Category: Stories
Love, the Swiss way
- by zestnzen
Leaving my cousins was hard, but coming home to my uncle Julien made it easier
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| From January 2012 |
The magic show our neighbor Patrick put on for us helped too! And of course the delicious pizza he let us bake in the pizza oven he built in his yard.
I got hugs from everyone I know
we told funny stories
that not everyone thought were that funny
One afternoon, we rode
into town
to share the apéro with the awesome Annelise
and, surprise guest, grandma!
We brought everyone home and let the chefs battle it out in the kitchen
Fondue night was delicious, down to the last bite!
There is no denying it, fondue makes everyone happy
happy
happy!
Next morning we got a special treat, Lucas on the phone! He is coming back to Switzerland for a bit, but we were going to miss each other, so it was good to catch up with him.
and since our days were winding down, we made every moment count
There is nothing like family love
Seems like Mom feels the same way
And I could never get enough of Uncle Juien
or anyone who loves me!
I made sure no one felt left out, I know Yoda would agree with me
And after all that I wasn’t quite ready to hear it was time to leave
Mom and I had a wonderful time in Switzerland, I can’t wait to go back again!
To the valley we descended
- by zestnzen
Then end of our week in Montana brought even more snow, so we left surrounded by a world of white… It warmed up quite a bit in the valley as we left the snow behind us, but we happily pushed forward as our destination was just as exciting as the one we’d just left… A royal reunion was in order for us three cousins!
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| From January 2012 |
We shared our stories
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| From January 2012 |
Exchanged memories
Marveled at the world
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| From January 2012 |
And let the goodnight fairy sprinkle some magic dust on our night
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| From January 2012 |
It must have worked because we woke up in an ice world
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| From January 2012 |
Which put a smile on everyone’s face
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| From January 2012 |
From there, we boarded the iceland train
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| From January 2012 |
And our destination, were invited to soak and relax
and get ready
for the princess ball
It swept me off my feet! Time with my cousin is a precious treasure.
A week in the Alps, the Swiss Alps!
- by zestnzen
The world belong to those who get up early. Easy to do on January first! My first ride was fantastic
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| From January 2012 |
Mom got me back in the groove
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| From January 2012 |
and of course we honored the après-ski tradition – don’t worry they said no when I asked for champagne…
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| From January 2012 |
Game night of course
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| From January 2012 |
we hit the slopes every day
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| From January 2012 |
It’s fun no matter what!
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| From January 2012 |
The view from our place was just as I remembered it
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| From January 2012 |
and the company just as fabulous
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| From January 2012 |
They were cute
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| From January 2012 |
We were tough
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| From January 2012 |
And we all agreed when it was time for a break (still no champagne for me)
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| From January 2012 |
Look what Uncle Julien made for me
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| From January 2012 |
Champions on the slopes
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| From January 2012 |
and a decent team in the kitchen too!
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| From January 2012 |
Towards the end of the week a huge storm kept us off the mountain but we weren’t giving up on the fun
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| From January 2012 |
Some went small
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| From January 2012 |
We decided to go big!
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| From January 2012 |
I found the special doll and got to be the princess for a day
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| From January 2012 |
Which meant, I could pick who read me a story that night
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| From January 2012 |
while others played dangerous games
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| From January 2012 |
It was still too dangerous to get on the mountain so we had a huge snowball fight!
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| From January 2012 |
made cake – heh, someone’s gotta make sure it taste good!
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| From January 2012 |
and organised a photo shoot
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| From January 2012 |
We wrapped up the week with a fairy tale evening in snow covered Montana w dinner
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| From January 2012 |
drinks – don’t worry still no champagne for me
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| From January 2012 |
and silly faces
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| From January 2012 |
Awesome week! When do we go back???
Wrapping up the year in Switzerland
- by zestnzen
After celebrating Xmas w Mom and Dad in Boston, Mom and I jumped on the plane and headed to Switzerland where I quickly found a much more comfortable ride: My awesome uncle Julien
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| From December 2011 |
It was as if we’d seen each other the previous week…
We rediscovered Porrentruy
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| From December 2011 |
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| From December 2011 |
and enjoyed the colorful old details
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| From December 2011 |
But lost no time getting ready for Xmas
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| From December 2011 |
This year we decided small was better
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| From December 2011 |
and of course when you cook with a 5-star chef, you need to be ready for just about anything
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| From December 2011 |
but overall we got along fabulously
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| From December 2011 |
More snow
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| From December 2011 |
meant more work, and I did my fair share!
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| From December 2011 |
Flo helped us finish up our Xmas shopping at the Christmas Light holiday Market in near by France. It was beautiful and very tasty
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| From December 2011 |
Hey look, this is where my eyes come from!
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| From December 2011 |
Back to business with our gingerbread house, an American tradition I was eager to share
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| From December 2011 |
Well worth a day’s work
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| From December 2011 |
and just like they say: work hard, play hard
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| From December 2011 |
After a few laughs back to work we went.
Preparing for Christmas at Uncle Julien’s place.
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| From December 2011 |
It had to be very special!
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| From December 2011 |
I got a headstart
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| From December 2011 |
while others enjoyed their own pot of gold
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| From December 2011 |
and got a decadent menu ready
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| From December 2011 |
This was just one of many fabulous dishes we tasted that evening
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| From December 2011 |
I, myself, am starting to be quite the little chef in the kitchen too. Check out my design style
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| From December 2011 |
Like they say, another day, another Chrismas right? Don’t believe me? Come to my house next year!
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| From December 2011 |
More yummy food, more grown up bubbles,
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| From December 2011 |
more Christmas trees, more family, more fun, more presents…
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| From December 2011 |
What a night
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| From December 2011 |
The next morning was a bit chilly
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| From December 2011 |
but nothing another family Christmas couldn’t warm up!
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| From December 2011 |
After all that it was time for a quiet evening, enjoying town
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| From December 2011 |
and friends
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| From December 2011 |
And even later came the time mom met her friends without me
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| From December 2011 |
She made it up to me by promising a chocolate cake
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| From December 2011 |
Which we got to decorate too
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| From December 2011 |
Some said it goes really well w Champagne
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| From December 2011 |
and necessitated a nice long digestive walk…
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| From December 2011 |
But back to my uncle and I
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| From December 2011 |
He’s the best playdate ever!
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| From December 2011 |
Especially when mom is having her own fun!
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| From December 2011 |
And suddenly it was New Year’s Eve! We were up in the Alps and ready to end the year in style
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| From December 2011 |
with a show
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| From December 2011 |
and my first pop!
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| From December 2011 |
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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| From December 2011 |
Don’t laugh, unlike others I did not wake up in 2012 w a hang over!
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| From December 2011 |
And for all our fun pictures, click on the album below
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| December 2011 |
Early December
- by zestnzen
Where to start!
We made, yes you read correctly, we made our Christmas tree… It was a fun family night!
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| From December 2011 |
And I started skating lessons at Frog Pond. The class is early and it’s pretty chilly out there.
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| From December 2011 |
I met Santa, he spoke French!
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| From December 2011 |
And later, in the middle of town
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| From December 2011 |
we saw many not very dressed santas!!!! What were they thinking! Is charity really a good reason to do this!
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| From December 2011 |
Papa and I doubted their sanity, but had fun cheering them on
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| From December 2011 |
And of course, December means the Nutcracker ballet is in town! I got to go with Mom
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| From December 2011 |
Thanksgiving weekend
- by zestnzen
I am starting to understand why Mom likes Thanksgiving so much. It is a fun day! With lots of food and a visit from grandma and your friends sitting at the table with you.
I made sure the table was decorated
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| From November 2011 |
Mom conquered the turkey, a pretty big deal for her!
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| From November 2011 |
And Papa had a very important job
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| From November 2011 |
And we all shared the most important job: Eating
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| From November 2011 |
cheers!
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| From November 2011 |
Friday morning, Grandma surprised me with tickets to the puppet show in Brookline. We say Jack and the bean stock and I loved it! Afterwards, we drove down to Plymouth to show Grandma and Uncle Scott the Mayflower II
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| From November 2011 |
Grandma and I learned a lot of things on the boat
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| From November 201 |
We couldn’t skip on the Plimoth plantation, a hands-on visit!
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| From November 2011 |
We ended the day by getting into the Christmas spirit at Edaville USA
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| From November 2011 |
Saturday morning, my little friend Mathilde turned one! She doesn’t speak yet, but I know she loved the cake!
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| From November 2011 |
We stopped at Faneuil hall for the annual Christams Tuba concert, there were 150 of them! What a show!
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| From November 2011 |
Sunday came too fast! Even more so, because I can ride my bike now
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| From November 2011 |
It was hard to say goodbye, but taking Mom and Dad to the new playground on the Esplanade helped easy my sadness, and once I found my classmate there, I was having a great day all over again!
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| From November 2011 |
Pretty nice weekend, I know! I hope yours was just as fabulous. Wanna see more of my adventures?
Click on the album below:
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| November 2011 |
Fashion Début
- by zestnzen
I’ve heard it many times, I have a good sense of fashion, now was the time to show it off! School organized a fashion show for which we could wear whatever we wanted. There was music and a live audience, I just had to give it my all!
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| From November 2011 |
Mom then accompany me to Knucklebones and I showed her how we learn to stretch and workout with all kinds of equipment
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| From November 2011 |
No surprise then that after such a great workout I have such great style when playing ball!
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| From November 2011 |
and without losing an ounce of fashion!
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| From November 2011 |
colors colors and more colors!
- by zestnzen
We’d given up on fall this year! After temperature record breaking in mid-october and the record snow fall at the end of last month, fall seemed to have decided it wasn’t going to dress up this year.
Well never count nature out! One morning we walk up to this view:
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| From November 2011 |
We decided to go check out the view at the Arnold Arboretum. I showed Uncle Scott the way to Peter’s Hill
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| From November 2011 |
We could almost see his house from up there. And do you recognize the Hancock bldg? I did!
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| From November 2011 |
Our Pedestrian corridor is looking good too
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| From November 2011 |
The next day we saw this at the corner of our street
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| From November 2011 |
and decided to take another local walk,
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| From November 2011 |
to the river this time. I got a bird’s eye view
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| From November 2011 |
The thermometer climbed back up in the 70′s this week and we took a day to visit
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| From November 2011 |
The apple orchard at Tougas Farm
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| From November 2011 |
Fuji, Granny Smith, Mutsu and our all time favorite, Cortland apples
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| From November 2011 |
Come with me next time!
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| From November 2011 |
Great day with Mom
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| From November 2011 |
Before the next storm , which will likely blow everything away
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| From November 2011 |
We took in the colors at Public Garden
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| From November 2011 |
Early in the morning…
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| From November 2011 |
Isn’t it sooooooooooooooo pretty?
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| From November 2011 |
and aren’t we so pretty?!
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| From November 2011 |
Another day another hike
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| From November 2011 |
To Buck Hill in the Blue Hills Reservation this time
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| From November 2011 |
Mom and I
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| From November 2011 |
Enjoyed the view
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| From November 2011 |
Halloween!
- by zestnzen
It all started with lots of gooey stuff
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| From October 2011 |
After some hard work
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| From October 2011 |
I won most creative pumpkin this year!
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| From October 2011 |
Preschool, the next day, was all fun and games
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| From October 2011 |
And then I ran for my life to avoid the fate of this poor smurf
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| From October 2011 |
My friends and I
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| From October 2011 |
And Tess too
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| From October 2011 |
filled up our buckets in the street of the South End, without forgetting our Lion friend
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| From October 2011 |
Nope, Gargamel did not get me
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| From October 2011 |
Our pumpkins fared well
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| From October 2011 |
And myself, brainy smurf and Gargamel got along just fine
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| From October 2011 |
Curious about the rest of our adventures this months? Check out the photo album below, a click away
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| October 2011 |
About me!
- by zestnzen
My favorite is: Pink and purple
My favorite animal is: a cow and a dog and a giraffe
My favorite game is: My experiment lab
My favorite fruit is: a large strawberry
My favorite meal is: Breakfast for dinner
My favorite vegetable is: broccoli
My favorite book is: Fancy Nancy
My favorite toy is: my dog and my cow
My best friend is: Tess and Beatriz
My favorite place is: Paris
My favorite treat is: candy and for dessert I like strawberry pancakes and I like lollipops too
My favorite song is: Fancy Nancy
My favorite exercise: Push-ups