Dress Rehearsal

Ellie's dress rehearsal was a great opportunity for Ellie to practice dancing on stage in front of an audience. She did really well...even when she lost a shoe during her tap dance to "Pretty Woman". Her ballet dance was to "You are My Sunshine." My good friend, Krissi, video taped the performances and you can follow the links to see our girls dance.

I would love to know what Ellie and Lily are talking about here.

Dress Rehearsal

Ellie and Lily

Lexie

Lexie

Meet the newest member of our family, Lexie. We brought Lexie home this weekend. She is labroador/boxer puppy and is super sweet. The kids love her so much. She loves to play and snuggle and is so much fun to be with.

Muffins for Mom

The Mother's Day progam at Ellie's school is called Muffins for Mom. The kids, including Max, made me some very special gifts. Ellie and Max both made me pictures containing secret messages. I had to paint them in order to read my message. Ellie drew a great picture of me and wrote her own reason for why I'm so special. Can you read it? I could...I was so proud of her!!

A Mother's Day performance

Mother's Day

My babies made me heart shaped pancakes for Mother's Day. They were super good all day, too. I couldn't ask for much more than that!

A Picnic

The kids and I had a picnic the other day at this great little pond behind our local library. We had a good time walking the trails, looking at all the ducks and birds. Ellie took the opportunity to talk to me about Spring. She showed me how the leaves on the trees were all growing back and how everything was turning green. She was so proud of herself with all of the facts that she was sharing with me.

He was quiet in his room. I went to check on him and he was busy "reading".

I caught them in a giggle-fest outside. They didn't even know I was watching them.

Shhh....its a secret.

Playing With the New Camera

So, I haven't updated in a while because things have been very busy around here. Somewhere along the way, I lost my camera! It was very upsetting because there were pictures on there that I hadn't taken off yet. After several weeks of camera withdrawl (you know me....I love taking pictures of my family), I decided to buy another one with the money I made from my short term, part time job at Gymboree. I only worked there for a few weeks (the schedule didn't work out very well), but I made enough to buy my new camera. Yay!!