Arya's 6th Birthday

As you open the door to the 6th year of life, I hold my heart and watch you from a distance...



You are growing in every way..and you are becoming more firm in the things you like...




It is Star Wars now. Be it LEGO, or the WII game, Ipad, or figures. You love them all. That saga seems to stick around longer than any other I've known.



We celebrated at home with a homemade white cake (that you requested :) and enjoyed the day together.







The party we had for you was a week before...And we invited your closest friends from Kindergarten.
(Emet, Eli C., Sophie and Chloe) Emet's brother and Eli's brother also joined.
It was a pool party with the small pool we bought and rented a bounce house with waterslide fun!





You have an amazing glow about you when you are having fun and playing. I think you enjoy water very much. I am looking forward to seeing you swim in the future God willing.



Your softness makes everyone comfortable to be with you. :) Mashalah.



The theme for this year was Despicable me :) Everyone had Minion goggles and I made Minion cupcakes with Twinkies!!!



I remember the taste of Twinkies...*sigh*....



Arya got a lot of cute gifts. Legos, Star wars toys, and movies. Even a Foosball table (although that was more for Ali I think)



Unfortunately Mom and Dad did not join for this because Papa was very sick and mom had to monitor him 24/7. He is better now though (thank God).

Father's Day 2014

The handsome and dear men in our life...




We are thankful to God to have you all



We are thankful for each day we are given together



And all the memories with all of you....Happy Father's Day.

First Vacation to Legoland and Universal Studios

This year we decided to take a vacation with Arya for the first time. It had been a while that Ali and I have been anywhere, so a trip to Legoland and Universal Studios seemed to be fun :) Here's us at IHOP at sunrise. We left at 2am!!!



For Legoland we got the package with the Hotel (which was attached to the park).



There were a lot of activities to do at the Hotel.
An interactive show....



A treasure hunt in your room....in which you have to crack a code and get FREE LEGOS!



A building desk ....for the true LEGO enthusiast....



Eating like a king at the restaurant (Arya is in heaven here for the best ice cream he's ever had)



At the park, we saw so many creative things people built with LEGOS. I mean there was so much!!!!



Went on a few rides...



Checked out the miniature STAR WARS LEGO sets (This was so cool)





Visited LEGO Darth Vader!



Meet Emmet from the LEGO Movie :)



We also went in an Aquarium and got wet at the Waterpark.



At Universal Studios, we had a lot of fun on the inside rides.



The first being the Despicable Me one. This was inside the ride before we got in. Arya was so excited!!!



Evil Minions!!!



The girls...



Try on the Minion glasses...glamorous isn't it???



We saw Scooby and Shaggy :) heheh



And ate ..



There was also a tour that we took and a few more pictures I will add later...

More Parties and Arya's first time in a pool!

As the last few days of Kindergarten roll out and come to an end, we wrap up it up with a few parties. One birthday and another just for fun....

Arya, his teacher and his friends at Sophie's birthday party...It was truly extravagant...My little Pony theme



Face painting....who's cutie mark did Arya get?




Chloe and Arya take a nice pic together. She was actually the first girl he met in kindergarten.



And now with his buddy, Sophie.




Eating Cake with the man pals (good group of kids)...




And, yes, Ali was with us! He helped Arya break in to the pool. Scary at first, but super fun after that! They had every floatie you could think of!





And they ate so much candy it was unreal!

The day after we went to Bob's Close the Loop party.




With an L shaped lap pool, a tree house and volleyball court, lots of food and candy, and friends...what more would a kid want?





Arya's teacher also came and he had lots of fun in the pool with his baba as well.

Emet's birthday

Arya got to be a cowboy for the first time :) And shoot a fake gun. I normally would be apposed but this was Nerf and for his friend Emet's birthday party. They shot zombies, shot prizes that they could win, chased each other and played tag and also got to eat home made cake and pizza. That was cool. His friend Eli was also there and Thomas (which was Emet's other friend). The siblings also came along...

Little dudes day out

Arya and a few of his classmates went to Monster Golf together. It was a fun day where they got to go into a dark building with black lights and scary monsters, cool music and play golf. Eli, Emet and Chase (which actually was Arya's bully in the beginning of the year) was with him and a good behaved kid.





Ali also came with us. Eli's parents were with us too. Emet's parents did not join in but left him to play with Arya.



All things new are so exciting for Arya (and us too) as we witness his adventures.



Thank You God.