She stole the show...

not because she was a great dancer... but because she was (lets say) "original"

So tonight was Halie's first Dance Recital. She has now been in dance for only 2 months but they still allowed her to perform... or at least stand on the stage!

Pretty much this is how it went:
I had stand to the side of the stage, Halie stood on the "star" closest to me, so that she could see me and still be on the stage. I was thrilled that she would even go out there by herself.... so we were doing good... she at least stood in her spot and stayed there while the other girls were dancing, Halie was looking at the lights, searching for Dad and Micah, tried at one point to follow along... and then after getting bored with the regular dance... she decided to add a little move of her own! HALIE DECIDED TO LAY ON THE FLOOR FLAT ON HER BACK AND POINT HER LEGS IN THE AIR ONE AT A TIME.... Yes while all the other girls are still doing the cute little dance... HALIE WAS smiling away and kicking her legs in the air while laying flat on her back.... Now this was a dance move in one of the dances, but not this particular dance. The crowd was laughing so hard! And I have to say I was too!.... So the second dance rolled around where they were suppose to lay on the floor and point their little feet in the air and of course she didn't do it then, instead she stood there and pulled her tutu up to her neck ... then down to her knees... then smiled and laughed.... IT WAS HILARIOUS!
Good thing she is so stinkin' cute!
I asked her teacher if she wanted to kick Halie out of the class and she keeps telling me that most kids at her age kick and scream and won't even go on the stage... so we are taking small steps!.... Here are a few pictures... hopefully they give you a good laugh! :)

Rehersal OutfitRecital Outfit!

My cute little family!

She looks like she hates it... but she really doesn't she just hates taking pictures! She loves dance!

Waiting to go on stage... So many cute little girls!

Halie amazed at the lights not realizing she is suppose to dance! Silly girl!

Attempting to dance... good job!

And this is where she stole the show... while the other kids danced Halie layed down and pointed her feet in the air... THE CROWD LAUGHED SO HARD!

She has the standing on the star part down... now if we could get her to dance! haha

And everyone after the recital kept coming up and telling us how cute she was and how

she stole the show! I guess when they are the littlest one out there they can get away with it!

We have video of her wonderful performance so if you are ever at our house and want a good laugh ask us to whip it out!

And when I put Halie to bed tonight, I told her that she did such a good job not crying on the stage.... she then said, can we dance on the stage tomorrow too mom? I am so glad she loves it!

Ashley's Shower Gift!

This post is for Tenille and Amber... they wanted to see pictures of this so here ya go! I don't have a picture of the black/hotpink Zebra one in the black frame but you can get the idea! :)

Dance Pictures!

Waiting to get her dance pictures taken.... not a good sign!
This is a look we get often! She has such the personality!

Better...

She was obvisouly worn out from the stress of taking pictures... such a rough life :)

Oh heavens... I think I signed Halie up for dance at the most expensive time of year.... Within the month and a half she has been in dance, she has now had Dance Pictures, Costume Fee, Recital Fee... and who knows what else! And the funny thing is I know there is no way she is going to get up on the stage and do the little dance. But I will dress her up and see what happens!

So a few weeks ago she had Dance pictures... That was a pleasent experience.... it was during nap time so she was not having it. She pouted and frowned and did everything she could not to smile for her pictures. Prior to taking the pics I thought to myself... I will just pay for the pictures and get enough for grandparents etc. so that I don't have to get her dressed up again and take the pictures myself!... Bad idea! I have tramatized my children and they hate cameras!... Bless the photographers heart, but I was glad to see that I am not the only one that can't get my kids to smile for a picture! Haha

The good thing is Halie does love going to dance class... she is still a few steps behind on the routines, and following along, but it will come in time. She has woken up a few times this weekand said "I want to go to dance class today Mommy"

So as long as she likes it we will keep going!

Easter 09

Our Easter Egg Hunt!

The kids loved dying the eggs!

Oh she looks so sweet... don't let her fool you! JK!

Halie just stood at the gate, waved and repeated " Hi East-ah Bunny"

My kids don't do mornings! ... They were a little out of sorts getting up this morning hence the lovely picture! ... Isn't this fun kids!

Micah is mad that the grass was wet and he was in flip flops!.. OOPS... who knew it was going to rain?

Easter was great this year! We got up Saturday and went to the park for the annual Easter Egg Hunt... where there was 5,000 pieces of candy and about 5,000 kids! haha! Halie was a little scared but Micah was so sweet and tossed candy to her. Then we went to the mall to see the Easter Bunny, Halie stood at the little fence and waved "Hi Eastah Bunny"... but when we tried to take a picture she cried!... So we went and grabbed some pretzels and went home:) Easter Day we woke up and searched for our baskets!....then dyed Easter Eggs.... went to church and then had Easter Dinner with Matt and Becky.... After dinner we had a fun little egg hunt in the backyard! It was a great weekend!

TUTU FUN!

Halie officially started dance class today! I was a little nervous about the whole situation. (If any of you recall Micah's reaction when starting anything ... you will know why!) But she did great! I have been thinking about signing her up for a while... and finally decided that both her and Micah are growing up way to fast and she is only going to be cute and little for a short while so better now than later!

So last week I went and got her little leotards... tutu's....tights.... etc! It was fun... I even made a few tutu's (to save a few bucks!)....

So today was the day... we got up... got ready... Halie was a little nervous and kept asking if she was going to play with babies at dance class! I had to explain to her it was a little different than nursery!

So we got there and she was all decked out... a little over dressed I found out! Oops ( I couldn't help myself) One of the mom's asked if that was the outfits for the spring recital.... "No it's just what she's wearing to practice in"....
BUT SHE DID SO GOOD!
I expected crying... clinging.... and none of that happened... after a few seconds she wondered out and stood on her yellow star and listened closely to what the teacher was saying. She followed along... a few steps behind everyone but hey atleast she was out there! It was fun! Afterwards we went to the library and she told my cousin "My dance class fun Cara"... so as long as she enjoys it I will keep her in the class!

At Home... practicing... which is funny... all I knew to tell her was stand on your star.... twirl in a circle... tap your toes!Holy cow she is following directions! Oh I was so proud!

This was the tap portion of the class... the other girls changed into their tap shoes... Halie decided to take her tutu off... and then she was looking for her tap shoes... good thing I had her little "jewel shoes" in my purse... she did not know the difference! (So she was suppose to be standing on the yellow star... she got a little distracted looking at herself in the mirror!)Her pink and brown tutu!

I miss my friend!

So I am sure you have seen pix of my friend Ashley on my blog.... she is like my kids second mother.... and my best friend! Well a week ago she moved away... to Salt Lake :(... sad!... but happy too! Does that make sense? I am so happy for her. She is getting married in a few months and her fiance is going to school at the U so she of course had to move up there!... I am happy for her but sad for me!

You know that kind of friend you can call anytime and talk about nothing and they still care... or that friend that will meet you for lunch with your wild kids every week and acts like she loves it! (haha).... or that friend that you know will tell you the truth when you try something on at the store... or the friend that would drop anything for you if you needed her.... Well that is ASHLEY! She was and still is my best friend.... now just a little harder to meet for lunch and shop with ... Ash... just wanted to let ya know that I love ya and miss ya! Can't wait to come see your cute place!

A POST WITH NO PICTURES?

I know... what am I doing posting without pictures! But I don't have any and thought I would post anyways since it has been a while!

So as most of you will probably already know my sister Megan is pregnant! I am so excited for her and Mike! They are going to be awesome parents! So I explained a month or so ago to my kids that Aunt Megan has a baby in her tummy! Micah totally gets it... Halie wants to see the baby, hold the baby, squeeze it to death.. etc!

But ever since I have told them she's pregnant they have included Megan's baby in EVERY SINGLE PRAYER WE HAVE HAD SINCE! It is so cute.... Micah sometimes forgets, but don't worry, everytime we fold our arms Halie starts repeating...
"bless-ah Megan Baby-ah (she ads "ah" to the end of every word)! So at church on Sunday during the opening prayer Halie starts yelling, "BLESS-AH MEGAN'S BABY-AH!, "BLESS-AH MEGAN'S BABY-AH!"BLESS-AH MEGAN'S BABY-AH! It was so funny! The other funny thing is Micah has many times said "BLESS MEGAN'S BABY THAT IT WILL BE A BOY OR A GIRL!" (yes micah lets hope it is not both... and not an animal or something! haha!)