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Thursday, May 6, 2010

First Ballet Recital

When I did Angela's hair for the recital, she laughed and laughed. She couldn't believe it was really her in the mirror when I sprayed her bangs back. She looks so much like Sarah at that age without her bangs!

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The cute may pole the girls danced around was a hit.

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The little fairies pretending to be asleep.

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Waking up.

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Miss Sally sprinkling fairy dust to wake up the little fairies.

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The bigger fairy girls helping wake up the two sugar plum fairies. (Or something like that - not sure if I have the storyline exactly right! But it was cute.)

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Natalie got paired up with her good buddy Ellie - who is in her class at school.

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Natalie looks so cute leaning waaay out from the back. (o:

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Angela on the left, in case you don't recognize her without bangs!

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The part where the sisters got to dance together.

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Angela got to pick anyone to come do the May pole with her and she picked Sarah.

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Poor Sarah was feeling a little bit of the jealousies (as Laura Ingalls calls it). The ballet classes didn't go up to her age group and when she saw the adorable recital, she felt a little left out. We all have our turns feeling the jealousies. (O:

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A hug for Miss Sally - the ballet guru!

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I caught Nat before devouring this adorable cookie. They were so cute!

Grumpy Ballerina

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After the girls' recital I wanted to get a couple more shots at home in their tutus. I think I gave up after trying with Angela. She was not in the mood for posing for me.

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This is how my girls smile when they are grumpy. Sarah taught them this.

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There's a little smile because she didn't know I was waiting to take the picture! We still had Natalie's party decor up from the week before, which kind of matched the ballerina look. (O:

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Ballet Recital Dress Rehearsal

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Girls in leotards are such adorable subjects! This was their big prep day for the recital at our stake center.

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Waiting for their queue.

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Backstage while the littler ballerinas practice.

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What a smile!

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Rehearsals mean a lot of waiting around . . .

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Saturday, May 1, 2010

Food Sculptures

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I had to take a picture of these cute foods Angela sculpted at school with play dough. The foods are from the squash looking thing on the left going clockwise: a squash, cookie, apple, peas, pancake, melon and a strawberry in the middle. Mmmmm. (o:

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An Art Scroll

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I thought this was so cute. Angela came up with this and asked me to help her create the vision she had. I don't remember what inspired it, but it turned out adorable. (o: The straws roll up toward each other and you open it like a scroll. That blue thing is my camera case holding the other side open.

Self Taught Bike Rider

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Natalie just needed to turn seven, I guess. The same afternoon of her birthday party, Benny* took Nat out to try her bike without training wheels. I was expecting them to take some time practicing together while I cleaned up the birthday aftermath. To my surprise, about 15 minutes later, Benny* comes to tell me, "you've got to see this!"

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To my surprise, there was Natalie riding her bike all over the place by herself! She didn't need anyone to teach her apparently! Benny* said he tried to hold on like a good dad always does, but she just took off. (o: What a funny girl. I feel bad she was stuck with the dumb training wheels all that time. She LOVES to ride her bike all the time now! Go Nat!

My Spring Piano Recital

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I think this was my fourth piano recital. (o: My song was "Emma" from my Jane Austin piano book. I keep thinking maybe I won't get as nervous for my recitals, but every time, I just shake and yawn (a nervous habit)and worry about messing up. This time, Sarah and I played a duet together. It was so fun to start with this number - it really helped me relax having my piano buddy up with me. We played a Beauty and the Beast duet. We're starting to learn a few more duets together and really enjoy it!

Calling All Fairies!

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I love being the mom of girls. Look at all the fun girly stuff I get to do! I was excited when Natalie decided she wanted a fairy party. I had so many ideas. I think this turned out to be one of the cutest parties I've done, if I do say so myself. With a lot of fun ideas from Family Fun and the internet.

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I got a little crafty. For one of the fun party favors, I took these . . .

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Plus these . . .

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Added a little of this . . .

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Like this . . .

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Add some fake flower petals and pipe cleaner hair and you've got a slew of adorable little fairies.

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These tiny cakes were so easy. Seriously. They are two oreo cookies stacked/glued with frosting and then frosted on the outside to look like mini cakes. I put them on our little Ikea tea party plates.

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Some of our cute guests coloring Melissa and Doug fairy pictures (FYI these are the best coloring books I've ever found.)

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We had a little fairy scavenger hunt to find things like smooth stones, feathers, a spool, sea glass and sea shells.

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Natalie on the hunt with her fairy friends.

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Some of the decor . . .

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The highlight of the party, was taking the found items from the scavenger hunt and using them to decorate a little fairy house. Each of the girls got a saucer with floral Styrofoam covered with grass for their blank canvas. Their little homes turned out so cute. The girls put these in the foyer when they were done and while they were eating cake a fairy magically appeared in each of their fairy homes which they got to take home.

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The girls were meticulous about their fairy decor.

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Sage continued to work even during the fairy storytime.

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Natalie liked her mini cakes

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Jayda likes her itty bitty ice cream cone made with a Bugle! These were so simple, but a huge hit!

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Rachel was adorable in her fairy costume! I love the colors. What a sweetie.

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I didn't get any pictures of the girls making these at the beginning - things got a little busy during that time. They turned out adorable! We set them out to dry on the porch and some fairies came by and filled them with tiny treasures!

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. . . little tiny rock candy, sunflower candies and glass treasures. As usual, the house was a disaster after everyone left - but that's just an indication of a successful party! (O:

Friday, April 30, 2010

She Did it Again!

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Sarah got selected again to take her science fair project to the district fair at Liberty High. She was so excited the day she brought home the letter from Mrs. Elliott. She was not as nervous this time as she knew what to expect. This is such great practice for her learning how to interview and discuss scientific findings with adults. She had to be judged by two of the judges and tell them all about her experiment. They asked her questions about it and they gave her marks for how well it was presented, etc. She was excited to get all 4's and 5's. Natalie and Angela were troopers. It's important to us that they come and support each other for things. This event is pretty boring for bystanders, but Nat and Ang did great. We cheered on our Sarah!

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