SURPRISE....we are going Jet Skiing!!!

"Happy Father's Day Baba - WE ARE GOING JET SKIING!!!"
Yes, Fadi was surprised and we had alot of fun!! Eliana was sooo excited when we were getting ready but totally freaked out once Fadi passed the idle area of the water into the open water!!! she lasted about 10 minutes with him and she was miserable so we went back and switched her to my ski. I had a talk with her while we were on our way back out the open water that she had nothing to be afraid of and that Fadi and I would never let her do something that was dangerous. She said that she knew that but she didn't like to go fast because the water was burning her eyes. I said, that's why you were crying??? she said - yes ang!! So I gave her my sunglasses and off we went. we hit our first wave and she yells AWESOME!!!! Then she asked me if she was able to pull the throttle and sure enough she was driving the ski by herself!!! We hung out at the beach for a little bit, then the pool at home, and had a Yummy dinner at Carrabba's!! I wish I was able to see my dad on Father's Day but this was the next best thing!

It's FINALLY gone...

Yup!!! You guessed it!!!! Eliana lost her first tooth!! Well Fadi actually pulled it out :) She came home from school today and told me that her tooth was hurting her. The last time I had went to my dentist, I had asked him how long is OK to wait until we pulled it out. He said that once it starts hurting her, then it is time to come out because the other teeth do not have any room to come in. So I called Fadi and said that I think tonight was the night to pull it and boy was it WIGGLY!! Fadi grabbed a paper towel and he tugged on it once and it immediately started to bleed. The look on her face said that she was a little scared - but she let him tug away!
I think it was the 4th time and he said that he couldn't get it and kinda gave me "his" look. All of a sudden she says, "Baba, my tooth is GONE!!" He started laughing and said, thats because I have it right here - and he shows her the bloddy tooth in the paper towel. She looked SOOOOOOOO different already :( I took her to the bathroom to wash her mouth out - but she was too excited about the tooth fairy coming to visit her!!
Eliana had said to me awhile back that she did not want the tooth fairy to take her tooth because she wanted me to put her 1st tooth in her scrapbook - talk about a girl after my own heart :)
I told her that I can write a note to the tooth fairy and ask her to leave the tooth for me to scrap. Sure enough the Eliana found that the tooth fairy left her tooth under my pillow :)

She's a RAY

Eliana has officially moved up to the next level in swim lessons from Eel to Ray. This is a VERY big accomplishment for her. Also, it is such a big difference as far as what is expected of them. She has to now swim for 25 yards without stopping and tread water for 30 seconds. She will not be able to be in the Ray group until July though because there isn't any open spots for the June session :(

I love that they also learn boating/water safety during each session of swim lessons. Here is Eliana "saving" the victim :)

VPK Graduate

She is growing up sooooo fast!!! Here are a few pictures for her VPK Graduation. Yes, I did cry at the very beginning - but then I was "that parent" who is crawling all over the floor trying to get some pictures and videos. They had positioned her in a very bad spot that we were not able to see her from our seats - and you know we got there early so we had very close seats!! She sang her heart out and did an AWESOME job - We are VERY proud of her!!

Very Surprised when she saw her new bike!!

Takin it for a spin

Now you tell me this girl doesn't LOVE her money!!

Fadi actually surprised her with a 10 minute DVD of pictures of her from birth until now - There wasn't a dry eye in the house!! Especially with his song choices:)

(ma - I will bring it to pgh when we come up in 2 weeks!!! )

beach fun

For Memorial Day - we planned an early morning beach day. After we set up our fort, we rented kayak and off we went! It was pretty exciting since I have never been on one before. We ended up seeing a few stingrays while we were out there too. I wish I took a picture of the whole tent we had set up - we seriously could of been able to stay out there for 2 days :) Can't wait to do that again!