Ballet and Tap!

Remember when I said that 3 year olds doing gymnastics was the cutest thing in the world? I was wrong. 3 year olds doing ballet and tap is cuter.

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Some notes:

She was not the best behaved in ballet class.

I think the teacher was a little frustrated with me because Sadie's ballet shoes were a size too big. She wanted me to buy her new ones, but I refused. Sadie was using Megan's old ones, and I think they ended up working out just fine. I just had to stuff a itsy, bitsy sock in the toe. And it saved me $30.

She loved it. Big time.

Next month she starts cheerleading!

Nevada Reading Week

I know the kids love it. But really, can't we just get rid of all days that they have to dress up for school? Or maybe spread them out a bit. But a week or dress-up days pushes me over the edge.

MONDAY: Crazy Accessory Day

Ok. I admit fairly easy day.

TUESDAY: Shirt With Words Day

Ok. Even easier.

WEDNESDAY: Dress Like Your Favorite Book Character

Not easy. This year each class chose a book, and everyone in class had to dress up like a character from the same book. Megan's class chose Alice In Wonderland. Hence, Megan was Alice. Jackson's class chose a book about a Princess, Prince, Horse, Pig, and Cat. He doesn't remember the name. So Jackson was a Prince. It's a good thing I am somewhat of a hoarder. I can't tell you  how many times that Pilgrim apron Megan is wearing has gotten some use!

THURSDAY: Rock Star Day

Playing air guitar. Quite possibly my favorite day, but slightly time consuming.

FRIDAY: Pajama Day!

Easy peasy! Just roll out of bed.

I admit that it ended up being quite fun. Except for today when Megan and I argued over what P.J.'s she would wear to school. Megan won.

Vacation To Vegas!

Last week Eric's parents were here! My kids were ecstatic. Mainly to spend time with Grandma and Grandpa, but also because they were staying in a condo with a pool, they got to skip a bit of school, there were lots of treats, and they were able to stay up late almost every night. It's amazing we made it through the week.

Luckily the first few days they were here we had beautiful weather. So we spent ALOT of time at the pool.

Sade's doing a little light reading.

We also spent some time at the park.



And of course we played lots, and lots of games. It was a great week.

12 X 12 - April 2011

A Tuesday...I took the kids to school, sat down on the computer and remembered it was the 12th of the month. Soon after, Miss Sade brought me the M & M's. I do not usually keep M & M's, candy, chips, or most forms of junk food in the house. However, last week Eric's parents were here, and they spoiled my kids with all types of it. So now I am fielding requests for it multiple times a day.

It did bring a bit of color to our morning.

Sade's toes brought a bit of color to the bath. As you can see she branched out and chose multiple colors, instead of her usual pink and purple.

After showering, we headed over to a friends house to discuss a Young Women's lesson. Sadie and I are crossing our fingers that the car would start. We had had quite a bit of trouble getting it to start earlier in the morning. We still had trouble this time also, but eventually it turned over! Hallelujah!! I am more than ready for a new car.

Sadie was able to play with her good friend for quite awhile. Here they are playing store. They also like to play house while together. I heard Sade refer to herself as Mama many times.

We stopped by Fresh & Easy on the way home.  This sign is one of the many reasons I love it there. They also have special Hybrid parking available, but I have NEVER seen anyone parked in it.

One of Sadie's many daytime snacks. Isn't it exciting that it is cheap strawberry season once again?!

After cleaning, I retired to my bed to read this book. I have ABSOLUTELY no idea why it took me this long to read the Hunger Games trilogy. I am loving them.

Sade and I had many cups of tea throughout the afternoon.

Then we made dinner. While making spaghetti, Sadie likes to take the noodles and make the letters she knows. It was only Sadie and I for dinner, because Eric was still working (of course), and Megan and Jackson went to a friends house after school. I was really missing them, and was quite bored! I am not loving that they (especially Megan) have this entire separate life away from home. It seems like Megan suddenly has this busy social life, and is gone all the time! Especially on the weekends.

Woo-Hoo! They finally arrived home around 7! Then they proceeded to drive me crazy. I had to remind myself how bored I was without them.

Although they had just eaten dinner, Jackson and Sadie were soon scrounging for food.

Jackson reading before bed. His reading has improved so much this year. My kids have been so lucky to have great teachers. I attribute this to me sucking up to their teachers all year, so in turn they choose great teachers for my kids the next year. It totally works!

Picture Re-Cap

I have been having major blogging issues! My pictures will not load out of Picassa, so I have to manually load each one, which is a MAJOR TIME CONSUMING PAIN! Can someone please come over and fix this for me?

Anyway.....Here are some random pics off my camera from the past couple of weeks.

 Eric made us this very creative breakfast a few weeks ago,  right before he went out of town. AGAIN!!! In March he traveled to Texas, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, California, and Hawaii (TWICE!). Needless to say he was gone practically the entire month. In the meantime I was at home making spectacular dinners like this:

Eggs, toast, strawberries

I have little desire to ever cook full meals, but with Eric out of town, what little desire I have leaves me completely. Hence we have lots of meals like the aforementioned eggs and toast.

Just a random pic of Jackson and Sadie playing the Wii. Jackson just gives Sadie a steering wheel and tells her she is playing, when in reality she is not. Luckily she is none the wiser.

And lastly a few shots of Sade in a hat I bought from the D.I. when she was a baby, and then completely forgot about! Darn. I would have loved her wearing it as a one-year old.

She snuck in a few "poses."

Ms. Fix It

I have a very important public service announcement. If you ever accidentally wash your iPod in the washing machine, all hope is not lost. Simply put it in the freezer for 30 minutes, and it will be good as new. No joke.

Well maybe not good as new. But working! I had heard about this strange phenomenon working with cell phones that had water damage, and discovered it works with iPod's too.

And today I fixed our computer. All by MYSELF! This morning it would not turn on, no matter what I did. I finally deduced (or guessed) that maybe it was overheating. So I unplugged it, moved it away from the wall, waited an hour, and BAM! It was working again.

Just call me for all of your electronic needs.