Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Avery's 1st Birthday

My darling little nephew, Avery, had his 1st birthday! We celebrated at my mom & dad's house on Sunday. He is getting so big. He can walk and get around really well. He had a Elmo Birthday!

Avery wanting to touch the candle!
Avery after eating dinner

Avery playing with the toys we gave him


Dax eating his cookie monster cupcake

Brinley eating her Elmo cupcake


Tay & Brin in party hats! a must for a one year old party!
Love you Avery!


When you give a 3 year old a camera.....

You never know what your going to get when you let your 3 year old take your camera. I thought it was quite interesting of the things she chose to take pictures of. Here is a peek of the things you see through the eyes of a 3 year old.

self picture

Dad, Brother Austin, & the dog Lizzie
















Elmo, what kid doesn't like Elmo




The treat drawer at my mom's house. Her favorite place of the house



Aunt Jaycee's bedroom







A little people.
She took 55 pictures, I didn't have time to show ya all of them. It was really fun to have her explain to me what she took a pictures of. Love ya Brin!

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

And let the Dancing Begin....

First, I have to tell you that I dropped my camera and it broke! I was so mad!! So now I had to dig out the "old camera". I now know why we bought a new one! This one sucks!! Every picture I take is blurry!!! It makes me soooo mad!! But anyway, enough of my rage!

Today was the first day of dancing! Brinley was so excited to go! She had a big day of preschool & dance.

Here is Brin in her new "ballerina" outfit.
She was showing me some of her moves, like turns........

and kicks!!!! This is a funny picture! I told her to show me a "ballerina pose" and this is what I got! It looks like a karate kick!

This is her curtsey...... as you can see, she is going to learn a lot in these years to come about her ballet skills.

She went right in and sat down, she acted like a pro, like she did not need mom there. I am starting to feel like I am not needed as much anymore! It is kind of sad! When I picked her up, she said that she wanted to come back when Taylee had to come to dancing. She loved it! She told me that to do a summersault, that you touch your toes and look at your belly, then you just roll! She demonstrated to me a few times, she has that down already!

Then it was Taylee's turn. She is just pro dancer, does not need mom there, and if I walk in to talk to the teacher or pay money, she says, why are you coming mom I can do this myself.
She has been waiting for dancing to start all summer. Look at those legs! She is all legs! wow!
Have a good year sweetie!

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Brinley's 1st day of Preschool!!!

Can you see the joy and excitement in her face? The 1st day of preschool!! She has been waiting for this for weeks!! It was a sad day when the big kids went to school and she had to stay home. But, today was her day and she was all about it.

She told me that she wanted her hair just down & curly today. I thought it turned out great! (for me, I don't make my girls hair very cute some days) Thanks mom for my birthday present (new chi!!) I think it helps make my girls hair darling!

She was asking me how she should but her hands in the picture. I said just down, by your legs.

So in this picture, she has her hand on her leg and the other holding her WONDERFUL backpack, that she loves to pull around on wheels. I don't know why I bought her one of those kinds of backpacks, I guess the baby of the family always gets what they want, right?

She did not want to sit in her carseat on the way to school. She said it would mess up her hair if she sits back in her seat. So it was a little funny to see her sitting with her head forward, so she wouldn't mess up her hair! It has already begun, the life of a teenager!!
She put her backpack on the star with her name on it. She was a little nervous about that.

Then she had to find the alligator with her name on it, then sit on that spot for the day. She was so excited to stay. As I walked out to the car, my eyes started burning a little bit, then a lump started forming in my throat, I got a little choked up! I promised that I wouldn't do that!! My baby, in preschool, I couldn't believe it! Now what was I going to do?