For several months, a hard core dance hype has been brewing. Even before she knew dance classes existed, she’s been strapping on her ‘dancin’ shoes’ and busting moves all over the place. When we introduced her to old dance recital tapes from my glory days as a 5-year-old, she watched them enough to remember the footwork and sing the songs. She shrieked with delight in anticipation of meeting her new dance teacher and tumbling with other kids, and she attempted to sleep in her leotard the night before her first class… but unsurprisingly to me, she still managed to go to pieces when I dropped her off. Getting her to...
Until Next Year…
The whole point of Labor Day weekend is to say goodbye to Arnold’s Park, right? ...
Preschool Prepster
Picture time! This year I jumped at the idea of a ‘Back to School’ themed session for Emerson’s three-year pics. It worked out perfectly that this was offered at the same time she’ll be turning three and also starting preschool at Safari (contingent upon potty-training which deserves an entire post in itself). Going along with the theme, I ordered an adorable preppy outfit online. True to form, I was a little late in doing so, and had to come up with something for her to wear last-minute (outfit arrived in the mail 2 days after her photos were taken). We picked out a good sweater and jeans combo that ended...
Wordless Wednesday #puppylove
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Mommy’s Little Flower Keeper
Mary, Mary, quite contrary. How does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockleshells, and pretty maids in a row! My little pumpkin sneaks outside to help Gaga water plants as much as possible. If it’s touching the ground, she’s going to pour water on it. I need to catch it on video because she narrates as she waters, saying things like, “This guy is thirsty!” or “Oh, you need some water too? OK.” It doesn’t do her any justice to type it out because her voice is so cute at this age!...