1st Dance Recitial

Emily getting ready
This is all the girls just before they went on stage

Aaron gave her flowers at the intermission

Mary Ellen made the trip out to see her




Emily won most improved dancer in her age group. She got announced up on stage and got a certificate. We are so very proud of her, and she loves dance, especially now that she's done it on a stage with a ton of people cheering for her. She is a bit of a ham.



I know it looks like everything has been about Emily lately, and it kinda has the past 2 weeks but Aaron has a couple big things coming up, and I'll be sure to post about them too.

Emily's face

She fell down on the sidewalk, landed on her face and then it got infected. This is what it looked like.

April pics

4/14 trip to the Kensington Farm Center
4/15 1st trip of the year to the Zoo
4/20 singing at church un the children's choir, they both love it!!
4/20, my brother got Aaron and actual army uniform. It's exactly like David's but smaller. It has his name sewn on, and all of the correct patches. We usually have to fight him to get him to take it off!
4/14 my mom's club took a field trip to the Milford Bakery. The kids got to dip a donut in frosting and sprinkles. It was a HUGE hit!

5/2 Emily fell on the sidewalk the night before Dan's wedding. This is what it looked like on Friday morning. More pics to come...........................
Lovely isn't it??
4/22 Emily asked if she could take a nap outside, I said sure, never thinking she would actually fall asleep. Well, she did, for 2 hours!!

5/2 Dan and Meredith's wedding

30 is the new......

I'm not really sure, but I did have fun celebrating my big milestone birthday, with much thanks to my hubby.
My birthday weekend was an exciting one. First off, on Thursday 3/28, my sister in law went into labor and gave birth to Myles' and my first ever niece!! Rosslyn Cecillia May. BabyRosie, as she is called in our house. Unfortunately, David (my brother, and the baby-daddy) didn't make it home until a few days after she was born. But he is home now, safe and sound for a little while.
On Saturday, I got my hair did, (it's very ironic I think, that I rarely get my hair done) and then we had a few couples over for dinner and games. It was a lot of fun. Oh, and I had a beautiful cake, and a group of people sing me "Happy Birthday", LOL I think it's been years, since I had a group singing to me.

On Sunday 3/30- the "actual" day, I had to take Emily to get her dance pics taken and my dad and Myles took Aaron to church so he could participate in the children;s bell choir. Then we all met up and my dad took us out to lunch( my mom was on TN with My sis in law, Lisa and the new baby).
This past week, we mostly just enjoyed the weather. The furnace has been turned off, although I;m sure that's temporary. Lots of playing outside and bike riding.
Myles didn't want a fuss over his birthday 4/6, so we didn't make one. He's not a big fan of his birthday. We did a bunch of yard work and cleaned out the garage. Also started some spring cleaning inside the house.


Today, 4/7 Emily is home sick to day, I think she's got a spring cold and maybe some allergies thrown in. I've got laundry drying outside on the line, and a sparkling clean kitchen. Life is good.

A month's worth of pics, all at once

2/10 Ginger got a crate, because she chewed a brand new set of knitting needles one night while we slept. She seems to really love it, and we kind of wish we would have gotten her one sooner. She really is a den animal.2/10 I decided that I wanted to start veggie from seed this year, but being me I didn't read the instructions. After I planed them, I read that they shouldn't be planted until 30-60 days before the last frost. Uh-oh
2/15 Aaron saved up his allowance money to buy a Darth Vader costume. He's very proud of it, and very excited that he bought it with his own money.


3/3 The seedlings grew so well that they needed to be re-potted already. They are off to a wonderful start. Tomatoes, basil, squash, and green beans.















3/5 Aaron asked for green eggs and ham for breakfast. Of course I obliged, but the kids didn't think they were all that tasty.








3/11 I organised a fundraiser for our local Senior Center, and this was taken that night. We raised over $700 for them.3/22 Dying Easter eggs



Very colorful eggs this year
3/23 Easter morning



Emily got a bike and she was/is thrilled about it! She's getting good, but still can't turn while riding it yet.

3/24 I knit Emily a bag to carry her babies around in. She LOVES her babies (little stuffed animals) and she always wants to take them with her. It's a circular bag, so they can peek their heads out, lol.

HowManyOfMe.com

There are 9 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

Allowance

Ok, we started the kids on an allowance at the beginning of the year. We've taken quite a bit of flak about it, mostly that they are too young, and we expect too much from them. This is the article I was shown and where we got the idea from, and I've got to say, I really like how it's turned out.

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/CollegeAndFamily/RaiseKids/
ShouldYourKidsGetAnAllowance.aspx