Dance Class Review

Rose started at a new ballet school this year and as you can see they are a bit more serious about actually dancing.  There are only a handful of kids in her class and her instructor is actually a ballerina in a dance troupe.  

 Here they are warming up for class after reading part of a story that has at some point been adapted to a ballet.  

 Barre work - plies.

 At the end of the class they dress up in costumes that fit the story they read at the beginning of class.  They just finished up Mulan.

Here is a short clip of her individual dance.

Updates Coming

I know I have been remiss in posting...I promise I will backdate the posts and put some up ASAP.  It has been crazy here and the weather makes it hard to stay inside and be on the computer!

Happy St. Patricks Day!

We had some school fun this week with a St Patricks Day theme.  

 First we worked on color mixology...you know, red and yellow make orange and so on.  The flag of Ireland is a great thing to paint with this in mind.  Then we did some rainbows so we could get the purple in the mix too.  Of course they are also associated with St Pat's Day.  

 Rose also had some fun coloring by number to reveal a pot of gold.

 Daddy made green, shamrock shaped pancakes for breakfast.  They were very excited as you can see.

To round out the day we had three other families over for a traditional corned beef dinner.  Luckily it just required the crockpot so very little cooking was done.  The kids ate homemade mac and cheese instead, then ran around and watched the St Patricks Day movie I won last year.

A Trip to the Zoo

 Really cute red pandas were playing in their cage.

 The pink birds really drew their attention.

 With our friends outside the monkey house.  These statues might have been the hit of the day, at least until we bought them ice pops.

Dentist Trip

I know that I have posted about their first dentist visits before, but these shots were too cute to pass up.  

 There is a tv in the ceiling and James is sitting in the sunny seat trying to see it.

So Hot!

Well, the weather has been about 20+ degrees above average, so we have been outside as much as possible.  On this particular day it was so hot I let them play with buckets of water and paint brushes on the sidewalk.  Of course, they got wet, so they spent time just laying in the sun drying off.  

Chalk has also adorned our front stoop quite frequently lately.  So much so that I had to purchase new chalk from the Target One Spot.  Now the problem is that we havent had a lot of rain to wash it off.

Dr Seuss Party

 We made Oobleck from "Bartholomew and the Oobleck"

 "One fish, Two fish..."

 "Green Eggs and Ham"

 "Butter Battle"

"Pink ink drink"

We had a bunch of friends over and decorated with crazy colors everywhere (forgot to get that shot!).  We meant to read books, but there were probably 20 kids and only 5 or so moms, so it was a little insane.  Fun, though!

Six months along

Mardi Gras

 Pancake dinner at the local Catholic high school.  They had chocolate chips as toppings so the kids loved it!

 Face painting...

 Batman symbol

 Heart

Dancing to the high school 'rock' band performing that night.  Some of the girls gave them balloons to bounce around too.  They were sad when we had to go.

Happy Valentine's Day

 Making her Valentine's for her friends.

 Lollipop flowers!

 What, is it Christmas again?

 'Heart' Healthy food.

Some shots of life. By Rose

Good Old Fashioned Fun

On a day I had to get some errands done, sans kids, Dan spent the afternoon with them painting a rocket.  Yes, the kind that actually blasts off into the sky.  This is our second attempt at such a rocket.

 The first was given too large of an engine and went so high we could see it come down until Dan found it in the middle of the nearby road - it's cone smashed.

 This time we used a much smaller 'engine' and the kids loved seeing it come back down.

 The only problem was this time, the chute detached from the rocket and the cone landed in a tree.  We eventually got it down, but there are some repairs needed before we can shoot it off again.

Still, it was a fun family outing when I got back.