Dance Recital

Well, we made it through Sophie's first year of dance! At first I didn't even think she liked it, but after seeing her at the recital I know she LOVES dance. I have even asked her if she'd want to try gymnastics in the fall, but she told me she wanted to do dance again. I think I will let her try out a gymnastics class this summer, just to make sure it's what she wants. Looking forward to having our Saturdays off now!

Her tap dance costume, I think it was some Hilary Duff song!

Her ballet dance to "somewhere over the rainbow"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL-ohI7VApI
This is the link to Sophie's tap dance she did for her recital.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcfS_cEYozo
This is the link for Sophie's ballet dance she did, excuse Nick, the cameraman....he had Brody on his lap so it's a bit shaky!

Some summer projects

One of the projects we are attempting is to plant some flowers and watch them grow. We got this kit at Target, so we will see if it works......I don't have much of a green thumb.

A friend of mine gave me a recipe for homemade laundry detergent, which I think is brilliant since I am always trying to make my own stuff! It takes about $5 of stuff to make 2 of these, which is 10 gallons of detergent.

Splashpad

We started off the summer by going to the La Centerra splashpad. The kids always love going there!

New House

We finally moved into the new house in March. Here are some pictures of the rooms so far, with the exception of the playroom,,,because it's pretty messy, and the office..because that's where all the unpacked stuff is sitting right now! There also isn't a picture of Brody's room because he was in between beds and we are still waiting for the chest we ordered for his room. It's coming along, but still a work in progress.

Giraffe snack

When we went to the zoo in April we happened to be looking at the giraffes when it was snack time. So they were letting people pay, giving us huge lettuce leaves then letting us go up on a platform to hand feed the giraffes! The kids thought it was great and shocking at the same time, because the giraffe wasn't a bit shy about taking the lettuce from you, whether you had your hand out or not. I would definitely suggest you do this when you go to the zoo, they usually have their snack times posted outside their fence.


The sun was in Sophie's eyes in this picture

Strike!

Forgive me for taking soooo long between posts. It's been over a month since I've done a post, but it was not my fault. Blogger as usual was acting up and wouldn't post ANY of my pictures, so I just decided to wait it out.
I took the kids bowling with some friends back in May. They loved it of course! Brody loved the bowling ball coming out of the machine, more than actually bowling. But Sophie was getting strikes and was bowling for her friends that were getting tired of bowling. We have been bowling a couple of times since then and the kids just have sooo much fun. I think it's a great activity to do during this crazy hot summer.

Ooooh the anticipation of the bowling ball coming out of the machine!!!