Daddy Daughter Dance

Last Saturday our stake hosted their annual Daddy Daughter Dance. The girls were so excited to go, they talked about it all week. Mike was also really looking forward to it, which I think is really cute. On Saturday morning I painted Grace and Sabrina's fingernails and toenails, which they loved. It's amazing how still they can be when they want something done.


They had a great time at the dance. According to Mike, Grace was being a little diva-ish (only wanted to do what SHE wanted to do) so thank goodness Breeny was willing to go along with whatever. The stake really does a great job with the activity. They have the dance of course but then they also have a room where they can color, a room with toys for the younger girls, a room where you could make a bead necklace, and on the stage they had hula hoops. Grace tried hula hooping for the first time and apparently is really good at it. They had lots of fun and then they met up with Benson and I at Braum's afterwards for some ice cream.


Benson was excited to do something fun with just Mommy. We decided to go see Bolt at the dollar theatre. He really likes that movie!


It was a fun night for everyone, we appreciate these wonderful opportunities that we are given to create some great family memories!

Prima Ballerina (in training)

Grace's reward/bribe for potty training was the opportunity to take a ballet class. Today was the first day of her class. I think she definitely looked the part.


Fortunately there are several other little girls in our ward who are close to Grace's age in the class with her. Her favorite parts were the ballet butterfly, playing with the stick horse, and the sticker she got at the end of class!

Use your imagination

Benson, Grace, and Sabrina really love to play Bolt (recent Disney movie). Benson is most often Rhino (hamster), Grace is Bolt (d0g), and Sabrina is Mittens (cat). In the movie Mittens the cat makes little houses for Bolt and Rhino out of cardboard boxes, so the kids are always asking me to build them houses with pillows or boxes to help them play Bolt. Last Saturday I was looking for Benson and Grace and found them in the girl's closet with the door closed. They had made "beds" in the toy bins in the closet and were playing Bolt. I'm sure they will be excited when they realize Bolt is coming out on video next month.

Mother Daughter Outing

Tonight I took Grace to see her first play. One of the girls who is in my miamaid class and has baby-sat for a us a few times was in "Cinderella" at school so I decided to take Grace with me to go see it. She loved it! It was so much fun watching her watch the play. I honestly was a little concerned that she wouldn't be able to make it through the whole show, but she was perfect. During one of the dance numbers some girls in the play came out in the audience and found people to dance, and one came over and asked Grace to come dance with her. So cute! I had several people comment to me tonight about how cute my daughter is and I couldn't agree more. She is adorable!

After the play we went to Braum's to get some ice cream. Grace actually ate some of hers which was surprising since she doesn't usually eat sweets.

I seriously have to pinch myself all the time lately because I can't believe how big these sweet kiddos are getting! I'm so looking forward to many more outings like this one with my oldest daughter.

Beautiful Weekends

The last two Saturdays the kids and I have gone to Bartlesville (Mike has been working, doing service, or doing homework). We were trying to get in a couple of last visits with Uncle Paul, Aunt Molly, Olivia, and Aislee before they moved to Arizona. The weather has been great so we spent a lot of the time we were there playing outside. The first Saturday we went to the Duck Pond which is always a hit.

Sabrina is really into babies these days. She points out every baby she sees wherever we go. So it goes without saying that she has enjoyed spending time with her baby cousins. She especially likes to help take care of them: give them their binky's, hold them, and help change their diapers. I thought this video was pretty cute. Aunt Molly had to go throw diapers away and asked Sabrina to watch the girls. What a big helper!

Top: Grace, Aislee, Sabrina, Olivia, and Benson
Bottom row: Aislee, Sabrina, Olivia; Aislee, Grace, Olivia; Aislee, Benson, Olivia

Me with my neices...I definitely got to the point where I could tell Olivia and Aislee apart without seeing them together or relying on their binky's (they each have a different color) but I swear in these pictures it is so much harder. I'm pretty sure Olivia is on the left and Aislee is on the right.