♪I just want.......a hula hoop♫

Cookie had a jump rope performance at El Dorado High School this evening.

The jump rope team performed as part of a winter holiday show at the school. 

The show featured cheerleaders, dance groups from tiny tots, youth and senior divisions, solo dancers, jiu jitsu demonstrations, and country western dancers from throughout the city.

Cookie in her blue shirt, black shorts, pink leggings and orange sneakers (center)

Pogo ball and jump roping simultaneously

What fun.....

Cookie looks tiny while hula hooping in the GIANT hoop

"Hi Mom!"

Eldorado: jump rope show 

We were treated to a great show with an assortment of performances and performers.
Well done!!

"what did you do?"

Our fall holiday break has come to an end.
It's Monday and its back to our regular school schedules.
Bam and Princess Fifi had five days off from school.
Sweetheart and Cookie had nine days off.
I'm afraid that break didn't last long enough.
We'll miss our uninterrupted family time but I suppose we'll have the upcoming December winter break to look forward to.
After school, we decided to get out and enjoy the mild weather that today offered.
Later in the week the forecast calls for snow and icy conditions.
We caught up with Miss Katia at the grassy field.

The girls had a chance to catch up and chat with her a bit before we had to go home.

--Happy days with family--

seasonal stuff........... oh my

What did we see when we went to the store today?

Halloween decorations along side Thanksgiving autumn decor.

Yes, Halloween is just around the corner. 

This stuff excites the kids and the kid in me.

We love Halloween: dressing up, parties, celebrations, happiness.

Afterall, this does officially kick off the holiday season for us.

--Halloween-(Thanksgiving)Autumnal Equinox-Christmas--

Its all wrapped up in a nice little bundle at the end of the year.

And this is what we saw..........

Creepy 3-D skeleton wall hangings

This ghoul isn't so creepy with a price tag stuck on his forehead

The skull isn't as scary as the price........

A sniveling nail biting clown

stranger danger...........

This is what President Obama would look like with a goatee

Bodiless head scared us right out of the store...................eeekkk

Next week the Christmas stuff hits the stores.............now that's scary !!!

July 4th in NYC

"New York City, Persinger five have arrived!!"

As we approached New York, after paying the toll for the George Washington Bridge we proceed to drive the upper deck.  That's when this song comes on the radio with extreme perfect timing............

We dreamed and drove in complete silence and awe over the music timed with the real view of the New York skyline while we were on the G.W. When the song ended and we were on the Saw Mill Parkway, Cookie said,"Mom! How did you do that? It was like our life was a movie!" We all agreed, laughed and sighed...........

George Washington Bridge is a welcome sight for us.......

To grandma-great's house we go! 

We miss her and love her very much and we always look forward to our stay. 

Dinner and fireworks in New York........what a perfect end to a PERFECT DAY!

Happy 4th of July...............(www.macys.com/fireworks)