Interesting Fun

Exploring new things is always fun when you're a kid, so when the opportunity comes, take it!
Here are a few of the things Arya's found on his list...

A toasty bread house







Did this with Jamil around Black Friday / Thanksgiving. Was fun pajama time with Jamil and eating it afterwards! I love peanut butter!

Snap Circuits way late at night



Ok, I'm not sure where this comes from but out of nowhere Arya decides he's not tired (way passed his bedtime) and wants to do snap circuitry. I was even too tired!!! But hey, I had a lot of fun finding out this kid has something hiding that I don't know yet :)

Learning how words / grammar works



Inquisitive minds ...:)

Riding with the Snowman. Yup. We got one. No more trees this year. Our celebration for the New Year is with Frosty and his friends :)




And Lamb Shank with Baqaleh Polo



This is his new favorite Persian dish. He wants it every time we go out for Persian food. It is rather good, I totally agree with him..mmmm! This is him raving over it. He's in food heaven.



Ali enjoyed it as well.
And we enjoyed watching him eat :) It is nice to have had Nana & Papa's company with us. God bless you both. Love you so much.

End of Soccer

Soccer was becoming a bit stressful and because of Arya getting hurt a few times, he really wasn't interested to continue. So he quit. But he did manage to see what was involved with it and if he ever decided to try it again, he'd know a lot more.

This was his end of the season party with pizza and Legos and they gave him a trophy for doing his part. That was cool :)

No more Halloween and Arya's first 1st Grade field trip

This is the year we decided to no longer celebrate Halloween. Just not interested in all that makes no sense. Why follow a tradition just because everyone else is?

We don't support the blood, horror, and origination of this holiday nor do we find it any fun to go door to door begging for candy. Aside from that we can have costume parties any time of the year.
Telling a kid it's "ok" and no big deal when he gets scared of the fake guts spilled on the side of someone's porch is unmoral even though people think it's just supposed to be for fun.

Arya had a field trip today which out of all places was to the library. I volunteered to drive 3 kids.
Then had to watch them everywhere they went.



It was a truly strange for a library field trip, but I think it was fairly educational and fun. They had story time and a sing-along and they got to get a book of their choice.



Then they learned about gardening in a space behind the library.



After that it was lunch and play time on the playground. Thankfully it went well.



At home we watched movies and had home made cookies and other snacks. Laughing & dancing our own way :)

Wubble Bubble

So every time Arya watches tv, he sees this commercial about this ginormous bubble ball that is the biggest thing since sliced bread! I mean forget "tickle me Elmo" this thing is just crazy.
And he always poked me to order it, but I refused. Then we went to Target the other day and bam, there it is. He just about went berserk! These days he just puts what he wants in the cart (sometimes without me knowing) and I end up buying a bunch of stuff I didn't need! :) But I figured...ya know...why not. Let's just have some fun!



We get home and we open this thing. ha. good luck figuring out how to use it. After an hour and some youtube videos, it was time to get it working. Ya right! it took us quite a while. The inflating part was the toughest. But once it was done, this kid did not want to stop. He played with it the entire day. i am not kidding! Only problem is afterwards, this bubble looks so gross. It basically collects anything it touches. It's a wobbling germ bucket. :) yay me.





Well basically he played with it for a few weeks, hurt himself a few times, then it got super gross and dirty because apparently everything sticks to it, and then we ended up throwing it away.

Soccer war continues

Arya continues the war within himself to accomplish Soccer.



It's not easy to be thrown into a whirlwind of tough kids that were kicking each other since they could walk. And slowly he is entering this new world of crazy boys. Boys that are tough. Boys that are strong. Boys that are mean and fierce. And at the same time learning teamwork.



I never had the chance to play soccer when I was a kid. But I imagine it being a great sport to teach a person a lot of things. Fitness, most definitely. Teamwork, most assuredly. And agility, most certainly.
And there's also getting a quiet person out of his shell. Letting him become part of a group that works together for the same goal and principle.



It is a great accomplishment. And it is also valuable if learned effectively.



We do not know if this sport will be the winner in Arya's book. But it is one of those sports that should be given a try, if anything, at least for the fun of it! :)

Soccer 2014

Soccer finally begins! and on a very HOT day ...



The gang met at Phoenix Field park and it looked like a small group which later ended up as 12 kids due to some not finding the place. It is such a huge park. And this is the place we met. Where the practice was - there was NO shade at all.



Coach Ryan and Kristan Mcnally seemed pretty cool and helped the kids get started. This is Arya ready to kick the ball. He seemed a bit tired today and a little hot.








After the practice the gang sits to discuss the next week plans.



Followed by Panda Express chinese food. Yummy!

First grade begins...

Arya begins a new year as a first grader....



It's strange now that summer vacation is over how fast it flew by. As if it was yesterday he came out of kindergarten. And now when I see his face...it is so apparent how he has matured.




This year Arya has 2 teachers who take turns in teaching in the class due to their schedules they share a contract. They seem to work very well together and have been doing this for years.



It was a bit chaotic, but he saw a lot of the same faces that were in his kindergarten class before.



Especially his buddy Emet. :)



And of course a lot of moral support from Nana, Papa, Jamil, Me, Ali, and Tina :)



With his Baba :)



I got to peak in on recess. Mr Sand Pants really covered himself good...



And seemed pretty laid back after the day was done (they got out an hour earlier for minimum day)