Dance Recital

We have practiced for this recital for MONTHS!!! Hannah has been so excited for her recital and has literally shown anyone and everyone that will watch her her dance routine. Alice Anne knew every move and could have been up on stage doing it with her if they would have let her :) The day did not disappoint and they performed the theme song from Princess and the Frog.
Saturday was spent at rehearsal and Hannah begged us to not make her go to bed Saturday night, thinking that if she didn't go to bed, recital time would be here sooner. She did so good and was really into the dance. We could only video the rehearsal, but I think the real performance was her best one yet!! They had the recital at the Majestic Theater downtown and they really put on a good show! Hannah was especially excited that Gigi and Grandpop got to come for her big day! I'm going to steal Dawn's video of the rehearsal that she posted on YouTube. You can view it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tXOMGtWl7o
Hannah's on the far left in the video.

Hannah and Mary Aldon

Hugs and Flowers from Daddy! He was so proud of his little girl!

Alice Anne LOVED watching all the dancers!

"Make-Up Day"

Last Tuesday, Alice Anne had a make-up day at school, for a day that they had to cancel her class the week before. Hannah was so confused when I told her that Alice Anne was going to have a make-up day at school. She wanted to know why she wasn't wearing make-up to school and then when we picked her up, she wanted to know why she didn't have any make-up on. Funny girl!!
Hannah and I rarely get to have a "mommy and me" day, so I was excited to let her decide what she wanted to do on our day. I gave her several options of things we could do and of course she picked "dress-up and tea party." I found the cutest little place and it really was everything that a 3-year old little girl could dream of! It was a frilly little girls shop that had a tea room in the back with walls FULL of dress-up clothes. We walked back there and I thought she was going to start drooling...she was in heaven! Pink walls filled with dress-up clothes, make-up and cupcakes...what more could she ask for!!! We had so much fun together we lost track of time...we were there for almost 3 hours! I will remember that fun day for a LONG time and I hope she will too!!!

She couldn't get enough make-up on her face!!

What Month Is It Anyway?

Where in the world has time gone? Is it really the middle of May? I'm still stuck in March and am having a hard time believing that next week is the last week of school for the year! Does that mean that my babies are a year older?...sniff...sniff!!! I lost track of time (imagine that) and forgot that bluebonnets aren't around forever, but I managed to find a small patch of bluebonnets last Monday, so at least I could snap a couple of pictures of the girls in them...

We had a fun and relaxing Mother's Day and did what I've been waiting ALL YEAR to do (not!!)...yep...I got to go to the carnival! Hannah has been eyeing the carnival across from Target forever and begging us to take her, and of course it was right up Brett's ally, so he gave in really fast!! It wasn't that bad, but it was pretty gross and I had to hide myself and the girls from the nasty carnies, squirt germ-x in every one's hands every 2 seconds, but Hannah had a ball and Alice Anne has never clinged so hard to my hip. She literally would not put her feet on the ground. She did not know what to think. Every time Hannah was on a ride, she repeated over and over in the sweetest, most terrified voice, "Hannah off now!" Hannah rode on her first actual roller coaster that I think I would have even been scared of, but she got off of it laughing. She did admit that it was really fast and pretty scary, but she still laughed...a girl after her daddy's own heart!! The carnival reminded me of going to Abilene to stay with my grandparents when I was little. Daddymoore used to always take us to the carnival and we would get wrist bands so we could ride as many rides as we wanted. We would stay until it closed and ride rides until we were literally throwing up. I told Hannah that Daddymoore would have had so much fun taking her to the carnival!

Our skeptical little girl...

Our daring little girl...
Me and My Girls!!

Weekend before last, the girls went to Waco and had a blast!!! Hannah's bag was packed and by the backdoor by 8:30 in the morning (and she "packed" Alice Anne's, too)...we weren't leaving until 4:00 that afternoon-made for a LONG day and I'm sure I heard, "when are we going to Waco" at LEAST 500 times!

Perfect Kite Weather

It has been WINDY here!!! Not good for our allergies, but perfect for flying a kite! Last weekend we took the girls to Benton and Kristin's lake for a little fishing and kite flying. The girls loved it and they thought it was hilarious when the kite would come crashing down.

I think Hannah looks so old in this picture :(
Watching the kite way up in the sky
Bally got all tangled up in the kite string!

We also had a major tragedy last weekend. Let me preface it by saying this...Hannah is VERY into her baby dolls and there are 2 that she is especially attached to (Baby Molly and Baby Kristin). I really think that she thinks they are real babies sometimes. She's very serious about taking care of them and being a good mommy. When she goes to school, she always asks me to take care of them when she's gone and always asks me when I pick her up if her babies cried, if I fed them, etc.

Saturday night she went to put her babies to bed and she couldn't find them...anywhere! We tore the house apart looking for them. Searched both cars, searched golf carts, called every place that we had been the last 3 days (even though she said she had them Saturday morning), called friends we had been with, searched the front and backyard...they were gone! It drove me crazy that I couldn't figure out where they were and Hannah was devastated...seriously, crying so hard, worried that they were lost and that whoever found them wouldn't know that they had to hold their hand when they crossed the street, etc. For 3 days, that's all we heard about...her lost babies...literally ALL. DAY. LONG!!!

Yesterday morning I got the girls up and I was changing Alice Anne's diaper. Hannah was standing next to me talking away and literally mid-sentence, she stopped, gasped, and said, "MOMMY!!! I know where my babies are!! I'll be right back!" She ran in the playroom and a few seconds later I heard her screaming like she had won the lottery or something! She ran back into Alice Anne's room with both Molly and Kristin! Of course I was so excited, too, and I asked her where she found them. She laughed and said, "I forgot that I put them down for a nap in the chimney of my playhouse." Yes, she climbed up on the back of her chair and put them in the chimney so the wouldn't be disturbed. Never would have thought to look in the chimney for babies! So relieved those babies are back!!

Giving Baby Molly a big hug!

The girls got a little playhouse last weekend. They LOVE it! We're planning on spending lots of time in it now that the weather is so nice!

Creek

We spent Friday afternoon down at the creek. Daddy always does the golf cart rides and I never drive it around, but when I asked the girls after nap what they wanted to do, they said they wanted to ride the golf cart to see the ducks at the creek. Hannah thought she was pretty big, because I acted like I didn't know how to drive the golf cart, so she showed me what to do...step by step. The ducks weren't there and Hannah was so concerned about where they were. She was convinced that they had gone to Jammy and Papa's creek. She was very serious about it and as soon as we got home she called Jammy and Papa and asked them to go look at their creek to see if her ducks were there. Saturday morning we woke up and the first thing she said was, "I need to call Jammy and Papa and see if they found my ducks!" The girl never forgets anything!!

I haven't had my camera out since Easter, so I took full advantage of the pretty day down at the creek...it was a perfect day for pictures...and you know I can't narrow them down, so there are a lot!

They LOVE the dandelions

This cracks me up and it perfectly describes Alice Anne's personality. She LOVES her big sister and wants to do everything that she does! Whatever Hannah does, Alice Anne's 2 steps behind her doing it too. Hannah found this big stick and said, "mommy, look at this big, huge stick!" It was probably 5 feet long!
Alice Anne looked down on the ground, picked up the first stick she saw and said in the proudest voice, "Mommy, rook, huge tick!" Her stick couldn't have been any bigger than her little finger, but in her eyes, it was 5 feet long and just as big as Hannah's!

I love these because it shows how happy and carefree they are! So excited to have found a flower to take home to daddy!
And little sister's right behind her!
Love this sweet smile!
And this sweet little face
Hannah has NO fear! I looked over and she was yelling, "Look at me...I'm a monkey!"

I LOVE these next 3 pictures! And the thing I love about them is that I didn't ask them to do this at all, this is just how they play! They're best friends!!