Recitals Go Almost as Fast as They Come…

If you’ve been reading my blog for very long you might remember me talking about this dance recital.  If not you can check out those posts: HERE… or  HERE or HERE.

cat in the hat recital

Recital Day Finally came.. and it was FANTABULOUS!  Here’s a look at

what happened  through the eyes of my friend Cody’s camera.

The first recital was the Pre-School through 4th grade dancing.

That includes #4 here.

He danced a ballet to “A Dream is a Wish.”

He tapped his little heart out to “Pocket Full of Sunshine.”

Look at that form! 🙂  He loves to be on stage.. and loves to dance.

Dance recital Pocket full of sunshine

He’s completely oblivious to the fact he’s surrounded by girls.

(Check out the cute puppy dog on the right 🙂 )

He has plenty of time to figure out what girls are… He looks good huh?

The second recital started with #3 performing with the dance team.

So dramatic.. 😉

She danced her ballet to “Starry Starry Night.”

Her Jazz dance was to “Sweet Dreams (are made of this).”

This was my favorite costume.. and maybe my favorite

dance.. except for her solo 🙂

She scooted a boot (or tapped) to “Ain’t Going Down

’til the sun comes up.”  She looked adorable in this costume..

but didn’t like it very much.

Oh No… The Cat is here! This was #3’s solo dance.

She danced to the song “A Day with the Cat in the Hat”, and at the

end her brothers, “Thing 1 and Thing 2” came out and stole the show

did what they do best.

Dancing with her bear.

Twirl.. Twirl.. Twirl

Then out came her brothers!  Here’s Thing 2 aka #5.. riding in

on his tricycle.

Here’s they are doing their “Thing” 😉

I think Thing 1 enjoyed this a little too much!

Until next year…

Rainy Day’s and Monday’s…

lost, freak show, crazy for a tv show

You should know.. I’m obsessed with a TV show.  Maybe you are too… I never watched

Lost when it was on TV.  I only started “renting” them on Netflix… and I am obsessed.

#1 and 2 love it too.  I am wishing my netflix would be here tomorrow.. (it won’t)..

so until Tuesday.. I’ll be the one with the shakes… going through withdraw over a TV show.

1. Make the monkey’s do their chores

2. Write up eBay Stuff.

3. Plan Youth Group.

4. Work on Shopping cart with #2

5. Work on reading with #4

6. Dinner = Fajitas, spoon bread, cilantro lime rice The man didn’t come home for dinner.. so we had scrambled eggs.. he and #2 were working at the church.

7. Read books to the monkeys (summer reading program)

8. 30 min on the Wii

Good News… Bad News on the Garage Sale Front

poppy bookshelf

Good News… Primitive Hand Made Poppy Bookend/Shelf.

Bad News… Pouring Rain, Thunderstorms and Lighting.

I started out my morning at 8:15, went to the bank and 3 garage sale stops,

and the rain started. It wasn’t sprinkling, it was pouring down, get your clothes

soaking wet kind of rain.

My first stop was the best one.  I purchased this really beautiful quilt top.

The colors are blue, pink and a funny yellow.  The fabric looks and feels like

t-towels.  I love the pinwheel design.  But my favorite find was this:

The 2 oval ends flip up to make this a bookend/bookshelf.

This slides in and out to accommodate more or less  books.  The

poppies are carved and varnished.  They are really bright and

beautiful.   It is signed “From Ludington”.

One side says: “Old books to Read” and the other side says: “Old Friends to Trust.”

I don’t think I will be putting this on eBay.  This is going to go in my office.

The rain also allowed me to eat breakfast at Smokey’s.  They have this

hash brown platter that is so good.. it will slap your momma down!

This is has hash brown potatoes, 1 kind of meat (I chose ham) 2 vegetables

(I chose tomatoes and onions).. and either gravy or cheese on top.  I chose the

sausage gravy.  So good..