My Little Dancer

Izabelle started Dance this year...She is in the 3-4 year old dance class and she was soo excited to be dancing, but when we got there she wasn't so excited and wouldn't put on her leotard and would not step into the studio until about the last 5 minutes...Then she really enjoyed it...I was about to join the class myself, since Izabelle didn't want to do it and I saw all the little girls having soo much fun!!! 

I think it was because she had the Turkey Trot on her mind and wanted to go to the Turkey Trot with her Aunt Kaycee...

Here are some pictures of her first dance class...

Standing to wait for the teacher's instructions

Getting ready for a plie

Izabelle and her class

With Much Love

Jess

Since School Started

We have been busy since school started and starting to get into a nice little routine...Grace is really enjoying school, her teacher, and all of her friends...I LOVE coming home and looking through her backpack and seeing what she has accomplished and her reading her books and studying for her spelling test...She is doing so good and has been gaining self-esteem which is GREAT!!!  Izabelle is starting to like daycare...the first week was pure H-E-Double Hockey Sticks (if you know what I mean)...the first day she hit the day care provider, threw fits each day dropping her off and picking her up...But the first day of the 2nd week she has done amazing and enjoys it...She is so HAPPY!!!  She has been increasing her self-esteem too...She keeps saying "I am pretty, I am pretty"...We all need to look in the mirror and tell ourselves that too...

We took the girls to Spring Mill last weekend and really enjoyed it...We brought a packed lunch and ate at the picnic tables and then let the girls play in the creek...The water was COLD but we enjoyed it...Went through the Village and then went and looked at the caves...Although the caves were closed due to the bats dying from sometype of fungus or something like that, but it was neat to just look at them from a distance...The boat thru one the caves was opened, but they were all full:(

I took pictures of the day, but when I went to put it in the van, it fell between the seat and something else and I can't find it, so I have to get the seat taken out...Leave it to me to do something like that...LOL!!! But hopefully I can get it this weekend and post some pictures...The girls loved Spring Mill and it didn't cost me a arm and a leg, which is good!!!

Well until next time...God Bless!!!

With Much Love

Jess

TOOTH FAIRY

We had an eventful day yesterday...First we started out by sleeping in a little longer since Grace had her well-child check up that morning.  We had pancakes for breakfast and some time just to be silly, then it was off to take Izabelle to daycare and Grace to the doctors.

While we were waiting for the doctor I told Grace that this would be a good time to get that tooth out and I would reward her with ice cream.  So, she wiggled and yanked and finally she pulled her TOOTH!!!

I was soo HAPPY for her...I picked her up and swung her around...I even had a few tears in my eyes...She did this all by herself.  She was so proud of herself.

After the doctor's office it was off to MickeyD's for a milkshake...chocolate!!!  Then it was back to school...But I couldn't tell no one, well I told my parents and siblings but I couldn't say anything to her friends or her dad...she wanted to surprise them...She even told me "Mom, you can't tell Sonya (her BFF's mom), I want Hailey to tell her"...It was so hard not to tell anyone.

So, last night she put her tooth in her special tooth fairy box and put it under her pillow and went to bed...Only that mom forgot that she was the tooth fairy and when she remembered she was in the shower, so mom (don't know why I am doing 3rd person) ended up running in her room and trying to find the box in the dark and dropping in under the bed, trying not to wake Grace up...UGH!!! I can't believe I forgot to be the tooth fairy...Good thing Grace is a heavy sleeper or I would have been CAUGHT! She was so excited that the tooth fairy came and visited and put a special note in the box, saying "You are such a special girl"...Grace said "She must of heard me telling Izabelle ssshh, it's okay, when she was having a bad dream".

Here is a picture of my toothless little girl...

With Much Love, Jess