LADM....LA Dance Magic Convention

This was our first year going to this dance convention. It was a 2 day convention....5 hours each day. The girls had a blast. All the girls wore their NEW dance outfits....hoping to outshine all the other girls. I think they were successful! Their instructors were awesome and taught the girls some cute routines. On Sunday, I took a parents class. Boy was I surprised! Our instructor taught us a hip-hop routine that we were expected to open the convention show performing. I have a new appreciation of how our girls feel when they are on stage. Will never do it again!!!!!!!

Halloween....2009

The girls absolutely love halloween.  They start deciding their costumes in the summer and probably change their minds a 100 times before making a decision.  This year Emma was a pirate girl and Hannah was a witch.  We start the season off by going to the pumpkin patch and picking out our pumpkins.  We didn't go this year...got rained out!  Dad did find some nice looking pumpkins for them to decorate.  We don't carve...too messy...and Dad says the carved pumpkins attract flies and ants.  Oh well!!  On Halloween night we go trick or treating with the neighborhood families...tradition.  It's so much fun.  The moms and dads get to catch up and the kiddos have fun just hanging out and getting lots of candy.  We had a blast this year.

Catch-up

Alot has been going on over the last 3 months and I haven't been good about keeping my blog up.  Just busy I guess.  These posts may not be in order but this is what we have been up to.

9-26-09....3rd District Qualifier....Texas Stars Tomball

This is the last district qualifier before the Judges Cup in San Antonio next week. We're all looking forward to San Antonio and the fun the girls will have. This meet was a really good one for Hannah. She was very confident today....vault 9.1, bars 9.4, beam 8.7, floor 8.9. Whoo hoo for Hannah. Pics to come.

9-19-09....Progressions Elite sleepover

Tonight we hosted a sleepover for all the dancers in our company...rising stars.  Our girls are so close and totally enjoy hanging out together. I had 12 little girls in my house ready to have lots of fun.  12 screaming girls...ouch!  Ms. Kim came over and played some team building games with them.  Afterwards, they painted each others nails and toenails.  We played "freeze" to some of their favorite songs.  The topper for the evening was the funky pajama "strike a pose" little divas runway show!!!!  They all gave us their best pose and dance moves.  We loved it and laughed so hard.  Our girls really are little divas, in their own right!  We had lots of treats for the evening....pizza, popcorn, m&m's, chips, cupcakes and munchies for the adults.  They all pretty much crashed around 11pm.Sunday morning, we made pancakes and bacon.  Then, the girls hit the floor running.  They played "sing along", freeze again and we had another runway show.  Whew!!!!  They still hadn't run out of energy.  We all had a good time and can't wait for the next one.Pics to come.

9-12-09....District Qualifier-Bannon's

This is Hannah's 2nd meet. She's excited because it's being held at her gym. Because I am a booster mom, I worked the entire weekend. I was a beam tabulator. It was fun. I got to see the girls compete up close and personal. It was also interesting talking to the judges. I think when I retire I will become a gymnastics judge. They get paid really well. Mom worked in concessions on Saturday and a vault timer/tabulator on Sunday. Hannah scored well on all the events...vault 8.45, bars 8.1, beam 8.7, floor 8.3. As usual, we are very proud of her and all her hard work.

8-30-09....First gymnastics district qualifier...Juergens

Today is the day....Hannah's first day in the spotlight. She has been working really hard toward this day. The first meet is at Juergen's in Humble. We practiced all weekend just to make sure she was comfortable with her routines. She is very nervous mostly because she doesn't know what to expect. She did very well...vault 8.3, bars 9.20, beam 8.7, floor 8.8. Fantastic!!!!

8-24-09.....First day of school

The girls had a good summer. I think they are ready to go back to school though. Hannah is really excited this is her first year in "real" school....kindergarten. For me, this is bittersweet. I'm glad they are both together at the same school but my baby is in "real" school. I feel like yesterday I was holding my newborn girls!! How time flies!

9-28-09....Fishing (august)

We went to visit Maw Maw and hang out with her at the flea market in Jewitt. The girls had a good time. I think mostly because PawPaw bought them a bunch of stuff. We went back to MawMaw's for dinner and to hang out and talk. Emma informed me she's a city girl and not cut out for the country. I think fishing was too much for her...too many bugs. We did catch a couple of bass but the "BIG" one eluded us!!!! I got it on my line but it was too big for me to reel in and it jumped 2 feet out of the pond and broke loose. MawMaw Fran, we think, caught the same one because it did the same thing to her as well!!! Maybe next time we can outsmart it!!!!

9-28-09....Birthday Pics of girls

I was very late taking their birthday pics this year....better late than never I guess. They came out so good.