And the birthday season begins...

Late January through early March = A LOT of birthday celebrations for Izzy (including her own). The first one this year was for one of Izzy's oldest friends, Ecco. They've known each other since they were only a few months old:

And look at these big FIVE year olds now!

Ecco always has the most creative birthday parties, and this year was no exception. It was a rainbow themed party. Check it out.
Beautiful handmade rainbow attire:

Incredible rainbow cake!

Rainbow fun in the backyard:

Hunt for the letters of your name on rocks:


Rainbow arm painting:

Rainbow punchbox!


Practicing for her rock climbing party on their climbing wall:

Chillin':

The Fast and the Furious

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(And yes, Izzy does get furious...she must get that from her dad.)

Hopefully this uploaded vertically. If not, sorry for the head tilt.

The Challenge

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43 times....on her way to 100. Koko and JiJi, what's your record?

Ready to Rock (Climb)

It was a very delicate and sticky process, but we successfully created a practice version of the rock climbing rice crispy "cake" that we will have at Izzy's rock climbing bday party in 2 weeks. I love having two sous chefs!


Finished product:

The real one will be a little more "polished" (whatever that means :)).

Christmas 2011

This Christmas we took the KanoUeva show on the road, first to L.A. (Venice) to see Koko, Momo & Jiji, and then to Phoenix to see Lola, Lolo, Tita Lisa, Uncle Dave, Jackson, Christian, Gianni, Tito Ernest, and Linsey. It was a lot of driving, but Izzy, Ethan, and Gumbo were all troopers (until the last 20 minutes of each trip, which is understandable) and we had a wonderful time with both families. Here are some highlights from the trip. As always, I took a ton of photos. Here is the entire album, if you're interested in scrolling through.

Momo, Jiji, Iz:

Walking along the water in Venice with Koko and Momo:


Watching War Horse:

Brunch with the Bell Sisters:

Koko and her mini-me:

Iz reading the note from Santa and witnessing the empty cup/plate (he loved the goat cheese!):

New dinosaur pillow pet:

Ecstatic that Santa brought them what they asked for:



(that's a Kindle Fire)
Daddy's new toy:


Rocket Ship from Ms Brianna:


Microscope from Koko!

Ready to go exploring to find stuff to examine under the microscope:

Enjoying new books from Momo & Jiji:

Cooking Christmas dinner:

Hike in Temescal Canyon:




In Scottsdale with the horses/goats/sheep/chickens:





With the cousins (Gianni, Jackson, Christian):

Selling lemonade:


Watching movies with Lolo and Lola:


with Lola:

Cute hats from Tito Ernest and Tita Linsey:


Racing the Roadsters:

Enjoying the fire and making s'mores:



Gumbo meets Ricky Bobby, the puppy: