Annual Snow Fall

Well, it came today...our annual snow fall. This is really the first one that Em remembers so she was far more excited than I thought she would be...but K took the cake!

Em spent the whole time eating it...at first she said it tasted like chocolate and then changed her mind to ice cream.  :-)

They were in their dress-up clothes so we just threw on hats, gloves, jackets and shoes...thus the awesome look!

We tried to collect it to make a snowman, but it was "too cold" so we quit.

The flakes were so big, they were catching them and looking at them.

The older two tasting.

Em kept wandering around trying to brush it off her stuff.  It started with the picnic table, then the car and then at some point, she just went back to eating it.

This was the day before...she wanted me to take a pic, can't remember why but they are cute enough I thought I'd throw them in.

I have had lots of questions lately about all that is going on out here so I think I will just address them.  The big bus crash was in M's area but he was off that night so he did not have to respond to that.  He was in on the man-hunt for the cop-killer initially but now is on his regular days off, but yes, that too is in this area.  We are doing all right, minus a little extra stress.  And yes, it has been pretty chaotic around this area as of late so all of your prayers, especially for protection, are coveted.  Thank you!

Em Joins Dance Class

As you may know, we had quit dance class after the recital and started gymnastics. Well, now that Em is old enough to join in on the fun, we had to do a re-evaluation of the finances and realized that for the price of one month for K to go to gymnastics, we could pay for both girls to take dance class. So, we started back into dance this month.

The irony of it all is that I completely forgot until I got a text from my friend that morning asking if I was still coming. I threw the girls in the car and ran to the store to get dance clothes. Of course, I could not find what I needed (small enough for Em) as I was in a hurry. Then I realized that for the same price of two pieces of worthless clothing, I could buy both girls new outfits. So I hustled over to the regular clothes, grabbed a 3T and 4T, the sizes my children currently wear, and bolted. Little did I know that some stores are helping the obesity epidemic by making all their clothes bigger so people do not feel fat...the girls were swimming in their outfits but I had no time to go back, so a safety pin in the skirts, bobby pins in their hair and two giant outfits later, we piled into the car for the first day of dance.

The sign says, "Dance for an Audience of One".

Em was very exicited to finally be allowed to go in the room!

Em tried very hard to follow directions.

She was always about one second behind.  I like to think of it as her 'live delay' as in TV.  :-)

She did manage to lose her spot.

But pulled it together.

She did finally lose concentration and her listening deteriorated but it took a long time.  Overall, she did much better than I thought she would.  I was proud of her.

I tried for a few photos when we got home, but it just deteriorated into kissing.  :)

I know, technically terrible, but look at their faces.  So cute I couldn't delete it.

Well, it's been fun and adventurous, although the real adventure is about to begin - trying to convince the girls that they should wear different clothes to dance class next week and save these for when they are bigger.  I sense this will be a giant battle so I am not sure I am willing to fight it in the first place.  We shall see.  :-)

God Bless!!