Bed Rotation

Gloria has been napping in the big bed for a few weeks now, and last night we made the real transition of beds. Mariana is now in the "secret" bed (aka trundle). Gloria said, "I am SO excited. This is MY bed now!"

The Car

Austin was out on errands Saturday morning before the recital and found this car on the clearance rack. Stephen LOVES it! It has several buttons that rev the engine, make it rumble and drive it forward and in reverse. He played with it for two straight days and is still enjoying his "boy toy." This was a very uncharacteristic move for my hubby, but he insisted that Stephen just really needed more boy toys.

Costume fun

The other girls are having so much fun wearing Allia's costumes. There won't be many pictures, though, since they are not so modest without the nude leotard underneath!

DANCE RECITAL!

What a beautiful, enjoyable experience. The dance studio we chose this year for Allia's first real dance class is a Christian studio run by a very sweet lady from a town very near my own hometown. Allia really enjoyed the class. And I thought this fancy recital thing would feel like a bunch of fluff. But honestly, I loved it! (And so did Austin!) It was short and very sweet (they divide the recitals into one for older girls and two short ones for little kids which makes a huge difference!). Allia danced beautifully, in fact her whole class did a really great job!

Rehearsal


Allia found her buddy, Peyton


Recital time! The butterflies are ready in the dressing room


Allia and Elizabeth, one of her buddies in the class


I wish I could have captured Allia's face as Austin presented her with these flowers, but I wasn't quite quick enough. It was priceless!!!


A little windy outside!


Allia and Kendyl, another buddy...they make some cute little monkeys!


(forgot to zoom on this one, so it is a little tough to see)


(at the rehearsal)




Allia wants to try soccer in the fall, so we will have dance camp this summer and maybe pick back up with dance in the spring. We will see! She loved it, but she also misses soccer. I am proud of her for wanting to try something new. Mariana is convinced that she will just do both. :)

Last of the Isms

Gloria is so grown up these days. Her baby speech has all but disappeared. Her one remaining Gloria-ism is "Drink, drink, drink." This is how she describes needing to drink the last few sips in her cup with the sippy lid off. So cute. I wonder how much longer it will last...

Tooth treats

We tried to go to our traditional Maggie Moos to celebrate Mariana's first lost tooth, but they have temporarily closed. :( Thankfully there are several other ice cream shops in town! Here is the celebration...

Mariana had her own and picked orange dreamsicle with white chocolate chips


Allia and Gloria shared Candy cane and Cotton candy with marshmellows


This guy just mooched off the rest of us. Don't worry though...he got his fair share!

First Lost Tooth!

Mariana asked me to pull her first loose tooth this morning. What a brave girl! I think she would have waited longer to loose her first tooth, but she bumped this one a few weeks ago, and it has gradually loosened since then. Yay, Mariana!