Today Alexander got to see and pet some real Appaloosa horses at a horse show at the Industry Expo Center in Industry Hills, near Abuelita and Grandpa's! We had so much fun with Tia Suzi and Rebecca watching the horses walk, cantor, trot and jump courses for the competition. We even got to go into the barn and see the beautiful animals in their stables. Here, Grandpa shows Alexander how to pet Dreamer and Alex shows us how horses "clop."
Alexander convinced Grandpa to draw some animals in chalk for him. You can see them surveying their work and adding new awesome animals.
Today we celebrated our Chavarela Christmas at Abuelita & Grandpa's. Since all except Tia Lisett & Tio Nick are going to be out of town this year, the day was packed with lots of things to do! We started with visiting Aaron and putting up a lil tree for him (Abuelita had left the cherub there 2 weeks before!) Then headed over to the Annual VFW Holiday Party where Santa Claus made a surprise appearance! and then to the house where Alexander & Rebecca made the traditional press-cookies from Abuelita's favorite recipe for the first time!! Both kids caught on very quickly and are destined to be great helpers in the kitchen, especially now that AAA has an honest to goodness chef's jacket with his name engraved! and Rebecca got a (toy) kitchen where they can practice!
Last night Alexander helped us prepare the dough for Grandma's Christmas Cookies. Aside from a great helper, he liked the dough a lot!
Alexander was goofing around with Grandma & Grandpa yesterday. Picture cracks me up. (Grandparents confirmed that Gpa was very, very, very close by, in case AAA or Albert decided he wanted to get off!)
grandma says Alexander is a natural born farmer! see he's already harvesting his first crop of Japanese eggplant in Laguna Niguel. he was also very gentle putting the numerous tomatoes grandma & grandpa would hand to him to put in the basket.
