Tiny Dancer

Annie started dance class last week and she is super excited! It is a combo class that includes ballet, tap and tumbling. She has the cutest little ballet and tap shoes! They are just learning the basics and having fun right now. Annie seems to be doing great! In all the pictures she is doing almost exactly what Ms. Ashley is doing! The girl has rhythm! She obviously got it from her Daddy because if you've ever seen me dance it is not a pretty sight!

Here are a couple of pictures from her first night. Parents only got to go in for about 15 minutes to watch and take pictures. They do tap the first thirty minutes and ballet the next thirty minutes so the pictures are all tap pictures. She is a super cute ballerina too!

Learning to tap with her heels and toes!

A cute little stance!

Checking herself out in the mirror!

Our Sweet Biscuit

Our sweet girl is no longer here with us. She is running around the green grass in Heaven. We miss her so much and were very sad to say goodbye to her.

Mitch and I got Biscuit a few months after we got married and she was only six weeks old. She was the cutest thing I had ever seen! She was our little baby. I can still remember when she lost her first tooth! I remember because I was so scared, I had no idea dogs lost baby teeth too!

We have so many great memories with Biscuit. She was very lovable, sweet and often mischievous! She always wanted to shake your hand and be right by your side. She was such a fast learner and had many talents. One of her favorite things to do was to catch the frisbee. She would catch it almost every time Mitch threw it! She had a little trouble when I threw it but that was mostly my fault! She always tried though! She loved Annie and would sit right outside her door when she was a baby. Annie loved her dearly and she was the perfect pet and friend to her!

I believe the old saying "All dogs go to Heaven" and know she will be wagging her tail and greet us with a big kiss one day!

She always loved to tear into her Christmas present!

She also enjoyed a good nap every now and then!

Apparently I woke her while taking the picture!

She always gave this look if her sleep was interrupted.

Like, "Excuse me, can I help you?".

A playful stinker from the start!

One of my favorites! :)

This is a picture I took about a month ago. I didn't even know it was on

the camera until I downloaded the pictures. We would sit in Mitch's

truck bed and watch Annie ride and play in the cul-de-sac.

Love you sweet girl! xo

Spring 2011

We have been busy and enjoying Spring! We have been playing outside and trying to enjoy some pretty weather before the cicadas come! Ugh, not excited about them at all! I don't see myself playing outside unless I am forced to do so. For instance, at work I will be forced to go outside and "play" while the cicadas scare my 3 year olds and I to death! Thanks to the TN State Laws! Did I mention that I am NOT excited about the cicadas?!?! Oh well, here are some pictures of my sweet girl enjoying Spring and some Easter festivities!

We went to KY for Easter because Mitch's brother and family were stopping in on their very long drive from South Carolina to Colorado! I really don't know how they survived 3 days driving with a 1 year old, a 3 year old and a 5 year old! Oh, and a 15 year old dog! Wow! It was really good to see them and spend a holiday with them though!

This was Annie discovering that the Easter Bunny had stopped

by our house and left her a basket while we were out of town!

She was a little excited!

Tearing into it!

Mmmm...chocolate!

What pretty 3 year old girl

doesn't love a monster truck! Annie

actually requested this!

Dora socks!

She literally made this face at

every item she pulled out of the

basket! I love it!

Easter Egg Hunt!

Liam, Annie and Luke! Cuties!

Annie has been doing chores around the house and earned

money to purchase a new bike! I am so proud of her! Once

she saw this one there was no doubt she was

getting it! It came with streamers, a bell, and a

baby seat on the back! The loaded Huffy! We were

very proud of her for working and earning her money!

She had to dress like Princess Kate!

All natural beauty! I'm jealous!

Very Springy!

Watch out! When these 2 are together there is

no telling what could happen!

Oops..we forgot the vinegar!

Last night we pulled out the Easter Egg Dye Kit that we bought at Target the other day and decided to make some pretty eggs! We boiled and cooled them and then began to dissolve the tablets in the water. As Mitch was reading the directions he said "Do we have any distilled vinegar?". Hmmm...."I don't think so, do we need it?". "Only if we want bright eggs" he said. We thought no problem, we'll just have pastels! Well, turns out the only colors that work without the vinegar are the pink and purple! Good thing we have a girl! ;)

So excited to dye some eggs!

Watching the color tablets dissolve. I was pretty sure she

was going to be purple before this was over!
"BLUE"!!!!!
Making the holders with Daddy!
"Where is my egg? I can't see it!"
Carefully dropping the eggs in!
Time to decorate!
Our finished product!

The Greatest Show on Earth!!

A few weeks ago we went to the circus with some friends in Bowling Green. We were lucky and got box seats at a discounted rate. It was nice because the kids didn't have to sit still in their sit the whole time, they could run around and be silly!

I have to admit that I wasn't really looking forward to the circus. I remembered going as a child and it was fun but, it didn't really sound too thrilling to me at this age! Mitch wasn't thrilled either but, we knew Annie would love it! It turns out we were wrong!! We all three enjoyed it!! They had the elephants, lions, and other animal shows that they kids thought were fun AND they had magic shows that really left us adults wondering "How in the world did they do that?"!! It was such a fun experience and I'm sure we will do it all over again in a couple of years!

She Works Hard for the Money

Last year Mitch and I opened Annie's college savings account. Annie has been saving some of her own money to put into her account for "when I go to college" she says. She loves when we go to the bank because our friendly drive-thru teller, Jessica, always gives her 2 suckers! And although Annie doesn't like suckers for more than 10 seconds she still gets SO excited every time! She and Jessica are best buds! Annie was really excited last week when we counted up some of her money to take to the bank! We counted $50 worth of quarters and some dollars that she has either earned or were given to her by grandparents. She held her head high and was so proud of herself as she carried her bag of money into the bank! Jessica was almost as excited as Annie to see her inside the bank! Here is my proud girl with her loot!