The Little American's 2013 Summer Vacation

Yesterday was Daniel's first day back to school. His was excited to start the first grade and seeing his classmates from Kindergarten. These are the photos of his Summer break vacation to New York City and Bermuda.

Busy Bee's Graduating Class of 2012

Today was our pre-school graduation day ceremony at Busy Bee which I attended for 2 years.

 There were 25 in our graduating class which our teachers said was the biggest class yet.

This was the moment of the ceremony where I stood up to declare what I wanted to be when I grow up which was a singing police and fireman.

A picture with my 2 teachers Deanna(L) and Jessica.  I will miss them so much.  Next is a two week vacation in Europe than a short summer school session before starting Kindergarten in the fall.

The Little American's 1st Swimming Lesson

Yesterday was my very first swim lesson at the local YMCA.  There were 7 of us in class that day.  As you can see, I left everyone behind....next!

Coming Soon...The Little American's First Roman Holiday

Ciao a tutti!

    I'm very excited about my first trip to Italy this June with my parents.  We will be staying in Rome but will take a few day trips via express trains to nearby cities and towns such as Napoli and Firenze.  I hope you will join us here as I hope to share photos of my daily excursions at the end of everyday while visiting this wonderful country with its rich history.  Please stay tuned.  Arrivederci!!

My 2011 Christmas Concert At Busy Bee

THE LITTLE AMERICAN TURNS 4

Hello everyone! On August 6th, I turned 4 years old. My Dads surprised me with a wonderful outdoor party at the Mushroom pool with all of my Tiny Tots classmates in attendance.

My party theme was inspired by my very favorite show the Little Einsteins. The beautiful and delicious cupcakes were made by my good friend Paisley's mom. I love the colors and musical notes on the icing.

The primary color theme is also the colors from Little Einstein.

Although my Dads thought I seemed ungrateful for all their efforts, I had a great time and loved all the attention.

I even had a wonderful magician which my friends and I thought was very entertaining. Well, thank you for visiting me and please come back again.

Curious Daniel

Curious Daniel from Julio on Vimeo.

My First Class Photo

A photo of me with my pre-school classmates. Diane(standing left)is my teacher. In the middle is Nancy who runs the school. On the right of Nancy is Lupe who is responsible for our healthy snacks and meals. To my right is my best friend Logan.

Chapter 1-The Little American Goes To Paris

Bonjour! I am the little American. I am currently 2 years old(born 8/6/07).
My parents thought since this is my first trip to Paris, it is appropriate that I share my experience on my Dad's blog. I begin with my excitement getting on the overnight hotel's park 'n fly shuttle service to the San Francisco International Airport. You'll notice throughout my trip, I'm dressed almost exclusively in black. My Dads are so obsessed about blending in with the locals so they are convinced that our entire wardrobe of black clothing would help do the trick. My only carry on responsibility was my backpack on wheels containing my favorite bedtime story books and some Thomas trains with one of my 2 travel companions George the monkey. That's George, the one I'm choke holding.

After arriving at the airport and passing through security, I had over an hour before my flight took off, so I decided to unwind with Dad's laptop to watch one of my favorite PBS show, Caillou. I can watch that kid all day if parents let me.

Okay, I just learned our flight is delayed by an hour. There aren't enough snacks and sandwiches in the waiting lounge to contain my impatience if I hear about any further delays.....

This was taken about 4 hours into our flight. As you can see, I was not too thrilled about retiring so soon. However, I was out voted 2 to 1 so I begrudgingly capitulated. There was also cheering with a round of a applause in the cabin as I laid my head down. I'm not sure what that was about.

Finally... five hours into the flight, I gave in and decided perhaps a beauty nap would be best before my arrival in Paris...so, Sheep, my closest traveling companion, and I doze off.

"Garcon! I just arrived in Paris after a 15 hour travel day and I want my hot chocolate now!..si vous plait"

Before we retired to our apartment, I perused the scrumptious looking baked goods at a nearby Boulangerie Patisserie to find a treat to satiate my sweet tooth after dinner.

Alas, we arrive at our beautiful Paris Perfect's Cotes Du Rhone apartment, which is even more beautiful then the images on the website. My Dad promises more images and details on this lovely apartment to follow.

That's me on the sofa with Sheep, unwinding from a little jetlag, enjoying a French cartoon in the apartment while my Dads fight in the other room about whose fault it was for not predicting there would be a flight delay which created chaos in their scripted travel plans.

Here is the view from one of our living room windows, which all look out to beautiful buildings. From this one, we can see Princess Caroline's apartment with the Eiffel Tower behind it. Hopefully, the Princess will look over one evening and raise a toast in welcoming me to Paris. Stay tuned for more photos and interesting observations on my trip to the city of lights.

Au revoir,
The Little American