WHAT?!

Today is May 24, 2010. Right??? So....why did we wake up to this?This picture was taken about an hour ago and it's STILL snowing!! The trees are all weighted down--I hope none of them break. And....do I dare plant the garden later this week?? I've been putting it off, aside from peas and lettuce, because it's been so cool this spring. They say to wait until after Mothers' Day---maybe this year I should make it after Fathers' Day, just to be safe.

1234

Kristen's Jazz dance this year is to the song "1234." It's kind of a fun dance. I love the costumes--they're purple! Her end-of-the-year recital is in 2 more weeks and then we're done with dance.....kind of. She'll have summer camps and technique classes.

Sweet Dreams

Kristen's ballet number this year is Sweet Dreams. There are only 8 girls and they are amazing little ballerinas! They took 3rd place at the last competition but have placed 1st at all the others (they were against older girls this last time around). It's kind of sad that this dance year is ending, but she's already looking forward to next year.

Aladdin

This year, Kristen's dance school put on the production number Aladdin. Kristen is a flying/magic carpet in the dance (she's the 2nd one from the front). They have so much fun and do such a good job!! Tomorrow is the last competition for the year. Aladdin has taken 1st place and/or high point for all of the competitions but one this year. Way to go girls (and Taite)!!

Kristen's Vision

Kristen failed her eye test in Kindergarten and 1st grade, so I took her in to see an eye doctor. He tested her and told me she just couldn't read. I think she failed it again in 2nd grade, but then I never received any more notes. So....I didn't think much of it until I took her in for her 10 year checkup and they said that she needed to be seen by an eye doctor. The closest one that my insurance covers is that one guy, but we went there again and....Kristen's vision was worse than we thought. 20/60 in her left eye and 20/80 in her right. So she picked out some cute glasses and now she can see!!! She is so amazed at what she can see now!! And I feel like mom of the year--she's probably needed them for years and I failed to recognize that. The dr said that her prescription has changed since last time, which it will as she grows and gets older. Does that mean she should have had them 3 1/2 years ago??? She's so worried that she looks like a dork, but I think she looks really cute.

It Finally Happened.....

I have been waiting for this to happen for years, and it finally did. Last night, Jenna grabbed some scissors, hid in a corner, and cut her hair!!! Kendall noticed and when he took the cut locks to Jon, Jon asked her what she did and she said, "I cut the ghost's hair!" Hmmm....kind of funny....this "ghost" just happened to have the same color of curls as Jenna.... (We found a few more locks this morning--more hair that I thought). She told me she just wanted a hair cut. I told her that we need to have the hair cutting lady do it, NOT her! Fortunately it's in a fairly good place--right in front and not too high. It definitely could have been much worse! She missed a curl though, if she was trying to get the long bangs look. Jarren cut his bangs, trying to look like Anakin Skywalker a few years ago, but for a boy, it's a little easier because if you have to shave them, you have to shave them and it's no big deal. But for her??? Yikes! This could have been really bad and I'm soooo glad it's not!

Happy 4th Birthday Jenna!

Jenna turned 4 on May 1. I can't believe how big she is!! All she wanted for her birthday were animals--of various shapes and sizes. She got a couple of packs of "fuzzies." They were the ocean in my pocket animals. She also got some stuffed birds, Care Bears, a butterfly net, and some webkinz. SHE wanted to wrap her own presents (we wouldn't let her); SHE wanted to hide the presents for the balloon/clue game (we let her do that); SHE wanted to find the presents too, which was pretty easy, since she knew where they all were. She wanted a Wish Bear (Care Bear) cake and wanted to help with that. Two of her cousins happened to be here visiting on Saturday and it was fun to spend some time with them. Jenna decided that she wants a birthday every day so she can get every present in the world! Silly girl...