Dance-Friends and Family Day

When Annalee started dance back in October we were told that her beginners class would not be participating in the end of the year recital, but that there would be a friends and family day where we could all come and see what they had learned over the months. Today was the day! And we definitely found out why they don't put these 3 year olds in the the recital...
There was a lot of this...



And this...



Annalee was quite overwhelmed by the 30 people that crowded into this little room to watch 4 little girls and 1 little boy show off there new dance moves!
After the first couple of songs things got a little better when it was time for Sache's!...

Here they are all waiting there turn! This was a big accomplishment early on.


Then it was time for "Mr. Mat" and forward rolls!




And Itsy Bitsy Spider




with a Passe'...



Here is most of the class, there were times when someone needed to be with a mom or dad, and they weren't all out there....


There were doing there spins...



and here resting so they didn't fall over from the spins...



Annalee always spins to fast and miss Melanie (who is awesome!) has to catch her before she hits the floor!

All in all, lots of fun...but very obvious they are not ready for the Big Stage and Bright Lights!

Mother's Day... awesome

We started our Mother's Day celebration by going downtown to artisphere. It was an awesome night, The big kids loved seeing the bands in the streets, Annalee kept asking for the herns (the brass band). There was a live statue too that she thought was pretty awesome. Jude's favorite part was the pomegranate frozen yogurt we had from Blueberry Frog. And sweet little Ezra, I carried him in the front pack carrier and he tilted his head back and stared at all the trees overhead for most of the night. It was a perfect night.


First thing Mother's Day morning Annalee and Jude charged my room and climbed onto my bed carrying their cards and gifts.They had both signed their cards themselves, as you can see from these pics and a short video Jay didn't actually intend to make...


I loved all of my gifts, especially the notepad and soap that Annalee picked out for me all by herself.




We also dedicated Ezra at church on Mother's Day (more pics of that in a separate post). All of my babies have been dedicated on Mother's Day, so it was very special to me.

After church we went to lunch at Jay's parents to spend some time with his mom, and the the kids were great, and the food and company were great.

We came home and all the babes took a nap and so did we...

It was just a really nice relaxing day...and the best part was that whenever I wanted Jay to do something all Ihad to say was...it is Mother's Day ya know...that was fun...

Once Upon a Time....

Once upon a time....





Then, 3 years later...there was this....




Can you say Regression???