Anna's ballet recital

Anna had her ballet recital yesterday. It was such fun! The girls were adorable and danced so well on the big stage at Robinson Music Hall! The audience was packed! I spent quite a bit of time backstage with the girls, and they loved playing around in their costumes and putting on makeup...especially anything with sparkles! We even stayed for the entire recital for Anna to participate in the grand finale! In other words, we were there from 12:45 until 5 pm! The actual recital started at 2. Anna fell asleep on the way home...what an exciting day. :)





On the stage! Anna is the third one from the right hand side



Finale...everyone came back on stage

Tired Anna, Proud Daddy

Really, more pictures?

Didn't I say that I was tired? :)

Dress Rehearsal on the BIG stage!

Anna had so much fun yesterday morning at her dress rehearsal for the recital today! We ended up staying for quite awhile, because she really enjoyed watching all of the other dances! It was so much fun! Henry had a fabulous morning sleeping in until 9:35 and going to breakfast with Daddy!

Anna's End of Year Program...

I think that I am still in shock that Anna is 5, we are almost finished with St.Mark's (at least until Henry starts in the fall), and we are attending Kindergarten Round Up next week!!! How did time pass so quickly to allow my little girl to grow up and be a school aged child? Anyways, Anna had a fabulous end of year program at St. Mark's on Friday. It was so fun to watch the children perform all of their songs. They did a wonderful job!


Her self portrait and handwriting sample



Anna + Lilly = BFF...these are their words! So hilarious! Who knew "BFF" started at age 5? Although they have been friends since mom and me class at the racquet club and that was a couple of years ago...


Mia and Anna

Anna and Anna

Ms. Cindy and Anna...we just LOVE her!

Lake, Anna, Anna, Ellis and Mia

Lake, Anna, Ellis, Anna and Mary Ellis
Anna just adores these little girls!


All I can say is how are her preschool years already over????

Busy Weekend

This past weekend was so fun! We went to the Arts Center on Friday night for a family night where the museum came to life. There was also a ton of Egyptian activities for children to coincide with the Pharoah exhibit on loan here. Anna and Henry had a ball making papyrus, Egyptian animal puppets, digging for treasures and much more. We even went out to dinner with two families afterwards...it was wild with all of the kids!
This pic of our family was actually taken for a local magazine



Here is a pic with Anna and the flute players from the painting. If you notice the painting hanging on the wall, they are dressed like the girls in the painting. There were so many pieces of art that came to "life" in this way...it was so interesting!


Saturday, we went to Disney on Ice. It was Henry's first time to a show...it wasn't quite his thing, but Anna loved the characters and skating. Everyone LOVED the icee like drinks that they had! That was definitely Henry's favorite part!

Spring time pics!

We have been having a great time outside lately in this gorgeous weather!

Anna also had pajama day at school recently!

Cupcake Party!

Yesterday we had Anna's cupcake party in our backyard. Thank goodness for a bunch of things...beautiful weather, my parents help, the fact that they got the jumper in the backyard after saying that they couldn't 45 min. before the party, and tons of little girls (20 to be exact) to help Anna celebrate turning 5! It was a such a fun party. Anna had a great time, and she actually cried for a minute when her friends were leaving. She didn't want them to go! Once again, I can't believe she is actually 5!



Cupcake lollipops I made to look like the bakerella ones!


All of the girls had monogrammed aprons! I wish that I would have gotten a picture with all of them wearing them!


Decorating their chef hats with glitter foam stickers~

Henry at the other end of the table...he held his own with all of the big girls! :)


Pinata time! So fun, but a bit nerve wracking with 4 and 5 yr olds with a bat! Some of those girls had quite a swing!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone! We hope that all of you had a wonderful day! We enjoyed an egg hunt this morning in our backyard, a wonderful church service, and a fabulous brunch today!


Our attempt at a family picture!