Kindergarten Shots!!

Poor Sammie had to have Kindergarten shots yesterday. She had 5 shots a TB test and 1 finger prick to test for anemia. She was not too happy about the whole thing and was quite a fighter in the doctor's office. She got through it and is fine now except for a soreness in her arm. She talked about it again this morning and said "Kindergarten shots are not fun." I guess I have to agree.

We just got back from Las Vegas. We had a lot of fun. We went to the marina to watch the boats and feed the giant fish. They are amazing to watch. There are hundreds of them competing for popcorn and sometimes they jump on each other and splash to get to the popcorn first. It is quite a feeding frenzy! We also went to the Children's museum which is fantastic! They have wonderful exhibits and a cool science show using liquid nitrogen. We were amazed. There was a special Clifford display while we were there with a lot of fun play areas for Sammie. A kitchen, dinosaur dig, sand, music, bubbles, water.

The best exhibit was the grocery store with cash registers and the auto shop garage. She loved putting on the mechanic clothes and working on the car. Now that I look at the photos, it looks very realistic!!! The blue car is just a picture on the wall but the red car has all kinds of things to take off and put on the car. It makes noises when you put "antifreeze" in or check the oil. The tools make noise and there was even a magnetic "job chart" to organize the work jobs and pretend clipboards to do the service orders. ADORABLE!!

There was even a basketball court and someone had a lot of fun teaching Sammie how to slam dunk!!!

Of course we had to snap a pic of this mural! Hmmm.. I wonder why???

We also went to a carnival for St. Patrick's Day. We had a good time riding rides and playing games. There was an Irish dancer teaching the kids to play the drums and dance. Sammie went up on stage and we couldn't get her off!! Then they had a dance off with all the kids and she was the last one left and won some leprechaun trinkets. It was quite entertaining. I think she truly takes after her great-grandfather Sam! He would get up in front of people and play his harmonica and sing. Not a shy bone in his body!

In other news, I am getting ready to participate in the walk for Autism Speaks. This is the 3rd year that I will be walking for this cause and to support Christine and her hard work to raise money for Autism which of course is near and dear to her heart. The walk is on April 25th at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena (Los Angeles) If you would like to support me you can click this link and click the "donate" tab and the menu will say "support a walker". Type my name and to go to my page. Thanks!

For all of you scrapbookers out there, on Saturday, April 4th there will be a crop at the Scrapbook Oasis to also raise money for Autism Speaks. It will be a great time with FABULOUS goodie bag and raffle prizes! Lunch will be included in the crop fee of $25.00. Check it out!

Don't forget to stop by Scrap it forward and do this month's challenge to benefit Project Cuddle. There are only a few more days left and the prizes are SUH-WEET!!