Who doesn't love a ballet?! With longer sleeves and pants on (to ward away bites) and good seats with plenty of eats and drinks and breaks to run up and down the hill, we all really enjoyed the show.
Caleigh again this year danced a bit as the music played and tried to mimic the dancers on stage. A couple weeks later she also did some similar moves in the living room as we enjoyed some music in the afternoon. Oh, and she also happened to have a ballerina-looking outfit on that day (thanks Sharon!) which twirled and made her feel like a princess. She has a good sense of balance and tends to be symmetrical in her movements. She encouraged Zach and I to dance with her...fun and funny!
Zach watched every second of the ballet. Granted he was also eating or drinking the whole time, too. He ran back excitedly by himself from intermission (parent trailing close behind) muttering "hurry, hurry, there is more and more dancing!!" Yep, you try and raise them right. Then after any pause he would look around and say, "more?" and we'd say yes. It was dark, late, and two hours later he was sad they were done. He was also sad the cheese nips were gone. ;-)
Caroline was perfect. She played in the stroller, relaxedin Oma's arms, ate, and played on the blanket. She watched, too, and flapped her little arms as the dancers spun around.
The snow (back in Feb.) did a number on our largest forsythia bush out front. It was pretty much laying down so Dan and Zach cut 'er down. Zach got so dirty! (Look at the grime on his face in pic. #3.) He loves to help, "Me and Daddy have to go work now! We do it together; it's hard work."
