Wordless Wednesday

You can't see her very well, she is in the back corner wearing a white shirt and dark pants.

The Dance Recital

Caitlyn tried Hip Hop this time around. Now that she has finished it, she said she is ready to go back to ballet. To be honest, I think she does better at ballet than she does hip hop. But she wanted to try it, so why not. And she had so much fun with it!

Naturally, they danced to a High School Musical song, I Don't Dance.

The recital was on June 1st, and she had about 15 people from the family there to see her. So she felt like a complete superstar for the entire day. Afterwards, everyone came over to the house for some grilling and a fire. All in all, it was a really good day.

For some reason, most of the pictures that I took came out really crappy. So I don't have that many good ones. We did video it, but I have to get that uploaded to photobucket before I can get it on here. All in due time I guess.

Here she is front and center of course (she will have it no other way in life it seems)




Curtain call


This is from the day before when we went out to dinner after the dress rehearsal. But holy cow, look at those eyes!!


Here she is with her instructor, Miss Kaleen. Who we absolutely adore. She is so good with the girls and she is just as cute as can be. Caitlyn loved her, and is begging me to pay for private lessons with her. Which Miss Kaleen said Caitlyn should do to improve the skills that she has. However, that certainly wouldn't improve my bank account as Miss Kaleen charges a good penny for her services. But she is a very good instructor and said she sees a lot of potential in Caitlyn and would like to expand on that. We haven't come to a conclusion yet about what we are going to do.


And here she is with her friend Angelina from school. Notice Matt and Rita in the background. Know what they are looking at?? Somehow my kid managed to get her face on the flyer announcing the show this year. Again, front and center is the only place for her.


I will get the Brownies pictures uploaded soon.

Long Time no Blog!

I've been busy. With the end of the school year for me, things get crazy. I am also nearing the end of the 2 classes that I am taking, so I am finishing up a few projects that are due. Things have been really busy with the end of Caitlyn's school year as well. She finished up her dance class and had her recital, finished up Brownies and had her awards ceremony, and will be finishing up school this week.

Second grade folks!! Where in the world have the last 2 years gone?? I can NOT believe that she is going to be starting second grade. Almost surreal to think. Finishing up first grade also means turning 7 shortly thereafter. 7!!! S.E.V.E.N!!! That's insane. I really don't know when she managed to get so old.

Naturally, with her birthday approaching, there is always much reflecting that goes into the weeks surrounding her birthday. I am working on her birth story as it occurred to me that I have never written it here. So I am finishing that up, and I will warn you, it really is so much longer than I had wanted to it be.

Hopefully I will get some pics of the recital up here soon and the pics of her in her brownies get up.

WOOOOHOOOO school is out and the warm weather has arrived :)

The Dancing Queen

Long overdue post about the ballet recital, but we've been busy around here these days. The girl danced beautifully, and surprisingly enough, she actually knew the routine. I am thinking ballet is something that she is going to be sticking with...not soccer.

Dress Rehearsal


The Actual Recital