Dancing Queens

Both girls had their Fall Dance Performances in their classes. Kate was really excited because her class got to wear pjs and dance to a song that goes with a favorite book of ours, "Pajama Time." It was a cute, fast paced dance and sometimes the girls had a hard time keeping up. I was hoping it would be tap, but I guess the tapping hasn't yet been perfected so maybe we'll get a tap dance for the Winter Performance.

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Point your toe

Plie - Kate's version!

Maggie's performance was a bit different in that it is exactly what we do every week just with dads and grandparents there to watch. Maggie usually is one of the best participators, but she must have been a bit shy with the crowd because it took awhile for her to warm up and dance and sing. Ryan could definitely tell her favorites though: the song where she bounces on my legs and playing with the parachute.

"Walk Around in Circles" with her

friend, Kynlee

The parachute!

Most importantly, there was a cookie party at the end of each performance and that might have been the favorite...for sure for Mags!:)

Kate's cookie party

Mags' cookie party

Huge Transition!

Maggie made the move on Friday night from her crib to a big girl bed AND to sharing a room with big sister! This was/is huge! Our first concern was that Maggie would climb out of her bed repeatedly and our second concern is that the girls would talk/giggle/play so much together that not a lot of sleeping would occur. Well...the second concern won! Maggie has been awesome about staying in her big girl bed but the keeping each other awake is proving to be the problem.

The first night they were awake for an hour before falling asleep and then each of the 2 nights since have progressively gotten better. But nap time is a different story! I put them down at 1:06 on Saturday and they finally fell asleep at 3:00, after numerous visits by mommy and daddy and a few visits with the no-no stick. And then yesterday, Mags finally fell asleep and Kate decided to have a chat with herself thus waking Maggie up. We are definitely a work in progress!:)

I will have to say that it is super cute and sweet to read them both a book and tuck them in in the same room. They are excited about sharing a room and Maggie keeps saying "My room and Kate's room?" And she's already calling the nursery "baby brother's room" so it seems that she's happy to have made the move.

We're just praying that the newness wears off sooner rather than later and we can all enjoy nap time again!

New pjs to celebrate the move!

Tucked in her big girl bed

What does the first night have in store?!:)

Red Day

Maggie's class had red day on Friday which means that red is the color of the month and Friday was the day to wear red. Mags looked cute in her red shirt but she was hit or miss on naming the color of her shirt when asked...sometimes it was pink, other times red, and once green. We'll have to work on her colors!

Donut Date

Kate and Maggie got a special treat this morning...they each got to have a donut breakfast with mommy before they went to school. Since Kate has to be there at 8:15 and Maggie doesn't go until 9:30, I took each girl by herself. It's fun to spend alone time with them and they love donuts so it was a great start to a hopefully terrific Friday!

Enjoying a chocolate donut with
pink sprinkles

Maggie ate 3 chocolate sprinkle donut holes
and 3 glaze donut holes and she had a super
cheesy smile to go along!

Our Budding Artist

Kate's favorite center at school seems to be the art center or the cut and paste center (I'm thinking they're the same but she refers to them as 2 different centers). She comes home almost everyday with a "book" that she's made for us, mostly with her name written on each page, or a picture that she's drawn. Yesterday when she got in the car, she told me that she had drawn a picture for me. Can you guess what it is?!

Yes, it's a picture of "mommy with a big, fat belly because there's a baby inside." Pretty accurate drawing!:)

Soccer Pals

Kate started Soccer Pals on Tuesday. It's a great 12 week program because she gets to practice and learn the rules of soccer but there are no games (makes us super happy that we won't be spending our Saturday mornings at the soccer fields!!). There are 14 kids playing and 3 of the girls are new friends from school so she had a great time. Plus, Mr. Ryan (the coach) gave out sour gummy worms at the end of practice. The only drawback is that Maggie was devastated that she couldn't play so I'm going to have to start bringing a soccer ball for her to kick around. Otherwise, it was a fun 40 minutes and Kate is looking forward to the next one.

Waiting for Mr. Ryan's directions

Dribbling the ball around the cones...sort of!

Playing a "game"...red team vs. white team

Little Ballerinas

Both girls are taking dance this year. Kate is in a combo tap/ballet class and Mags is in a Mommy and Me class.

Kate has been the most excited to wear her tap shoes and was disappointed that they didn't get to tap on Thursday but her teacher said that they would this week. She keeps telling Maggie that she can go to ballet, but she's not old enough for tap...poor Maggie!

With her dancing buddies...Caroline and Caroline

Maggie's class is more of a singing and "dancing" class for younger girls. She had a blast learning the new songs and moves to go with them. Even though it's not a real ballet class, she wears her leotard, tights, and ballet shoes to look the part!:)

So excited to have on her outfit

Maggie and her friend, Kynlee, doing "The

Wheels on the Bus"