Wednesday, November 30, 2011

day 333/365 looking for santa?

day 333 by Darolyn Hamada
day 333, a photo by Darolyn Hamada on Flickr.

Tonight, Cassidy decided that "Frosty the Snowman Elf" was not that great of a name (even though that was his name all of last season!) So she decided (1) that her elf is a girl (she's wearing a skirt after all) and (2) her name is now "Sarah". Random.

Sarah is looking for Santa tonight...

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

day 332/365 elf on the shelf

day 332 by Darolyn Hamada
day 332, a photo by Darolyn Hamada on Flickr.
Our elf (aptly named "Frosty the Snowman Elf") made his appearance today. Someone was less than amused…Needless to say, FTSE didn't spend the night with Yuki…she would have destroyed him by morning and that wouldn't have been productive for anyone!

Monday, November 28, 2011

day 331/365 buddy

day 331 by Darolyn Hamada
day 331, a photo by Darolyn Hamada on Flickr.

This is my buddy Kimo. He's sleeping next to me while I am working on my computer! He's snoring...zzzzzzz

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Sunday, November 20, 2011

day 323/365 movies

day 323a by Darolyn Hamada
day 323a, a photo by Darolyn Hamada on Flickr.

Cassidy and I went to the movies today...we saw Puss and Boots. I thought it was pretty funny. Cassidy didn't like it as much..."I thought it was going to be another cat in the movie..." Huh? Anyway, we took this picture before the movies with Alvin and his friend...Apparently, they're going to Hawaii or something because they're all decked out in Aloha!

Friday, November 18, 2011

day 321/365 pilgrim woman

day 321 by Darolyn Hamada
day 321, a photo by Darolyn Hamada on Flickr.
Cassidy's Thanksgiving play was today at school. She was a pilgrim woman who said "Mercy Me!" So cute. I was so lucky to be able to help out and attend the play...I even made the pilgrim women hats!

Thursday, November 17, 2011

day 320/365 teeny-tiny drink

day 320 by Darolyn Hamada
day 320, a photo by Darolyn Hamada on Flickr.

Cassidy chose this teeny-tiny drink eraser out of the the treasure box today. One sip and it's gone!

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

day 319/365 hello kitty...

day 319 by Darolyn Hamada
day 319, a photo by Darolyn Hamada on Flickr.
Super cute outfit from Wal-mart of all places!!!! I never go to Wal-mart, but my sister bought this outfit for her daughter (including Hello Kitty boots) and I had to get it...entire outfit + boots = $35!!!! Deal!

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

day 318/365 late in the day...

day 318 by Darolyn Hamada
day 318, a photo by Darolyn Hamada on Flickr.
And tired after jazz and waking up at 5:15 a.m. when I left for work so she could wave at me from her window.  But still a smile.

Monday, November 14, 2011

Sunday, November 13, 2011

day 316/365 more pictures

day 316 by Darolyn Hamada
day 316, a photo by Darolyn Hamada on Flickr.

We took some more Christmas card-attempted shots. But these came out blurry.

Saturday, November 12, 2011

day 315/365 love

day 315 by Darolyn Hamada
day 315, a photo by Darolyn Hamada on Flickr.
We were taking some Christmas card pictures today and I came across this one in my set. I love it!!

Friday, November 11, 2011

day 314/365 stickers!

day 314 by Darolyn Hamada
day 314, a photo by Darolyn Hamada on Flickr.
Cassidy loves stickers. They're such a motivator for her. I stick these smelly stickers on her snack bag each day.

Thursday, November 10, 2011

day 313/365 kimo

day 313 by Darolyn Hamada
day 313, a photo by Darolyn Hamada on Flickr.
My buddy kimo was truly my buddy today. For some reason, he stuck by my side and wanted my love and attention. It was as if he wanted to tell me something. Maybe he just wanted to say "I love you."

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

day 312/365 silhouette

day 312_edited-2 by Darolyn Hamada
day 312_edited-2, a photo by Darolyn Hamada on Flickr.
This is my first attempt at making a silhouette from a picture I took of Cassidy. Now it's time to get creative!

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

day 311/365 super spy

day 311 by Darolyn Hamada
day 311, a photo by Darolyn Hamada on Flickr.
Cassidy got a spy kit for selling stuff for her school fundraiser. Now she's creeping all over the house "spying" on us!

Monday, November 7, 2011

day 310/365 spotty

day 310 by Darolyn Hamada
day 310, a photo by Darolyn Hamada on Flickr.
Cassidy was the first in her class to bring home "Spotty," the traveling wonder dog! Spotty, a pound puppy (remember those?) is supposed to go home with each kid every night and experience new adventures which the kids are supposed to journal. For Spotty's trip to our house, we introduced him to "Spot," my pound puppy. Spot and Spotty became fast friends!

Sunday, November 6, 2011

day 309/365 day at disneyland!

day 309a by Darolyn Hamada
day 309a, a photo by Darolyn Hamada on Flickr.

We went to Disneyland today with six girls all under 6! YIKES! It wasn't bad...only mildly stressful. Cassidy saw the barber shop quartet and wanted to sing with them...but settled for having her picture taken with the group!

Saturday, November 5, 2011

day 308/365 hair

day 308 by Darolyn Hamada
day 308, a photo by Darolyn Hamada on Flickr.
So proud of my girl today! We were driving around, running errands, and we saw a homeless man on the corner. She asked why he was there, what his sign said, and what did he want. That launched us into a discussion about giving to people in need. And she said, "like how I want to cut my hair and give it to the children who don't have hair because they're sick?" And I said, "yah, kind of like that..." And then she said, rather confidently, "I want to cut my hair today!" So after running some more errands at Target (and to give her time to be sure that was what she wanted to do), we went to get her hair cut -- 10 inches -- 10 inches of hair for Locks of Love! I'm so proud of my girl. She put her mind to it and never looked back. And she got a cute hair cut!!!

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

day 305/365 play

day 305 by Darolyn Hamada
day 305, a photo by Darolyn Hamada on Flickr.
I love this shot of my girl and her friends hula hooping together. So sweet.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

day 304/365 ER

day 304 by Darolyn Hamada
day 304, a photo by Darolyn Hamada on Flickr.
So at 11 p.m., Cassidy woke up with right-sided abdominal pain and dizziness. I, of course, immediately thought she had appendicitis and rushed her to the ER. While there, we learned Cassidy's temperature was 104 degrees!!! YIKES! So she was given meds and fluids and had a CT scan of her abdomen. It was normal. So they did a chest x-ray because she was coughing...it was normal. Fever went down and she was discharged at 3 a.m....She's now fully recovered! But I wonder why she had that high fever???