A Midsummer Night's Dream 2012

Tonight Cortlynn had her Summer Intensive Ballet.  The last three weeks she has had ballet Mon-Frid and has enjoyed working under guest instructors from New Orleans, Utah, Florida, Romania, and Russia.  She has also loved pointe and was slightly disappointed that she wouldn't be performing in pointe shoes tonight-but not everyone in her group was strong enough to be in pointe.  All of the students spent a few hours each week learning the "Midsummer Nights Dream" ballet and performed it for the public this evening.  It was a beautiful ballet.  The music was gorgeous and I can't believe the talent these young people have.  The one boy, Issaac, is 13 I believe and has only danced for the last year or so.  He is AMAZING!  The height he is able to leap would be impressive on a professional.  There were several boys in the ballet and I think more boys would dance if they saw the pretty young women they get to dance with.  The "jocks" should be envious.  The ballet was interesting for Kyra and Tristan:  both left with injuries.  Kyra fell down some stairs and cut up her face (during the performance, so I'm sure her scream can be heard on the DVD taping) and Tristan fell off the sidewalk and skinned up his knee.  Who would have thought ballet was so dangerous?!

Cortlynn was a firefly-but she thought they looked more like a reindeer.  (don't tell her-but she kinda did)

Between dress rehearsal (2:30-6:00)  and the perfomance--we had 20 minutes to eat before she had to be back to the facility-so we ran across the street and ate a sandwich.  Kyra enjoyed the cheetoes and this picture shows her joy.

Flowers from her dad and I.

This is Kyra's injury.  Poor little girl.

You can't really see it-but this is Tristan's skinned knee.

 Yesterday my neighbors had a yard sale.  I found it funny that they parked 5 of their cars along the street and the people coming to the sale had no where to park except in front of our house---I mean in front of our garbage cans.  You should have seen the nasty looks from the garbage guys and they left me a nasty note; for not having the garbage cans easily accessible.

Wierd Sleep Patterns and T-Ball

I had to post a few photos of my funny kiddos.  They are so funny and this past week have fallen asleep in the weirdest positions.  This photos put a smile on my face.

It was so warm we had a fan going in Tristan's room--well, he was too cold so he propped up a bunch of pillows so the fan wouldn't hit him.  This was HILARIOUS!

Devin and I came home from a movie and found Kyra asleep like this.  I guess she crashed and slept "standing up" for about 40 minutes.  It amazes me how little ones can sleep anywhere.

 The weather was so warm that the kids wanted to play in the pool.  Kyra wasn't feeling very well-but actually got in the pool with all of her clothes and shoes on.  So-I changed her into her swimsuit and she played in the water for a few minutes.  She LOVES water.


My water beauties.

 Tristan had his first T-Ball game yesterday and did so well.  This year he is actually the oldest player and the most "advanced" player.  (All of the other children haven't played before)  He loves to play ball and wants to practice every breaking moment.  Tristan hits the ball soooo far and at practice the other parents make comments about his skills.  I'm such a proud mamma.  His first game was as 12:45pm and this was a difficult game for 4 and 5 year olds.  20 minutes into the game--most of them wanted to take a nap, go home, or play in the dirt.  I looked up once and out of 8 people on his team-Tristan and another boy were the only ones standing up and paying attention.   Tristan played 1st base for one inning and got a person out and than played 3rd base and got another person out.  He was soo excited.  His next game is Monday morning at 8:45 and since I'm babysitting that day I will be taking 7 children (5 under the age of 5) to the game with me.  This should make for a very interesting morning.  ;-)

Tristan getting a High 5 after getting a runner out at first.

Kyra enjoyed digging in the dirt with my car keys instead of watching Tristan play ball.

Getting ready to bat. 

Look at his form.  What a fast runner.  Run Tristan RUN.

There are no words.  ;-)

Running to first.

Cortlynn wanted to show her flexibility.

I used to be able to do this.  20 years ago.

Future Fire Fighter, Dancer, and Comedian

A few weeks ago I took the kids to the fire station's open house.  Tristan LOVED this last year and enjoyed it even more this year.  We didn't stay very long because it was so hot but Tristan was able to sit in a firetruck and hold the fire hose.  He has now decided that he will be a fireman when he grows up.  Tristan is very certain that this will be his job.

You gotta love the pink and red fire hats all the children got.

Cortlynn is currently is a 3 week summer intensive program at her dance studio.  She has started dancing in pointe shoes and loves it.  I was new to the pointe shoe "business" and was surprised to find out that you had to sew the elastic and ribbon into the shoe yourself.  Since I didn't want to mess it up, I called Beth at the dance studio and asked for help.  After a crash course in ballet shoe sewing-I came home and began the task of hand sewing the shoes with dental floss.  I was pretty happy with the outcome.

EVERYTIME Cortlynn gets her shoes on to practice at home--Kyra walks and dances on her toes.  She is hilarious.

The other night Kyra was being soooo silly.  She would make the loudest noise while opening her mouth as wide as it would go.  I just had to get a picture of it.  She would stop making the face and noise and give you a sweet and innocent look.  She is so full silliness.

Last week Cortlynn had a daddy/daughter pancake party for activity days and they had to wear pajamas.  Devin wasn't too keen on the idea and than went all crazy.  Check out his moose slippers.