Soccer Star

Naison started a soccer class last week with a bunch of his friends. The class is for 2-3 year olds and I think the 3 year olds are catching on quicker. Nais does not have a very long attention span and he doesn't exactly follow directions all that well. So, he kicks the ball and runs a little bit, and then wants to stop and eat snacks, play with the equipment, and play in the rocks behind the field. It is still cute to watch though. We will see how he does this week. So, soccer star....not yet!

My little boy is 2!

I can't believe Naison is 2 years old! Time is moving too fast. We had a combined birthday party this year for him and his twin friends Jack and Noah. They turned 3 the day before Nais. We had a simple playdate at the park across the street with a bunch of friends...so easy. We had pizza, drinks, cake, and cupcakes. Instead of gifts we had everyone bring books to donate to Phoenix Children's Hospital again. The weather was so nice out and it was just a relaxing day with almost no clean up. I love parties in the park.

Thanks to everyone who came and donated books to PCH. I will be taking them to the hospital next week.

Halloween part 3 of 3

I am so glad to be getting all of this blogging done. I guess I have been busy lately and it is just piling up.

On actual Halloween night the cousins came over to go trick or treating in our neighborhood with Nais. They brought a friend with them too. Before trick or treating we had a yummy dinner of chick-fil-a! Vafa and Venous took the kids out and Kian and I stayed home and passed out candy. Nais is such a bog boy...he held his basket the whole time and said trick or treat and thank you to everyone.

Halloween part 2 of 3

We had a little Halloween party in our culdesac for some of our friends and kids...it was mostly for the kids. We had food...walking tacos, aka frito pies, everyone brought an appetizer, drinks, we had a play-do station, a doughnut game, and each family brought treats for trick or treating stations. It was a busy but fun night. All the kids dressed up and some of the adults did too. Nais wore his turtle costume from last year to this party.

I think all the kids enjoyed themselves...hopefully we can do it again next year!

Here are all the kids...minus Kian of course..he fell asleep....

and here is Nais in his turtle costume.

Halloween part 1 of 3

Our community where we live has a Halloween event every year. It was called the Boo Bash this year. They have food, bounce houses, face painting, games, and all kinds of stuff for the kids to do. We went to that the Friday before Halloween. Nais wore his china man costume for this event and Kian wore his zebra costume. Nais pretty much stayed in the barnyard bounce house the whole time. I guess he is over his bounce house fear :-)

Lake Havasu

We got invited by some friends of ours, that Vafa knows from residency, to come along on the annual trip they take with their families. They all went to residency together and now live in different parts of the US. So...let me introduce you to the families.

The Schanzers: Danny, Ben, Andy, and Andrea

The Goldfarbs: Jeremy, Misha, Ilona, and Jonah

and The Nanigians:Sarah, Dana, Maya, and Brad

All of them are super nice, sweet, and funny. So, needless to say we had a great vacation. Naison had so much fun playing with all the kids and we had fun every night hanging with adults!

We rented a house in Lake Havasu, AZ so we just had a few hours drive and we were there. The house had a swimming pool and hot tub. There was a lot of swimming, jumping off the diving board, and chilin in the hot tub going on.

We hit the beach a couple of times while we were there and rented a house boat for 2 days, which was so much fun. We would set out on the lake in the morning, find a nice beach spot to stop at and grill lunch, play for a while, and then head back to the house. It was the perfect amount of time on the boat. However, Nais would not nap on the boat so he was so tired by the end of the day.

There was a slide and the kids enjoyed playing in the sand and water, and jumping on the beds! Kian just got carried wherever we went. He is a go with the flow kind of kid!

Every night a different family made dinner. There was so much variety in our food...I was loving it. We had fish, burgers, tacos, salads, and we made Persian food. The guys all went fishing for a day but didn't catch that much. Other than that, the kids did lots of crafts, watched movies, ate snacks, hung out, and enjoyed each other.

Here are all the kids minus Kian...

and here is the best group shot! Thanks Andy!

We had such a good time with everyone. Thanks to all of the amazing families for inviting us and being so fun to hang out with. Hope to see you all soon. Love to all!

Pumpkins

I typically blog in chronological order but I am waiting on pictures from someone so I am skipping our Lake Havasu trip and will come back to it when I get the pictures.

We went to MacDonalds Ranch this year again to visit the pumpkin patch and take a hay ride with the boys. We went with a few other families and their kids. It was kind of hot so it didn't exactly feel like it was fall and we had on shorts and tank tops. That's Arizona for you.

When we got there we headed to the petting zoo and Jason stopped to teach Nais some golf. Then we went on a hayride that took us out to the pumpkin patch.

We played in the pumpkin patch for a while and we all got family shots...thanks Stephanie! The kids had fun picking up all the different sized pumpkins.

This was Naison's favorite pumpkin...kind of weird looking, but he loved it.

Here is a shot of the kids minus Kian. (From right to left...Kennedy, Nais Layla, Kaelynn)