Monday, December 12, 2016

Balloon lady - 11/26/16


Sadie became the balloon lady (after I made her a couple things).  Man, it's so happy in her head!!

Assembly - poem - 11/18/16


A Thanksgiving poem by 3rd grade!  Pretty funny!

La Brea tar pits - 11/7/16


The 3rd graders went to the La Brea tar pits for their field trip.  It only took me 20 years living here to get there!

Sat. Class - 11/5/16


Performance practice at Sat. class.

Assembly - poem - 11/4/16


3rd graders did a nice veterans day poem!

Sing like a Star Performance - 11/3/16


Another fabulous performance at school!!

Thursday, November 10, 2016

Dobby whip & nene - 10/31/16


Sadie (as Dobby from Harry Potter) doing the Whip & Nene at the Halloween block party!

Assembly - poem - 10/28/16


A great Halloween poem actually written by Sadie's class!  Great job!!

Wish volunteer - 10/27/16


Not surprising Andy's dad, Ken, was this year's National Make a Wish volunteer of the year (only the 2nd year of the award).  Amazing and so proud of him!

Sat. class - 10/22/16


Nothing like performing during class in full costume!

School fall festival - 10/21/16


A little costume parade for Sadie's class before fall festival!

Earmuff DJ - 10/17/16


This is what it's like to go shopping with Sadie...Always entertaining!

Assembly - patriotic song - 10/14/16


It was the 3rd graders turn to lead the patriotic song at assembly!

Breast stroke - 10/11/16


Sadie has pretty much perfected her breast stroke!

Sat. class - 10/8/16


Love this Sat. class performance of Party in the USA!  Great facial expressions!

Jodi's toga bday party - 10/7/16


Pink hosted Jodi's toga themed bday party at her house.  Including a bit of karaoke, no pressure!!

Assembly - poem - 10/7/16


A classic poem by Shel Silverstein!  Always love his stuff!

Thursday, October 13, 2016

Sat. class - hip hop move - 9/24/16


This day hip hop was taught by a teacher that has won on the show "So you think you can dance".  Sadie however, had to teach him her signature move!!  The student became the teacher!!

Sat. class - song writing - 9/24/16


Sometimes you have class with the big kids!  This time it was song writing (and also guitar).  Way to show them that even the youngest can contribute!

Assembly - Grandparents Day - 9/23/16


A poem in honor of the Grandparents on Grandparents Day.

Ukulele - Love me tender - 9/18/16


A little Love me Tender before bed...

Watch ya mouth game - 9/18/16


This is one of the funniest games!  You also get very serious when trying to say the word which makes it even funnier!

Garth Brooks concert - 9/17/16


Garth Brooks always a great concert!  We were all troopers after getting up so early for the triathlon but couldn't miss it!

Malibu Triathalon - 9/17/16


Yet another Triathalon in the books!  This was how it all started and the first one Andy signed up for! ....And now he's obsessed!

LA County Fair performance - 9/11/16


Sadie got to perform at the LA County Fair!  She did amazing!

LA County Fair bubble - 9/11/16


What's better than a giant hamster ball on water?

Assembly - poem - 9/9/16


A great poem from the 3rd graders!!

Happy song - 9/8/16


I think this song was made for Sadie!

Math certificate - 9/2/16


Sadie received a certificate for completing her math workbook over the summer!

Assembly - Patriotic song - 9/2/16


3rd graders lead the Patriotic song at the 1st assembly!

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Bora Bora - rain - 8/28/16


Not a surprise it rained a bit on our trip but we lucked out on most of the weather!  Good bye Bora Bora!

Bora Bora - octopus - 8/28/16


Sadie found an octopus during the snorkeling time on the catamaran!  So cool!

Bora Bora - water dancing - 8/28/16


Sadie dancing in the water!  She's funny!

Bora Bora - catamaran - 8/28/16


A little pit stop during our catamaran trip for some snacks and drinks!

Bora Bora - sailing - 8/28/16


Andy in heaven sailing on the catamaran!

Bora Bora - coconut drama - 8/27/16


Someone realized that one of the coconuts was not by all of the other "friends" and was alone on a table.  And the oscar goes to...???

Bora Bora - swim practice - 8/26/16


Sadie & Daddy doing a bit of swim practice!

Bora Bora - stargazing guitar - 8/25/16


While on a stargazing trip, Sadie offered to play a song on the guitar for everyone, by the light of an iPhone....

Bora Bora - coconut bball - 8/25/16


Sadie and Daddy made up a new island game, coconut basketball!!

Bora Bora - fish feeding - 8/24/16


Just a bit of morning fish feeding off our room deck!

Bora Bora - inner tube IM - 8/24/16


Andy doing a swimming individual medley but in an inner tube!

Bora Bora - Inner tube trouble - 8/24/16


Just a bit of trouble for Andy trying to get into an inner tube!  Hilarious!

Bora Bora - shark - 8/22/16


Swimming with the sharks.  Sadie almost got to ride a big lemon shark!  They kept trying to get it to come up!  It was a bit far down but when she got to it, she had to come up for breath!!

Bora Bora - shark swimming - 8/22/16


Swimming with sharks!   Amazing!!!

Bora Bora - fish feeding - 8/22/16


Sadie acting like a native feeding a ton of fish with the guide!

Bora Bora - stingray swimming - 8/22/16


Swimming with the stingrays!  Sadie actually got to ride on one but I couldn't get a video of it ;(

Bora Bora - 1st bike ride - 8/21/16


Sadie FINALLY learned to ride a bike!!  What better way to learn than on vacation in Bora Bora!

Bora Bora - Sadie song - 8/20/16


Sadie making up songs!  So happy in her head!!

Bora Bora - Sadie daddy jump - 8/20/16


Sadie and Daddy's turn to jump!

Bora Bora - Sadie mommy jump - 8/20/16


The first jump off our room deck!

Camp - bass lake tubing - 8/13/16


After camp, we rented a boat and Sadie did some tubing!!

Camp - Activity MVP - 8/13/16


Sadie also got Activity MVP as well!  At first she was confused because she already had an award!

Camp - Camper of the week - 8/13/16


Sadie was surprised with Camper of the week!!  Her counselors did a great poem!  Great job Sadie Sade!

Camp - closing song - 7/30/16


Closing song at camp during our visit

Camp - bunk flip - 7/30/16


Sadie showing off her bunk flip during our camp visit

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Seattle - rain dancing - 7/4/16


The kids dancing in the Seattle rain!

Disney Cruise - talent solo - 7/3/16


Sadie also performed a solo song in the kids talent show!

Disney Cruise - talent duo - 7/3/16


Sadie and Riley performing in a kids talent show on the ship!

Disney Cruise - juggler help - 7/2/16


Sadie was chosen to help out with a juggler that performed one night on the ship.

Disney Cruise - dog sledding - 7/1/16


An amazing dog sledding trip on the glacier!!

Disney Cruise - rock climbing - 6/30/16


A little repelling during our rock climbing trip!

Disney Cruise - Liarsville - 6/30/16


The kids doing an impromptu dance next to the entertainer.

Disney Cruise - slo mo wind - 6/28/16


Sadie and Riley running at the windy front of the ship...slo mo style!

Disney Cruise - Mickey - 6/27/16


What Disney cruise would be complete without Mickey!?

8th birthday party - 6/11/16


Sadie had an art bus come for her bday party.  They got to paint the outside and then do crafts inside!

Happy 8th birthday - 6/11/16


Big birthday wish!

Brownies year end party - 6/10/16


What better way to end brownies than a limo to a candy store and then lunch!!

Classroom award - 6/10/16


Sadie's end of the year classroom award!!

Assembly - poem - 6/10/16


A final 2nd grade poem and its a big one!  Great job!

School family picnic - 6/3/16


An event that could've been made for Sadie and of course she finishes first!

Assembly - french poem - 6/3/16


2nd grade French poem for assembly

HL Showcase song - 6/2/16


Sadie did an amazing job with her song for the showcase!  Its always amazing how she can turn it on when she gets on a stage!!

HL Showcase dance - 6/2/16



The final dance of the showcase.  Sadie comes in on the left with the 2nd group.

HL Showcase monologue - 6/2/16


Sadie did a great job with her showcase monologue!

HL Showcase scene - 6/2/16


Minor scene in the showcase

HL Showcase red carpet - 6/2/16


The red carpet from Sadie's Saturday class showcase.

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Tarzan - 5/30/16


Leave Daddy & Sadie alone outside and this is what I come out to....

Assembly - poem- 5/27/16


A nice memorial day poem from 2nd grade!

Sing like a Star performance - 5/26/16


Once again Sadie continues to amaze us on stage!  This time playing the guitar and singing.  At the end, she really finds her groove and performs in true Sadie style!!

1st Communion gifts - 5/14/16


Sadie was the only one asked to present the gifts for her 1st communion service.  She did an awesome job learning everything the last 2 years!

Assembly - Poem - 5/13/16


One of my favorite poems from Shel Silverstein that I also had memorized.  Great job 2nd graders!

GS pledge at City Hall - 5/10/16


This was a big week for girl scout activities!  Our girls got to do the pledge at the Calabasas City Hall.  True to Carden style, they also did it in French!!

Creepy kid - 5/8/16


Sadie took Andy's phone and recorded a bunch of videos.  I think we may need to sleep with one eye open from now on!!

Whip & Nene - 5/8/16


Sadie & Daddy doing the Whip & Nene!  Hilarious!

GS Club 500 event - 5/7/16


Sadie got a special invitation to attend a Girl Scout carnival for those girls that sold over 500 cookies (she sold 584!!).  She was the only girl from our troop to come close!  Way to go Sadie and thanks all for your support!

GS roller skating event - 5/6/16


Our girl scout service unit hosted an all troop event.  Our girls had a great time getting to know some of the other girls!

Assembly - ukulele - 5/6/16


The 2nd grade class did an amazing job playing the ukulele that they learned this year!!

#Save carden song - 5/6/16


A song preformed by the whole school to support the effort to save the school!

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Assembly - poem - 4/22/16


Another great poem from the 2nd graders!!

Swim lesson - 4/18/16


A great swim lesson in the resistance pool.  She loves doing lessons here and is such an amazing swimmer!

Sat. class comments - 4/16/16


After their performances, the teacher gives comments.  Sadie's the youngest in this class by 3 years!  These were great comments.

Sat. class - 4/16/16


A great practice performance at Sadie's Saturday performance class.  She is so fun to watch!

Busy Bee Award - 4/15/16


Sadie got another Busy Bee Award for working hard at school!  Her teacher said that Dr. Fleming read it wrong and it actually said she has recently improved her penmanship....Keep up the good work Sadie Sade!!

Andy IFly - 4/3/16


What should you do in between basketball games at the Final Four??  Obviously go flying!

Friday, April 22, 2016

Sarasota - storm - 3/29/16


Pretty much everywhere I go, it has to rain.  This was no different.  Lots of thunder and lightning!  We did get in a couple nice days...

Tampa - egg hunt - 3/27/16


The Easter bunny came to Noni*s house (although Sadie can't read his writing)!  He hid some eggs too!

Tampa - underwater egg hunt - 3/26/16


This is the first time we had ever seen this!  Sadie loved it.  The eggs floated on top and the kids had to swim to get them!  Very fun!

Orlando - wall climbing - 3/23/16


Instead of rock climbing they had a building wall to climb!  Sadie killed it!

Orlando - Universal - 3/23/16


Sadie using her magic wand and body to move the skeleton at Harry Potter's world

Orlando - Universal - 3/23/16


The dragon breathing fire at Harry Potter's world

Orlando - bouncy - 3/20/16


A "flip" on a very stiff bouncy!  Lots of effort needed for this one!

Orlando - zip line - 3/20/16


Last year Sadie was scared to do this zip line but this year she was ready to go!  Then did it a bunch of times afterwards!

Orlando - pool karaoke - 3/19/16


Karaoke poolside!  The Tomorrow song in a towel!

Orlando - learning German - 3/19/16


Sadie downloaded a language app.  She showed it to Opa and he was helping her to learn some words!

Assembly - poem - 3/18/16


Great poem by the 2nd graders!!

School egg hunt - 3/18/16


Egg hunt at school!

Sing like a Star performance - 3/17/16


Another amazing performance!  It's always so entertaining to watch her on stage!

Gianna's party - whip & nene - 3/13/16


It's starting already...The girls all dancing at a party!  They have some pretty good moves!!

Gianna's party - egg hunt - 3/13/16


They did an Easter egg hunt at Gianna's bday party!

Tasting Guiness - 3/12/16


Sadie wanted to try Daddy's Guiness.  Her reaction is amazing and I'm pretty sure that she will not be drinking it anytime soon!!

Fireball Candy - 3/12/16


Sadie decided to try a fireball candy for the first time!  Hot but she liked it!

Assembly - poem - 3/4/16


Despite crutches, another great poem!

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Pitts ranch - 4 wheelers - 2/28/16


And just like that, she's off!  She loved the 4 wheelers and especially liked to go over the bumpy parts!  Ranch life is pretty awesome.

Pitts ranch - 4 wheelers - 2/28/16


Sadie's 1st time on a 4 wheeler.  She picked it up quickly!

Pitts ranch - skateboard - 2/27/16


Andy had been dying to try the skate ramp at the ranch.  Sadly, he's not as good as he thought!!  Very funny though, for me anyway!

Pitts ranch - rock wall - 2/27/16


Fun at the ranch in their new "play area"!  Sadie climbed the rock wall, even with one foot and jelly shoes!!

Library dedication - 2/24/16


The 2nd graders were chosen to sing the Patriotic song for the new library dedication.  They did great considering there were a ton of news cameras!!

Sat. performance class - 2/20/16


Sadie doing a practice song at her Sat. class.  Not sure if she will do this one for the showcase but it was still a good performance!

Assembly - Chinese new year poem - 2/19/16


This is really cute.  It goes through all of the chinese new year animals.  Long but interesting to know which animal you are....

Mammoth - 2/15/16


Some more Mammoth skiing!!

Guitar Happy Birthday - 2/13/16


Sadie played me happy birthday on the guitar!  Great job!

Fake flower snow - 2/13/16


LA "snow" from the flowers across the street!

Assembly - poem - 2/12/16


Poem by the 2nd graders!

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Sewing with Grandma - 2/10/16


Sadie got a sewing lesson from Grandma.  She did great and made a cute heart pillow!

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

1st confession prayer - 1/30/16


They asked Sadie to read the opening prayer for their 1st confession.  Daddy started taping a bit late but Sadie did great!

Sing like a Star performance - 1/21/16


Sadie killed it again and closed out the show!  She sang "Big Deal" by LeeAnn Rhimes.  As always a great job!

Daddy's rowing machine - 1/20/16


Andy got a new rowing machine in his office.  Sadie had to give it a try!

Mammoth - wall of doom - 1/18/16


Sadie loved going down the "wall of doom" as it's called.  She's getting pretty good!!

Mammoth - Fresh tracks - 1/18/16


Fresh powder up in mammoth!

Assembly - poem - 1/15/16


The day after their play, they still managed to remember their poem!

2nd grade play - 1/14/16


Sadie's play 'Lost in China' was great.  It tied into their tablet unit and project on China.  Her teacher wrote the whole thing and changed the words to a couple popular songs.  Sadie was pretty much the lead again and also had 2 songs.  Great job!

Learning to play jacks - 1/13/16


Grandma teaching Sadie to play jacks.  Old school.

Happy Heart award - 1/8/16


Sadie got a Happy Heart award at school.  It is an award to given to those that show helpfulness, friendliness and a happy heart.  She always has the best reactions when she gets awards and is so truly touched!  The other kids just stand there and Sadie is so happy and almost in tears!!

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Maui - New years fireworks - 12/31/15


Happy new year as seen from our condo balcony!

Maui - whale & baby - 12/31/15


An amazing site on our whale watching trip!  A mamma whale and a baby.  The mamma was trying to teach it to jump and slap and the tiny baby was trying to imitate it!  Look at the size difference!  So cute!!

Maui - whale group - 12/31/15


A group of whales.  At one point there were about 5 or 6 we could see all chasing after a female and trying to show off (typical)!

Maui - snorkeling - 12/30/15


A bit of underwater camera of Sadie snorkeling!

Maui - wave jumping - 12/30/15


Sadie had fun jumping in the waves too.  She got taken out by a pretty big one and was scared so glad she got back in there!

Maui - body boarding - 12/30/15


Sadie and Andy had a great time body boarding in the waves!

Maui - turtle - 12/29/15


We caught a turtle with the underwater camera while snorkeling.  Really cool!

Maui - dolphins - 12/29/15


A huge pod of dolphins!  They came close to the boat thanks to Sadie doing some calls!

Maui - Luau hula


Sadie up on stage doing the hula lesson.  She is always the only one in full hula outfit (which she has had and worn since she was 2)!!

Maui - Luau fire twirler - 12/28/15


The fire twirling is always very entertaining.  This guy also put it in his mouth and then came over to ask Andy to do the same!!  (he said no!)

Maui - Luau fire sitting - 12/28/15


Don't think I would want to try to sit on fire!

Christmas - license plate holder - 12/24/15


Of all things, Sadie really wanted this crystal frog license plate holder (nothing to put in it but whatever...).  She was SOOOO excited that Santa brought it!!  Reaction is priceless!

Christmas morning - 12/24/15


Santa came!!  Santa came!!!

Assembly - poem - 12/18/15


A cute holiday poem from the 2nd graders

Guitar practice - 12/14/15


Sadie is doing guitar lessons with her music teacher at school to help her with the guitar part of her Saturday class.  She's starting to get the hang of it!

Church Christmas play - 12/13/15


Sadie played Mary in the church Christmas play!!

GS senior center caroling - 12/11/15


The girl scouts went to the senior center to sing some holiday carols.  Everyone really enjoyed it!

Assembly - holiday songs3 - 12/11/15


Holiday songs at assembly

Assembly - holiday songs2 - 12/11/15


Holiday songs at assembly

Assembly - holiday songs - 12/11/15


Holiday songs at assembly

Santa visit - 12/10/15


Sadie went to visit Santa!

Elf play - 12/7/15


Sadie decided to do this little play out of the blue before bed!

Feedback from record exec - 12/5/15


Ron Harris is an A&R and music manager and partnered with Ron Fair, CEO of Virgin Records.  His feedback to Sadie was great!  He could not believe her age!!

Feedback from teacher - 12/5/15


Sadie is the youngest in her 6 hour Saturday performance class.  Great feedback from her teacher.  He owns an artist development company.  She's doing a great job holding her own!

Hunger awareness GS patch - 12/4/15


The girl scouts helped to collect the food for Hunger Awareness week at school.  They were presented with their patch and thanked at the assembly.  Good job girls!

Assembly - French poem - 12/4/15


The 2nd graders did a great job doing their French poem!  Tres Bien!

Calabasas Santa - 12/1/15


Santa and her reindeer came to visit Calabasas.  Although they both seemed to look a little familiar!