Booty shorts

It's not a term I ever expected to use. I didn't even know what they were a few weeks ago. Now I'm the "butt" of several jokes, because my daughter has started wearing "booty shorts." Isn't she the cutest little thing!?

Put a lid on it!

Alex just recently discovered that he owns this orange baseball cap, and he loves it.

He has been wearing almost every day outside, and he even wore it in the pool tonight.





He truly looks like a boy, not a toddler when he puts this on.






He especially likes to wear it when Daddy is wearing a hat too.





And the expressions, like father, like son, are priceless!

Little Ballerina

Who knew a three year-old was listening, following instruction, and learning so much in her weekly preschool combo dance class. She's been taking the ballet/ tap class since last fall and their recital was last month. Ella was so excited, nervous, and adorable!

Grammie and Grandpa Robinson sent her flowers for her bedroom and a beautiful little wrist corsage to wear after her performance.

I went with her to practice. She was nervous, but did really well.

Grandma and Papa came into town for the weekend to see her and she practiced all morning to show them what she'd be doing that night.

She put on her costume, her crown, and the make-up they requested (which made her look way to grown up for Daddy's taste ) and we headed off to the local high school for her big night on stage.

It was AMAZING! I started crying the second she hit the stage. First, they moved her to the center of the group, so I was confused. (Kim later told me they often do that after dress rehearsal to put the stronger dancers in the center, where the other girls will look.)




I was snapping pictures and Troy was videotaping while Alex screamed and cheered "YEEAAAAH ELLA!" (that's her in the middle, strutting her stuff)




She was front and center, doing her pirouette and arabesque, maybe not right on cue, but as far as Mommy and Daddy were concerned, she was perfect!