Halloween 2012

Spiderman and butterfly ballerina...

Maggie the Ballerina

Maggie went to her very first dance class yesterday. She was SO excited about it, and I really think she enjoyed it and really "got" the whole concept. There were only three little girls there yesterday for her class (including Maggie) so it was a nice small group. Shame on me for not fully investigating all the options with various dance schools around Shreveport. I had asked around and thought she had to be 3 to start. Turns out our backyard neighbor, Mary Rose, takes dance and she's also two-and-a-half. So I called and they were happy to let her start in the middle of the year. And we hadn't missed the recital cutoff just yet.

This place was FANCY. See the tv screens? There were several classes all going at once, and they had 3 tv monitors out in the lobby so parents can watch.

Luckily, we have all of Avery's hand-me-downs and we didn't have to purchase a single item for her uniform. Hooray for a dancer older cousin!

Maggie really didn't want to leave yesterday. The class was only 30 minutes, but I have a feeling she would have stayed there all night if I would have let her.

Archie the School Kitty...

This was posted to facebook last week, but I thought I'd also record it here for fun:
For the third day in a row, a staff member from AC Steere has brought Archie back to our house. This morning it was the PRINCIPAL. He was apparently hanging out in a 4th grade classroom. I love that we have such an awesome and caring school, but come on Archie! School is not for cats, buddy.

He's just so friendly and social, it's hard to keep him here. I've been trying to let them indoors during carpool times but he didn't come when I called him this morning. Now I know it's because he was trying to pass as a 4th grader. Lol!

Then James found out from the neighbors yesterday that he followed them to the park and took one step too many and slid down the curvy slide.  What an adventurous kitty!

 

Snuggle bugs

This was Sunday morning a couple of weeks ago. Hank is all dressed up to go to church with Grandmama. I had gotten him ready and sent the kids to the den to watch cartoons for a minute while I was finishing up breakfast dishes. They had been fighting all morning so I specifically told them to leave each other alone. I think I even told them to sit on separate couches. But when I got down there this is what I found...

Trip to the Dentist

This was Hank's 3rd or 4th visit, but Maggie's very first trip to the dentist. I waited till the day before to tell them because I knew Hank would be all excited. He told Maggie all about it and got her excited too. They both loved it and patiently followed instructions and let the hygienist do her thing. We left with two bags full of loot and they've been playing with their prizes ever since.

I'm gonna be a great guy!

Just before having his teeth brushed Hank declared, "When I grow up, I'm going to be a great guy."

I said awww, and told him that he already was a great guy. He said, "Yeah, but I'm going to be even greater than I am now. (pause) And I'm going to use a blender. And I WON'T cover my ears when I hear loud noises."

Sounds like a great guy to me :)

No nap Maggie

Maggie is going through a phase where she refuses to nap in the afternoons. But she clearly still needs the rest. It pretty obvious when we get full on raging fits around supper time and bed/bath time. The girl is tired. Occasionally she'll accidentally fall asleep on the couch while watching tv in the afternoon. So now I have several photos of her konked out like this.






So sweet and angelic, and yet so frustrating to deal with a grumpy two-year-old. She fell asleep in the car on the way to the Revel last night. It took some fast talking but she finally did perk up and we all enjoyed the visit.