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Dance like a Ballerina!

... Or Not! Ade chooses to hang like a Monkey! Yep that is her... the one in black hanging from the bar during warm up and technique! She makes me laugh... She does have fun she smiles big... This was only her second class at the recreation center... I am just thrilled that she will go in and not make a fuss about us leaving her... She doesn't mid doing something by herself... She smiles and has an hour to be Ade! After she is done with this we will see if she wants to do it again! Shawn would like to see her in gymnastics... maybe she fits better there! She loves tap... go ahead and ask her why... well I will save you some time... I asked her... "Because everyone can hear my shoes!" She just makes me smile! Hopefully you will smile too!

Oh it has ONLY just begun!

She isn't even 4 years old and already knows how to catalog shop!

What have we done!

"Will it come in the mail?"

"Oh, I really like this bed... It has drawers"

"Maybe I think I like this one for Tye."

"Can I dress like a ladybug?"

"I would like the purple pack pack for school."

All things Ade had to say as she flipped through the Pottery Barn Kids catalog... She stood at the coffee table and pointed out all the beds that she liked and showed Shawn and I so that we would know. All we have to do is get it to come int he mail! This little girl is not even 4 years old and she knows when we order from the catalog it will come to us in the mail... Who cares about the details of how much it is, who is going to get it, and how we are going to pay for it! She sure makes me giggle! She must be spending dream time with her Meemaw and learning how to catalog shop!

Dance Has Begun!

Daddy and Ade... Tap shoes too!
She looks so tiny!

Her bag from Meemaw... Need a better picture of it!

Oh how long I have waited for this moment! A little girl in Dance!

Leotards, tights, ballet slippers, tap shoes, buns in her hair... All the pieces I remember so clearly!

Now that she is 3 she can go without Mommy and try dance... We signed her up at the Rec Center first to see if she would like it... If so we will venture out to find a dace studio to enroll her in!

It was so cute to watch her point her toes and do all the things the teacher said!

Next week we will be sure to get pictures of the class so you can see this little munchkin in action!

Meemaw made her a special "pack pack" to take her shoes to class in and make sure she had everything all together!

Tye's First Day of Preschool

His paperwork all filled out and completely delivered... His school tuition paid... a little boy so ready to see what "school" means! We have talked about it for a few years as school buses went down the street, or saw older cousins at their schools... Tye is off to his first step in formal education!

An orange backpack... a matching lunch sack... all with his name on it... his school supplies all neatly packed in his orange pencil case... his lunch packed with a napkin and a special note from Mommy... a goodie bag for the teacher of Kleenex and Ziploc bags... he is ready to go! He was so excited to go to school!

I am so excited for him to have some time with kids his age and to get to

learn and grow more and more everyday. It is just on Tuesday and Thursday morning... which is just enough I suppose. I wish he could go 3 mornings a week, but I will take what I can get!

I could hardly wait all morning to hear him on the phone to tell me what he got to do today!

While sitting at lunch with Tam and Ed talking work... a little voice speaks to me on the other end... so full of excitement I can hardly understand what he is saying! He had such a GREAT morning at school! When Daddy picked him up he didn't want to go home! He wanted to stay and take his nap there with his friends. He had Bible time and that is also when they do phonics. He learned the letter "I"... he got to learn about the germs that are on hands and to do so... he rubbed some oil on his hands and then put cinnamon on them so that they could see what the germs would like like if they weren't so tiny! He said he got to do some math... not exactly sure what they did there as he didn't have much to say about that. I can hardly wait to hear what Thursday morning will bring!

I know... It is just the beginning... but what a great beginning it is!

My Beach Bum...

Well Ade and Mom had a chance to take a weekend trip to California to see Grandpa Hasler... We met up with Meemaw, Uncle Jimmy and the boys... and to top it off "Her" flew in to spend time with us all too! We had the best time! Meemaw sat on the beach and cried as we all played making sand castles and jumping waves! I think her cup runeth over! It was so relaxing to play in the water, build with the kids, bounce around in the good old backyard pool, eat dinner on the patio... Oh so many memories I have there... It was so fun to share a piece of them with Ade! Ade and I sang the whole road trip... except for when she was sleeping! We got to see my Uncle Gary, Aunt Nancy and Bryan. It is always fun to get to catch up and make some connections! We missed out on the Ya Ya Grandmas, but hopefully next time! Uncle Jimmy got to see days of his "Tank" and get squeezes to last him a little while!

Can't wait to do it again!

Tye and T-Ball...

Well for all those that have wondered how he would like baseball... HE LOVES IT! Not really a fan of T-Ball... but we explained to him you have to go through the ranks. there are things we do in order to get to the next level and this was one of them... for Tye and for US as parents!

He works hard out on the field... he has been told basically "Don't be a ball hog"... He is about the only little boy that knows the process of ball... He is the team hitter! He gets a little frustrated that they don't play by the "RULES"! We are looking forward to the next season as he will be in coach pitch!

He is even giving a dad a workout as he throws with an arm that most don't expect out of a 4 year old!

We will keep you posted on Tye's baseball journey! I know i am waiting for next season just so it isn't so hot out... Summer ball season... not my favorite, but the first of many!

House Guests!

Well Uncle Shawn and Aunt Jo braved some time with our nephews... Zachary and William came to visit us...

They experienced sleep on a blow up mattress... not sure why both of them together... They got to meet Criss Angel and get his autograph, They played all day and night at Circus Circus, They watched Tye play T-Ball, They visited the Ethel M. Chocolate factory... and learned that they make chocolate with alcohol in them... They got to pick their own box of chocolates to have for the time they were here, They got to eat at a restaurant where the waitresses were in bikinis... not too sure they could focus on their lunch... They walked around the mall on the strip... got to see things that they say "Only in Las Vegas" to... They got to eat homemade Chicken Cordon Bleu, They got to experience church with Uncle Shawn, They got to take nap, and they learned about Sprague Smorgasbord!

We on the other hand got to experience two twelve year old boys, try to entertain those that require less entertainment and more phones and video games... that doesn't fly well with Uncle Shawn... Watch cousins play together, watch them let loose of some of the social pressures and be kids here, Got to make food for growing boys, hug on my little Zachary... he has always had a spot for me... It was wonderful to get some uninterrupted time with him and remind him that we are always here for him and William... All in all... I would say it was a good visit!

Hope you boys enjoyed... now get back home and get ready for Junior High!

Stinkbell Turns 3!

"Far, far away, in a magical place, sat a small little fairy, with her soft smiling face. She waited for her friends, in the warm summer sun; thanks for coming to join the fun? With fun foods to eat, and fun games to play, your arrival made her day. She anxiously waited, as each day past, while her fairy parents made memories that would hopefully last!

We had a great time... thank you fairy much to everyone that came and helped AdeLynne celebrate her 3rd birthday! I know it was hot and she sure appreciated all her friends and family to play with in her "jumpy house"! Here are a few pictures of her entertainment...

Her Daddy wanted her to have a wonderful Tinkerbell Bounce House... I can't say I have ever seen something quite so big for the kids to play in! She was truly amazed at the size of this "castle" for her to play in! It worked out great...

even the OLDER BOYS had a great time in there!

We were so worried about all the kids out in the heat... Guess I forget as a kid that it doesn't seem as bad as it does to me now! They played until the storm started to look bad... They were so bummed that we turned it off... Good thing they got to bounce and play for a few hours! She was so excited that her friends came to play!

The kids played in a little pool when they weren't bouncing... There were water balloons (That seemed like an adult war) and a slip n' slide that never made it out of the box!
She was just so excited to see her friends...

Her Uncle Paul (The GodFather)... what a trooper... He came as she so wonderfully requested! This little Stinkbell asked Uncle Paul if she could have chicken and rice to eat at her party and asked him to come dressed like TinkerBell... He hunted for wings and then took the time to modify them so that he could wear them. They even blinking lights on them!

Nice job Uncle Paul... It is wonderful to know there are people in this world that won't let her little heart down!

She ate her chicken and rice as she requested... No cake as we thought cake and heat... not a good combination... So she blew out her THREE birthday candles in her rice!

Then onto her presents... "prizes" as she calls them! She was overwhelmed with all the wonderful things she received. She has tried on every outfit she got... and man oh man does she look cute in them all!

Again... Thank you everyone for being part of her day... She will have things to talk about for weeks to come!