Weeeee'reeee baaaaaaaack....

After several months I hope to get this blog caught up and keep up! It's really hard though, so bare with us. I may need John (aka, husband and daddy) to help me write too! Stay tuned for more photo updates!

Madeline's Got Moves....

Every Saturday morning Madeline goes to Dance Class. She does a combo of tap and ballet and when they are all done, they do a bit of tumbling as well. A class that was once touch and go as far as her interest was concerned is now something she asks to go to on a regular basis. Music is a must in our house and she likes to show us her moves all....day.....long......

She has two adorable friends in her class, well, that we see outside of class anyway. She adores her teacher and dare I say, the teacher adores her.

Below are photos from our parent watch day several weeks ago. Lucy wanted to be out there so badly, so she was pouting from the sides for the duration.

Recital is scheduled for June 15th!

Happy Halloween!

Madeline's first trip trick or treating was a success. She did it! Excitedly approached each doorway, rang the bell or knocked on the door and eagerly waited for an answer so she could say, in the most angelic voice..."Trick or Treat" while she held out, with pride, her hot pink pumpkin candy bucket....and when the candy dropped, she looked up and said with a smile, "thank you!". And ran down the driveway and to the next house....over and over again. And each home we visited complimented on how sweet our little girl was. :-)
When we went to bed last night, Madeline asked me, "Can we go trick or treating tomorrow after my nap?" Sure, Madeline, right after you take your nap.

Pumpkin Carving

Sunday afternoon we carved our pumpkins... Madeline throughly enjoyed picking out the designs for each pumpkin and doing her best to help carve them too. We didn't get a photo of them lit yet- saving that event for tonight, along with Madeline's first trick-or-treating adventure. Check back later this week and I'll hopefully have costume photos and of course, these lit pumpkins!

Happy Halloween!

Minnie Maslow...at dance class

This morning was a fun morning for Madeline- all week we have been prepping her for her dance class as she got to wear her beloved Minnie Mouse costume! She was so excited that at 7am this morning she woke up and stripped her jammies off and woke us up asking to put on her Minnie. She was in her undies for a little while until finally it was time! And when she had it on she looked at her daddy and said, "Do you love it?" as she twirled around and around. Oh my Gosh. So cute.
Off to dance class we went, we couldn't get out the door fast enough today. She finally had her tap shoes. See, the first few weeks of class weren't the smoothest and so I decided to wait on making the tap shoe purchase until I knew she actually enjoyed dance class and today proved that she LOVES it. She loves tap. She loves dance. I just hope it stays this way!
Upon our arrival, there was another Minnie Mouse friend. Carly. The two of them have become instant dance buddies. Fortunately for them, her mommy and me also seem to be getting along fabulously and actually live within walking distance of one another :-) I see playdates in our future.
Miss Jennifer, her teacher, was a modified version of Tinkerbelle, we had a Dorothy and her little dog, too....and Princess Tiana from the Princess and the Frog. The girls had a great time today and finished off their class with a trick or treat, too!

Madeline meets....

....Jared Allen (from the Vikings). Her dad is clearly very excited about this photo. Madeline, hmmmmm, she's not sure what to think.

A date with daddy last week included dinner and a viewing of the Jared Allen show which is live at the MOA each week, hosted by our neighbor and friend Mike Mussman from K102.

Am I spelling his name right?

Lucy's First Haircut

A very spontaneous decision on my part today- after lunch we went to Kids Hair to have Lucy's hair trimmed up. She has thick hair that after a bath is adorably full of curls, something she no doubt received from her daddy, and sadly after it dries, the curls go bye-bye but the unruly wavy locks remain. She did really well, a fake cry for a few seconds and that was it! We left with just a small trim, a cleaned up hair-do. Now if I could just shake the urge I have to bring Madeline in to have her hair cut into a little bob.....much like my own hair, it's long and fine and straight. She is going through a phase where the only thing I can do to her hair is pin her bangs back in a barette....what to do, oh what to do.