Bonfante Gardens

We spent the morning with the Marinos and the Martinico's.  What a fun time!  
Ryan loves all rides, even being pushed by her sister in his little blue buggy, and this ride was no different.  It took us through one of the many gardens where he was delighted by birds and butterflies which surprisingly are also called 'bir's.  Apparently all things that fly are birds.  
He drove the engine and James made all of the noises.  

Alyssa posing in the trees.  

our little guy and his new love.....dirt

Ice Cream Social

Alyssa performed 4 different times with her Dance Attack class and she loved every minute of it.  From the smaller venues like her classroom to even Oktoberfest in downtown Campbell.  She thoroughly enjoys dancing and she definitely will continue.  The teachers have their eye on her to see if she would be able to participate in the Rep dance team which dances at least 3 hours a week (she does 60 min a week now) and will have at least one ALL DAY show.  The shows are also quite a bit of travel.  Part of me does not want her to get it this year as I think it might be too much of a commitment on my part.  She is not in a 4-5 but rather a 4.5 to 5.5 year class which they should be 4.5 at the beginning of the class back in August.  the teachers and Rob and I felt that she was too advanced for the regular 4-5 so we moved her up. The rep team is from 5 on up and technically she will not be 5 at the beginning of the dance year.  This may mean she is held back one year......okay by me!  But either way, Rob feels that we should make the commitment as she truly enjoys it IF they offer her a invitation.  We will see in August!  oh, crummy camera. I love it for everything but action shots!  I really need to work on this. : (