Berkeley Bound

Danielle heading off to Cal. It's bitter sweet. Danielle is such an awesome daughter, sister, and person. We are going to miss her a lot, but we are also excited for her knowing that she is heading out to start a new chapter in her life. She is so smart and is always eager to learn and grow, I know that her destination today will help to fill those voids that need filling.

Lil E and GoGo will really miss her game playing, her kindness, and her silly sister dances, but we will visit via ichat and going up there too.

Lil E started to cry when LaLa gave him a hug. It is a really hard concept for him to understand why she is heading out to school and when he will see her again. She started to cry too, because she loves him so.

Regrouping after hugs and kisses too. She is off.

GoGo started to run next to LaLa's car and then Lil E got off his bike and really started running after her car not realizing his sisters were joking around. He cried for awhile after she left and I had to carry him inside. He loves his big sister LaLa and all his sisters.

Busy Week

Lil E had eye surgery this week. He was such a trooper too. Here he is learning how to give his bear some sleeping gas.

Lil E in recovery. He was enjoying a cherry Popsicle and was very talkative too.

On the ride home we stopped and got a Slurpee; it felt good on his throat. Note the cool glasses to protect his eyes from the sun. He fell asleep shortly after this picture was taken and slept even after we moved him into the house. His little body was stressed and exhausted.

Lil E didn't sleep well the night after his surgery, so he was very tired the next day. A lot of rest to help to heal the eyes. Note his favorite stuff toy, Beary.

Cool new jacket for school that Lil E saw at Target. He got so excited about how cool he thought it looked. Cute, this is a new style by Shawn White, the snowboarder. It is really too hot to wear right now, but try telling that to him.

Summer Fun

Adventure Guides End of the Year Beach Day:

Lil E went ahead and won so many races/activities on this day that he won this really cool surf monkey.

Lil E was taking private swim lessons to refine his skills and he learned a lot in 2 weeks.

He learned how the free style, back stroke, butterfly, pencil dive, kneel dive, and standing dive. On his very last day which was Monday August 10, 2009; he was being taught how to do a flip kick off the wall under water. Pretty cool. We did all this just in time for his eye surgery which is scheduled for next week on August 18th.