just too hot, which is why I found this…

…to be quite revolting.  Whoever thought of this must have been drunk and deserved to be whacked with a  wine rack.  I just don’t get it.  We are in Texas.  And while winters here are known to be mild, the same can’t be said about the summers.  I get that the fire adds drama to this nice little spot, but…  Oh, forget it!

Anyway, this made me feel better…

Hee hee.  When we were, uhm, warm enough (do you detect the sarcasm?) we headed to Borders so we can keep cool.

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Have a wonderful week ahead!

We spent July 5th at Sea World San Antonio, our favorite Texas theme park. :)  The weather was absolutely gorgeous.  The sun wasn’t its usual harsh self.  Perfect for a day of swimming.  Half of the time we were at Sea World was spent at the Lost Lagoon, the water park.  The other half was spent watching two “summer nights” show and just walking around the park.  

What we were really looking forward to was the fireworks display scheduled at 9:15pm.  As early as 8:15pm. we were already comfortably seated on the grass right by the edge of the lake where the ski shows are held. 

We had a perfectly clear view of the skies.  Just what I needed so I can take fireworks snap shots.  Looking up, the skies seemed busy with a show of its own.  Abby called my attention to the rainbow that suddenly made its appearance.  Click!  Click!

And then, birds decided to grace the skies as well.  Click!  Click!

A few minutes before 9pm, guess who decided to make its appearance.

Rain clouds!  Click!  Click!  And those, were my last clicks by the lake.  Darn it!  It rained.  The fireworks display had to be started early.  But it was gorgeous!  You’ll just have to take my work for it.

I took loads of photos during the long weekend.  But I’m as I’m using my old laptop, I could only download just enough photos my computer memory can handle.  Oh well.

My gorgeous looking July 4th lunch is HERE, my other WS entry.

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Have a wonderful week! :) 

My daughter is finally on summer break.  Yes, a good month and a half later than the rest of America and I won’t even attempt to explain why it’s like that in her school.  :D  To kick off what we intend to be a fun school break for Abby, we spent two consecutive early evenings, which were still bright as day in this part of the world anyway, at the community pool.  And did she have a blast!  She is so much more comfortable, not to mention confident, in the water that formal swimming lessons will definitely be in order.  I’ll wait after she turns 4 though, which is just a couple of weeks away.  I read in the July issue of Parents magazine that the magic age for swimming lessons is 4.  I can’t tell you how after reading that, all the guilt I was feeling for not signing Abby up for swimming lessons this summer just evaporated into thin air.  Pfft!

Here are the snapshots…

Saturday, 28 June 2008

Sunday, 29 June 2008

On Friday, Abby and I made banana choco chip muffins, my other WS entry.  You can visit other WS participants here.

I wish you all a great new week ahead!

Abby has been attending weekly dance classes since September last year.  After nine months of classes, a year-end dance recital was held last Saturday.  It was last week’s highlight. :)  Hubby and I were the picture of very proud parents.  Hee hee.  I was only able to upload a few photos.  I just needed something to share for this week’s Weekend Snapshot.

The first two photos were taken at home after I dressed Abby up, a few minutes before we left for the recital venue.  The last photo was taken at the recital venue, while Abby and her group were waiting for their turn to dance.

After the dance recital, we had an impromptu but very welcome free smoothie treats…my other WS entry. Visit other Weekend Snapshot paricipants here.

I wish you all a great week!