Jocelyn and her friends — with a little help from Felicia — completed their second Ice Cream Specials fund raiser earlier in August, raising $98 to benefit the Washington School RotaCare medical clinic in San Jose. As a token of appreciation, the clinic presented both girls with certificates after giving them a tour of the facility earlier this evening.

It was an impressive — although tiny — facility, operating a weekly free medical clinic on school grounds in the middle of a poor (and largely Hispanic) neighborhood not far from our home. The waiting room was jammed with children and adults, many of whom had lined up all day for the chance to see a doctor.

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On Friday, the Daytime Trio took a rare evening out for themselves to attend the first preseason home game for the San Jose Sharks. Felicia, Jocelyn, and I went to the game while Karen was at a “purse party” across town.

We had a great time, and Felicia did really well at her first full-length game of the modern era. Felicia also enjoyed cheering for Devin Setoguchi, who is competing for a roster spot this year. With Jonathon Cheecho out of the lineup, it was a lot of fun to cheer for “Gooch.”

There were lots of power plays, so Jocelyn taught her sister to do “The Chomp” every time. The Sharks have updated their logo this season, and have introduced a new jersey design. It would be OK with me if they also came up with a new power play cheer, but that’s probably wishful thinking on my part.

This picture was actually taken on Monday at the team’s season ticket holder party, but you get the idea. At that event, Felicia wore an older Sharks jersey, and commented at the end that she need to get a “new lego on it.”

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No, we don’t actually have a plasma TV. Yet.

But Jocelyn has decided on her own that the fairies in our house do actually have their own plasma screen, and here they are watching the 2007 Womens World being played in China this month.

I’ve been watching some games live and taping the rest. The U.S. plays again live on Friday morning (1:55 am PDT). Call me if you’re up!

She came up with this plasma idea all by herself without any prodding from me. I swear.

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She’s been counting the days (sort of), and Felicia returned to preschool today. She is very excited to see her “preschool friends” again and to play with Teacher Sharon, too.

Here she is finding her name tag all by herself. She’s in the purple group, and already seems to be completely back into the swing of things.

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It’s been a nice, relaxing summer for our family, but it’s almost over. I’ve been calling this Felicia’s “Summer of Luca” because she’s spent a lot of time with her preschool friend.

Here he is following her down the river at Lincoln Glen Park (preschool friend Megan is right behind). Felicia and Luca found each other in the waning weeks of 2-Day preschool at SJPPNS last Spring, and they’ve been fast friends ever since.

We’ve had a few planned play dates, and we’ve had some serendipitous play dates … running into each other at parks, parties, and the occasional grocery trip, too.

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I haven’t been able to get a picture, but you’ll have to take my word for it: Felicia can do a somersault … only she calls it a “backgammon flip.”

This is probably due to my Treo game-playing addiction, which recently led Karen to give me an actual backgammon board game for my birthday. I’ve taught Jocelyn how to play, but the math rules are a bit beyond the average three-year-old.

Not to worry … Felicia has adopted the name to suit her own needs.