Dance class open house

This week was spring open house week for Madeleine's dance studio. The parents were invited into the last 30min of class and the girls did their tap and ballet routines for us. My squirrelly girly Madeleine did fairly well - having myself and the other parents there was very distracting for her. She's also the youngest in the class, the other girls are older and have all taken dance before. All things considered, she knew the routine, even if she didn't always turn the right way! They also handed out the recital costumes on Wednesday, which was terribly exciting for all the girls. The recital is May 3rd at 2pm at Champ Auditorium in Fulton.

The ballet routine is called "An American Wedding", and the girls are all little brides. You should see the costume - it comes with a veil and everything and is Madeleine-tastic.

The tap routine is set to Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land". It's actually a pretty cute routine, as is the ballet. Very simple and seems appropriate for 4/5 year olds. The costume is a sweet little red tap dress - it's adorable and Madeleine looks beautiful in it.

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Tub Time

The kids play mostly very well together in the bath tub. There's usually a couple fights over the faucet, a toy or two, and who splashed who, but for the most part they do well and enjoy playing together. They love bubbles, and think its especially funny to give themselves bubble beards.

Slainte mhath!

We celebrated St. Patrick's Day early with Mom and Dad, as they were in St. Petersburg on spring break on the 17th (I know, boo hoo!). We had Irish beer, corned beef sandwiches, traditional and American traditional soda bread, and lots more good food. Mom and Dad hired a local musician/entertainer to come and sing and play for us. He played the guitar, banjo, mandolin, and Irish drum, and knew lots of songs and stories. He was also very good and patient with the kids, which is a plus, since Madeleine was all up in his business the entire evening.

Madeleine and Noah model the tee-shirts I made for them.

Playing along with the singer. (I can't remember his name, but he was cool)

Madeleine "helping" Brooke Czeschin to dance.

Brooke checks out the guitar.

Happy 2nd Birthday Maia!

Happy Birthday to our fair haired, moose-loving, princess of the extreme northwest!

Newly born in 2007.

Nearly two in 2008!

Happy belated birthday to our niece Maia, who turned two in January. We had a small birthday party for her in December before the Pucketts left for California, and it sounds like the party continued at Disneyland for Maia!

Christmas night, dressed in new princess finery.

Rockin' with Noah at her party. We were also watching a Mizzou game, that's why everyone's in their Tiger gear.

Reading Cookie Monster with some Cinderella specs, dressed as a HSM cheerleader.