Tooth #3 down!

Our little lovely lost her third tooth Sunday night (6/23). She has 3 more loose (top 2 and 1 bottom). Busy toothless summer!

Last day of kindergarten

And just like that, I dropped off the kids for the last day of school today.

Holy cow, this is how you start to get old fast!





Last day of school!




Michaela and Elizah, their last hour as kindergarteners :)

She's grown 1.5 inches since April, and that's no lie! No wonder she's outgrown the clothes we just bought her in March, she's a bottomless pit, and has complaints of joint/leg pain sometimes. Good grief!

In a few hours we will have a first grader! ❤💜😁

Recital Day 2

She was amazing, but I cried through the whole thin in the audience so it was mostly a blur! I saw she was staring right at us the whole time with a smile and I wondered if she could tell I was crying. I don't think so! So proud! She said afterwards she wasn't as nervous like the first day. Nana showered her with pretty flowers both days...

Then she says she'd like "to try an experiment" to see what her glued up hair and makeup would do in the pool :)

Love her!

Nerves!

She did super great on stage :) Right after she got off she told me her legs felt like they were being all shaky and squiggly the whole time? Were my legs doing that, mommy?!?!

Ha I told her it didn't look like her legs were being all squiggly and that just means she was nervous and excited to be up on stage! We hadn't really talked to her about being nervous or stage fright, because we didn't want to plant any of that in her head. So she explained what she felt, which naturally was NERVOUS once up there! I can't blame her, I was watching from the side I the stage and when those big curtains go up like that, it's pretty dramatic, I have to say! But she followed all her steps and did great! I asked her what she thought about that nervous feeling and she said IT WAS SO FUN! And I told her that's why people do it :)

I'm in the audience today (stage mom helper yesterday).






Anna and Hannah

Dance, baby!

Today's her dance recital! The song is "Down In New Orleans" from the Princess and the Frog. Today I'm a backstage room mom, but tomorrow I'm in the audience. We weren't thrilled when she asked to take dance in Jan but she's had stuck with it and loves it! We may not exactly be dance parents but these kids sure learn a lot about self confidence so that's a bonus!







Heavy makeup is a requirement!