Daddy, A Space Odyssey

How did Aurora know that I always wanted to star in a Science Fiction story.

Valentine's Day Permormance

Aurora and her Kindergarten class friends singing Valentine songs during Martha & Mary fundraiser at Barnes and Noble.

I'm A Little Apple Tree

Sneaking a peak through the window of the apple tree song in dance class.

Spelling test

She studied all week long and totally nailed that spelling test! Did you see the size of that star? AWESOME!!

It's Been A While

Hello again friends and family!

It has been a couple of years since our last Aurora's World Blog posting. There have been many changes since then and Aurora has grown tremendously and still is quite an amazing little girl. With all the recent changes in her life and growth she is experiencing, we are once again feeling compelled to document her life in this blog.

So, just to bring you up to speed, Aurora is now in Kindergarten at an amazing school with wonderful teachers and classmates. In the Fall she began swimming lessons and is becoming quite the little mermaid. Most recently, as you may have discerned from our previous post Aurora is taking Tap and Ballet.

We hope to have lots of photos and video to share in the coming weeks, so watch for updates. Hopefully you will again begin to follow along.

Shall We Dance

Aurora's first dance class was today. She loved it! Plus she got new tap shoes and ballerina slippers.

Little Artist

Our little artist at Kindergarten. She is following in the footsteps of the many talented artists in our family. Grandma Shar better set up a kid's easel in her painting room!

This Is What Christmas Is All About

Thanks Grandpa for teaching me this when Daddy takes my picture.

Three beautiful ladies.

I saw Aurora kissing mommy-clause.

Cutie

Santa's Magic Finger

Is this the finger Santa's touches to his nose to go down the chimney?

Christmas Photo

Aurora had here annual Christmas photo with Santa and Mrs. Clause.

How Aurora Puts Her Coat On

So funny when she showed us this trick.

Dinner For One

At Grandmas house Aurora gets her very own table and dinner by lamplight.

A Christmas Tree Story

This year we time-lapsed putting up the Christmas Tree.

How To Train Your Parents

This is Aurora's new favorite hat. It's the dragon Toothless from "How To Train Your Dragon" movie, just in case you were wondering.

4th Annual "In The Pumpkin" Photo

For 4 years we have taken the same photo in the same place. It's amazing to see the changes as she grows.

Hunter Farms 2010

Trudgin' through the pumpkin patch looking for this years victim.

Posing with the catch of the day.

Brotherly love.

One last photo for daddy.

Aurora's 2010 Halloween Costume

This costume is kind of a pathetic looking puppy. I'm glad there is a happy kid inside it to smile.

Camping Face

A couple days camping and Aurora's gets this gritty.

What Cupcake?

Beautiful Girl

Our sweet baby posing perfectly by a river on our camping trip.

Carnival Rides

Buckled up and ready to go on the ride.

She doesn't seem to sure about this precarious ride.

Slow ride on the airplane with Mommy.

Waiting patiently for their turn on the carousel.

Aurora on the Trike

A Day at Mt. St. Helens

Over here mommy.

Take my picture daddy, Cheeze!

It isn't always a bed of roses. Contrary to popular belief, Aurora has these moments of complete meltdown. Mostly in very public places.

Whew! We can breath for a minute.

Beautiful Girls

Mommy and Aurora in Miss Allison's Garden.

I Walk Alone

She always wants to be by herself.

Aurora Explains Herself

Happy 4th of July

Aurora is sporting a wonderfully painted on 4th of July Tiara from her teacher at school.

Grandpa's Little Girl

Grandpa pushing Aurora on the swing. Good quality Grandpa time.

Say Ahhhhh!

We think she gets her ears from her daddy.

Aurora's Father's Day Gifts

Daddy's Elephant

Grandpa Phil's Doggy

Grandpa Paul's Fish

Long Beach Carousel

It is amazing how much Aurora loves the carousel.

Aurora's Birthday Day

"I'm 3!"

Dusted with flour.

Makin' cookies.

Eating cookies.

Today Aurora, Mommy and Daddy celebrated her birthday by going to see her very first movie at the threatre. We went to see "Shrek Forever After 3D". She loved it! After the movie we came home and baked cookies as you can see from the photos. It was a wonderful day.

Long Beach Birthday Party

A shared cake with Grandma Shar.

One bow.

Two bows.

Aurora had her 3rd birthday party with the family in Long Beach.

Building Castles In The Sand

Plenty of time spent building sand castles in Long Beach.