Sunday 5-3-09....Michael's First Communion and Sarah's birthday

Today, we drove to Baton Rouge to celebrate Michael making his First Communion and because we can't make Sarah's birthday party in 2 weeks we celebrated her birthday. Michael looked so grown up in his suit. There were about 60 kids taking the sacrament. A pretty large class...I think there were probably 12 of us in my communion class. How times change! The girls had a great time...they love hanging out at Nanny's. They enjoyed the fact that we wouldn't be back until late monday afternoon and they got to skip school. YEAH!

Saturday 5-2-09.....Spring Recital

Emma's spring recital was tonight...6pm. She was so excited. I was excited, too, because I hadn't seen the tap routine yet. I usually don't get off work in time to see that class. So I was pleasantly surprised tonight. Sydney was in this show also so we got to see her stage debut. I loved Tutti Frutti (tap dance)...the girls were absolutely great! They have grown so much this year. I'm truly amazed at how good they are. I had to watch them from backstage because I volunteered to be a stage mom. So, I can't wait to see the video. Danny and Leonard were the props guys. They did all the stage changes in between acts. Emma was so excited that her Daddy was backstage with her. He got a taste of what its like to be a "dancer". Kids rushing on and off stage, impromptu costume changes, squealing girls and incessant chit-chat!!!! Looking forward to the christmas recital...something new for the studio!

Friday 5-1-09....Craft day

Today I spent the day making Sarah and Nanny some personalized gifts. I made bath salts, hand and body lotion and body wash for Nanny (Mother's day) and Sarah (birthday). Kerry is redoing the theme in Sarah's bedroom so I made her a pillow case that is personalized with her name in the theme colors and I embroidered a towel set with her name and theme. The pillow case was my first and I have to admit it came out pretty good...beginners luck!! We made Nanny a personalized travel coffee mug. I admit it is much less expensive this way if you don't factor in the cost of your time. But homemade is always so much nicer and thoughtful!!!

Thursday 4-30-09....Danny's Birthday

Today is Danny's 39th birthday. OOOHHHH, almost 40!!!! We had gone shopping the week before so he already had his birthday presents...new clothes...we have a vacation trip planned in June and a new cellular phone. He's moving up in the world of technology! The girls baked him a birthday cake...chocolate...his favorite. It was very good. Of course, they love birthday parties so they had a really good time. They made special birthday cards for their Daddy! I think he felt very "special"!

Saturday 4-25-09 Hall of Fame Competition

Emma had another competition this weekend. Her company took only the solos to this competition. I'm such a proud momma!!! My baby won first place platinum high score for her tap routine and first place overall!!! There were 20 other competitors in her group. I thought I might cry I was so excited for her!!! What an accomplishment!!! She also won $100 for first place overall!!!

Friday 4-24-09 Gymnastics...Hannah's private lesson

Today, Danny took a few pics of Hannah doing her gymnastics. She's pretty fantastic. Once a week she has a private lesson with Selinda. Selinda is good for her..she pushes her to do more! Hannah's on Level 2 team and Selinda has her working on Level 4 skills. Hannah has no fear..I guess this is a good thing!

March 2, 2009.....David's sunset!!!!

Isn't it beautiful....more than words can describe! I'm so sorry I missed it because I know to have seen it would have been breath-taking!

4-19-09 Ga's celebration

I was right Ga chose to eat at Gringo's on Friday night. Today we went shopping and Ga bought some clothes. We spent most of the day at the mall. The girls had a good time. Later, at home, we had cake and ice cream to celebrate Ga's birthday.

4-18-09 Showstoppers....Group

Today the girls danced early which meant we had to be up really early putting on makeup and getting ready to leave. As I was putting Emma's makeup on, she decided to have a meltdown. At this point I had only 3 hours of sleep and was looking at taking all her makeup off and starting over. There was no time...I fixed it as best I could and we left. We got to the Stafford center and joined the others when I realized that I left her hair bows and shoe bows at home!!! What a nightmare! Could this day have started out any worse? Any way we fixed the problem and the day started to look brighter. The girls played games while waiting to dance...no nerves with this bunch! They danced well. They got first place and third overall...whoo hoo!

4-17-09 Showstoppers....solo

After kindergarten round-up, we took Emma out of school early because she had solo competition at 4:30 in Stafford. Kim wanted us there by 3pm so they could practice. Emma danced great...as always. She won first place platinum and second overall again. She's so close to first place overall. Anyway she had a good time and that's all that counts. Zoe and Sommer did very well, also. They're all so adorable.