Three Little Monkeys!

Lacey, Baylee and Kami finally had their tumbling performance at the new studio Dance Matrix.  My girls thoroughly enjoyed tumbling really improved their flexibility and cartwheels.  Kami is still our gumby girl who is the only one that can truly do the splits.  They wore monkey costumes while doing their routine and at the end they acted out the song "5 little monkeys jumping on the bed".  The audience got good laughs, especially with Kami bringing up the end of the line trying to keep up with all the other monkeys. 

This is the picture that was published in the town newspaper

The edible Rainbow!

We invited the Merrill's over and had a scrumptious St. Patty's dinner.  I made the corned beef roast, cooked cabbage, and spent the bulk of the day layering our rainbow jello dessert. It is always so fun to look at, it makes it worth the time.

St. Patty's Day Treasure Hunt

The gold at the end of the rainbow was extra tasty.

Aunty Chelsey insisted on being the Leprechaun.

Amy and I put together a fun St. Patricks Day treasure hunt for the neighborhood kids. I had fun writing the clues, but it really stretched my rhyming skills. The kids ventured from my house, to Willis', to Merrills - where they found the treasure.

Cousins!

Cousins are so fun. Baylee and Kambria had a blast getting to spend a couple days with cousins in the valley and getting to see Amarissa & Natasha from Kansas. They just played outside most of the time, coming up with games and make-believe activities. Natasha turned 8 and they loved getting to celebrate her birthday with a treasure hunt and cupcakes.

A Lost Tooth!

Another first for Baylee this year, finally she lost her first tooth. She was worried for a while that everyone was going to lose teeth except her. She was wiggling it for weeks. Then the day finally came for it to come out, only mom and dad were in Utah and Baylee was at Aunt Amy's. So Baylee decided to save her tooth for mom to see when she got home, only by that time it really got lost. Baylee asked, "mom will the tooth fairy still come even if I can't find my tooth to put under the pillow". "Sure, I say, just leave the tooth fairy a note and something inplace of the tooth". So Baylee comes up with a note and a fishy cracker. To her amazement the toothfairy did come-took the note and cracker and left a gold 1 dollar coin. Wow! I bet the toothfairy never received a fishy cracker, instead of a tooth before. :) The word spread to 7yr old cousin Lacey that if you leave a fishy cracker under your pillow, the tooth fairy will give you a gold coin. Lacey was so excited and ready to make bank from the box of fishy crackers in the pantry.

Tunes

This was a bonding moment for Lydia and Aunt Chelsey. Lydia discovered that Chelsey has fun kids music to listen to on her ipod. Aunty Chelsey is such a fun pal.

Violin Recital

Baylee had her first violin recital. Yea! She has a wonderful teacher, Arabeth Brimhall, who made all the students feel so special by giving them a certifcate, violin pin, and flower. Baylee was so excited about the whole thing and had worked really hard to get her song just right. I liked hearing the songs played with the piano accompniament and then at the end all the students played a song together. I was proud of Baylee for doing her best and being so self-motivated to stick with the violin even though at times it is challenging.