The girls had their dance recital this week. They were absolutely adorable! I love watching the dance recitals! All the little girls all dressed up and the little preschool girls have no idea what they are doing and it's just too stinking cute. Our girls both did really well in the recital this year. They were in the same class this time around (mostly to help with mom's sanity because it's hard having everyone in something different all the time!). Watch the video of their dance below! It was taken at their dress rehearsal and they did quite a bit better in their actual performance but it gives you an idea of how their dance went (and I apologize for the shakiness of it...my 8 year old son insisted on being the camera man) :o)
Other than that summer is a super busy time of the year around here! We have had two picnics at parks this week and today we had 4 friends over to play. We always seem to have extra kids around :) Brandon has at least 1 baseball game a week and he is LOVING it! I should probably get some pics of him doing baseball on here. We are going to go to Elitch's next week I think and we have our annual camping trip at Hermit Park next month after Emily's birthday. Too bad we can't have campfires this year :( They have banned all fires because of this stinking HUGE High Park Fire. I guess we will be roasting marshmallows over the camp stoves instead. We hope you are all having a fun summer too!
I was trying to think of some good ideas for teacher gifts this year and I found TONS of great ideas on Pinterest. The kids had a hard time picking one to do so we did several different ones. Basically all the teachers will be getting something different. Maybe we overdid it just a little bit? The kids had a lot of fun putting them all together and picking what they wanted for their teachers. I think they all had great teachers this year. Here are some of the ideas we tried:
First off we made the teachers new clipboards. They are much more fun to look at than the usual boring brown. I love Mod Podge.
You are a CUT above the rest...scissors cut, get it?
You are o-FISH-ally the best...goldfish and Swedish fish candy.
I am one smart COOKIE thanks to you...on a package of cookies.
You are a SCENT-sational teacher...on a candle.
Emily's favorite was this one. We need S'MORE teachers like you. With all the stuff to make s'mores.
You are one of the RIESEN'S I love school. (Riesen, reason, get it?)
And this one, I'm SODA-lighted that you were my teacher this year. Adorable. I found these free printable tags here.
Like I said, we may have gone a little overboard...oops. :o)
I never thought in a million years that we would have a dog...but apparently the kids finally got dad to break down and let them get one. They all fell in love with this little puppy at my mom's house and they all cried every time we left her house because they were afraid it would be the last time they would see the little furball. I'm not sure if it was their tears or my hubby finally realizing how much time I spend alone while he is working ALL THE TIME and he thought I might enjoy a little puppy to keep my company, but either way we ended up with little Millie. She is a short-haired toy poodle. All the other puppies in her litter were long-haired. The vet said that it's uncommon to get a short-haired one but it does occasionally happen. I think she is much cuter than the other ones. She is a lot of fun but she is the typical puppy. So far though we have only lost a couple rolls of toilet paper and a wooden spoon from the kitchen. We're working on the potty training too but I think she is getting better. In some ways it's like I have a toddler again! She is about 3 months old.
