After the successful test dance class back in August, Mallory is now enrolled full-time in the little kids ballet class with her friend Allison. There are only four little ballerinas in the class and the moms aren’t allowed to watch. I think I’ll bring tailgating chairs and a cooler this week and Alli’s mom & I can sit outside and chit chat for 30 minutes while the girls dance.
We couldn’t quite get them to show or tell us what they did in class but I do know that Mallory LOVES her little skirt and little ballet shoes. The dots …
Month: September 2009
Junior Shutterbug
Wonder where she gets it from…
A GO BLUE kind of day
Holy jumping – what a game yesterday! My kids were {again} fantastic and I’d like to thank my cast of thousands who help me make it through gameday!
Carson swiped some of my pretzel and started gnawing away on it – I guess it made a good teething biscuit!
You may have noticed the Mabel’s Labels button on the right side of the blog – but I’m about to give them some real credit. Do you see Mallory’s bracelet in the picture below? I got them from Mabel’s Labels – they are the “411 wristbands” and have Mallory’s name on them along …
My little Buffett fan
Mallory is all about Jimmy Buffett’s “Volcano”, telling me “I want the ‘I DON’T KNOW’ song” and she loves the song “Fins”. Here she is doing the Fins dance!
We were at my dad’s the other day and my dad put Buffett on and Mallory started telling my dad “Hey! We have this (music) at MY house!!”
Pieces of Work
Mallory & I had a playdate a few weeks ago with my dear friend Shauna & her family. They traveled all the way from Kalamazoo to visit us for a few hours. We met at the Chelsea Treehouse – a really cool indoor playground (good thing because it was one of those yucky days we had in August) and let the kids all play. Shauna & her husband have three girls – ages 5, 3 & 1 – and of course it took Mallory about an hour to warm up to them, even though they were all over Mallory wanting …
B is for…
I am not sure if I am cheating a little bit by using this for B instead of S – but I love that Mallory says “bresses” instead of “dresses”.
Don’t forget to check out my extra B entry from last week.
And click here for more Alphabittys at Mama Bear’s site!
Z is for…
Zoltan!
For those who don’t know why this is totally adorable – Zoltan Mesko is the punter for Michigan and when he punts, everyone makes a Z with their hands.
Sweetness
I’ve been dying to get a picture of Carson’s sweet cheeks (not the ones on his face…the other ones). I just love his little dimply tushy, especially when he sleeps with it sticking up in the air. I almost brought him upstairs with me last night even after he’d been asleep for an hour, just because I wanted to snuggle with him.
I’ve decided that 5-ish months is a pretty good age. Carson is sleeping well (knock on wood) and is so smiley and happy.
Thience Camp
Here are some long-awaited pictures from “Thience” Camp.
I took the Mallory & Alli on “Frog Day” – so they got to look at some tadpoles & almost frogs in some shallow pans. The teacher also had some red jello which was supposed to feel like frog eggs (blech!). Then we walked down to the ponds to try to find some more frogs. I should clarify that I am part of the collective “we” in regard to walking down to the ponds, but I am not in the collective “we” when it came to looking for frogs. I’ve never considered myself …
A reading of “Brown Bear Brown Bear”, by Mallory
Here is Mallory reading one of her favorite books:
Some of her other favorite books are:
All of the Fancy Nancy books
Ella Sarah (she can read {recite} most of this one too)
She is really getting into the interactive books where you have to find stuff behind flaps and doors. Not like how she used to like them (just trying to find stuff), but now she reads them to her dolls and her brother.