Malias tap/ballet teacher put together a little Holiday dance for the parents to watch last week! It was pretty cute.. Malias favorite part was the finger pointing/hip shaking! My favorite part was her skipping.. something I have seen her do with incredible ability.. that day, not so much!!
Maddie has been missing gymnastics for the last year so bad but trying to fit in a new gym that has it with all of her dance and the other kids activities just hasnt been possible. So when the new schedule came out at her studio she was sooo excited that they were adding an acro class!
She has been adding a few skills, it seems to me that she is being pretty timid because she has done gymnastics a lot but its being really careful and taking things slow BUT I was excited to see a lot of progress last week, when the parents got to watch! She has completed an ariel once but keeps getting scared and puts her arm down but she will get it again!
Maddie had her friend Kins over yesterday after them begging for us mommies to finally get something set up! They dance together and get along really well and are both super cute!
I thought it was pretty funny that of course they made up dances and had me come watch their dances pretty much the whole time... it was a lot of dances!
They also were designers and hair dressers, it was pretty hilarious! We have a couple extra mattresses in the basement that quickly turned into a trampoline for them.
I think Kins had about 30 clips in her hair!
I cant believe how long Maddies hair is getting!! Shhh dont tell her I said that she'll make me run her to Hairicas!!
She had some nice cheer moves.
So so happy that Maddie has good friends at dance, she is loving her dance company and has been working really hard for the upcoming competition season! The mommies got a preview at the Christmas party on Sunday and it made me super excited for the craziness that will be coming up!
Malia and Blake get together every Monday for playgroup, its a small play group which is perfect for me!! They get along perfectly though and run and laugh the whole time, its really quite cute! This last time they really enjoyed playing marching band.... thanks again Tami for the really great gift!!
Later Malia ran into the kitchen and told me I HAD to see what she made..
A food smily face.. how dang cute is that!!
Well I am very behind in my blogging, but what is worse than that is that I havent really taken any photos to even have anything to document! I have been a horrible slacker for most of this year and I feel horrible about that! Im trying to think of an attainable goal for next year to make sure I am better about documenting our lives!
A couple weeks ago we had a good amount of snow and the kids badly wanted to go sledding, we have an extended backyard area with a nice little hill so I sent out Kaden and Maddie to have at it, Malia of course was dying to go out to so we joined in the fun! It was a lot of fun!!
Kaden is always so good about playing with the girls and super protective of them, it was to cute watching him sled with Malia.
Malia was mostly into eating the snow.
And Maddie decided that snow sledding/boarding was a good idea.. she actually was pretty impressive!
Is that not just the sweetest!
Maddie and Rich have been so excited for the last couple weeks about their little date night! The Activity Day girls have a combined dance/date night tonight and Maddie was the so excited. It has been the most adorable thing to hear her talk about this night and how excited she was. She has been reminding Rich just about everyday and telling him how to dress and how to behave lol!
As I was curling her hair I had a talk with her about how gentlemen treat their dates and that she is to make sure he opens her doors always and to expect him to treat her like a princess. She just giggled the whole time! Then I had a talk with Rich about curfew and how he better darn well treat her like a princess or I will be "cleaning" my shotgun when they get home lol
I feel very blessed and happy for her that she has a good daddy who makes sure she knows how special she is. She is a daddy's girl and I love seeing them interact, watching their close relationship just makes me happy!
I cant wait to hear about their night!
Is that just not an adorable couple!
My gorgeous girl! She felt like a "teenager" she said! Oh boy! But man did she look pretty!
It has been a long week, a week of coughing, sneezing, sore throats, running noses, and out of nowhere crying. Both the girls started showing signs of being sick last Saturday and by Sunday morning it was full blown, but I didnt think it was horrible.. I didnt think it would last a friggin week!
Maddie missed dance and school, Malia missed school and dance and After day 4 I lost my patience! But it is really the saddest most pathetic thing to see Malia just laying on the floor and just start crying.. for seemingly no reason other than she just doesnt feel good. Her cough hasnt been to bad really at all and really not a runny nose other than when she is crying, but the girl clearly feels like crap. She has been in a dazed and confused state since Tuesday.. its been weird! And just when I think shes back because shes smiling and having fun the next minute she is pouting and crying again. Im really hoping another night will finally get her back to herself! Poor girl!
Maddie has dealt with it pretty well, her cough was painful for her and her throat was painful but the last 2 days have been much better for her. Though she still feels sick she has been happy and went to dance and to school after missing Tuesday and Wednesday dance, which always makes her very sad.
Ive been letting Malia do whatever she wants.. uh you want cartoons sure! You want candy SURE! You want it, you got it baby! Because she hasnt had much of an appetite and really Im to afraid to tell her no because if she isnt crying or giving me sad eyes Im sure as heck not going to ruin the moment!! Walking on egg shells around your sick 4 yr old.. ya thats me!
Yesterday she grabbed some crayons and a coloring book and just sat and colored for a long time, it was really sweet, and then when I was taking photos and I got a brief smile it really was a sweet moment!
