I can dance all by myself

At the end of last year's dance class Brie said she was ready to dance without mommy. Today was her first day of real dance class. No longer is she in the mommy and me class. She did pretty well today.

At first she didn't want to go into the room without me, but she eventually did. She did a little bit of tap and some of the ballet. She was definitely the quietest in the room, but she seemed to have a good time. She says she wants to go back next week so I think she had fun.

Attitude!

This little one has started with some real attitude.

She has been hitting and then running away laughing.

Throwing shoes.

Pinching

Biting

And being very defiant

So she has been spending alot of her time in the corner.

Missing out on fun things

like

snacks, reading books, and even bath time.

Hopefully she will start to behave soon so we can spend less time in the corner and more time having fun

Three and a half

Can you believe our little peanut is 3 and a half already?

It seems like just yesterday she was born and we were not sure what was going to happen.

Was she going to be normal.

Would she walk, talk, or even make it out of the NICU.

We watched many of the people we met in the NICU walk out with empty arms and were blessed to bring our little miracle home.

She has certainly surpassed our expectations.

Brie knows her letters, numbers, shapes and colors.

She is now working on writing them.

She is left handed.

She loves to talk!

and color

and read books (her favorites are dinosaurs and fancy Nancy this week)

and play with her little sister

She protects her little sister

She can ride a two wheeler and asked every night to go for a bike ride

She loves to play outside and her new favorite snack is smores. (Thanks Nana and Pop for the outdoor fire place)

She is now 30 lbs

She wears 2T clothes which are still a little too big

A weekend at the beach

Last weekend we spent two days at the beach. The weather was a little overcast the first day, but that didn't stop us from heading out the the ocean.

Brie headed right down to the ocean when we got there in her clothes. The surf was a bit rough and the first wave knocked her over, getting her soaked from head to toe. She was a little more timid after that. She did use her boggy board, but not in the water. This was as close to "surfing" as she came.

We wrote their names in the sand. Sophie refused to look at the camera.

Brie was a ham in front of her name.

Miss Hollywood, as Nanna calls her, wore her sunglasses upside down as always.

We spent some time on the boardwalk riding kiddie rides and eating gelato. Overall a great trip to the beach. The girls were exhausted after 2 days with little naps in the car and getting to bed late, but were for the most part pleasant and well behaved.

Thanks, Nana and Pop for a great weekend!

First day of school - for Sophie

We decided to send Sophie, along with Brie, to school for two mornings a week. She loves playing with other kids and this will give her the opportunity to do so twice a week. Today was her first day. She did very well and did not even notice Mommy and Nanna leaving.

She got a good report for her first day. They worked on colors, did finger paints, and went on a nature walk. She seemed to have a good time. When we asked her tonight if she wanted to go back to school tomorrow she said "yes!"

Tomorrow Jenna returns with her baby. Both girls seem excited to have her coming back.

Ebates!

I recently learned about a new site that sends you cash back just for shopping online. All you have to do is sign up. There are no fees, they just send you a check. It is given and A+ by the better business bureau and is not a scam. So if you do alot or a littel online shopping it could be worth it. Here is the link Ebates If you use my link and I get 50 people to sign up I get a free iPad which would be cool. So please check it out. You could get your own iPad as well just by referring other people.

Sunny Sunday Silliness

This Sunday the weather was wonderful so we decided to go for an am bike ride. We drove to the bike trail and spent some time riding bikes

Hiking a short trail to rattle snake rock

and playing in the creek.