Dress Rehersal

This afternoon Alexa had her dress rehearsal for her recital this weekend. I got her to pose in the ballet costume... just barely.

She was actually out sick today as she wasn't feeling great this morning. She rebounded as she rested though. Normally I would have kept her out as she was not in school however her illness was more related to something she ate and not contagious. Also to miss would have been hard on her whole class. They did a great job. I took some videos of the practice and if blogger cooperates, I will upload them.

Brownies to Juniors

Today was Chloe's bridging ceremony from Brownies to Juniors. Alexa was the photographer.

Here they are reading parts of the poem.

Chloe crossing the "bridge" into Juniors. I should also mention that it was crazy hair day which explais why Chloe has a stuffed snake braided into her hair. Well, it sort of explains why.

Getting her wings pinned on.

Getting her Girl Scout bag-o-stuff.

Showing off her perfect attendance award.

Hat Day

The last full week of school for the kids marks their school's annual spirit week. Today is hat day. Alexa wanted to wear my old Girl Scout Camp hat.

Well, she wanted to wear it until she saw what Chloe created to wear...

Then she wanted to make one of her own except she only decided it at bedtime. So she wore the hat she started out with... until she got to school and took it off. See a pattern here?

Garden Blooms

Look...

This is a lupine that was started from seeds gathered on Cranberry Island in Maine. I am so excited to have it blooming! Yes, it is only one but we have a  start here people. My very own lupine blooming. Yay!

Concert and an Art Show

The girls had a concert at the school tonight. It was lovely. Long. But lovely.

Alexa is in the center front row.

Chloe is in the back on the left.

You can see her busting a move back there. We even got to see one of Alexa's art pieces on display.

The biggest excitement tonight though comes from the visit from the Tooth Fairy.

This one has been about three weeks worth of delicate wiggling.

Memorial Day Weekend

Ah the cousins come to play...

You have to work together to push Sam up the hill.

Then the princesses were traveling to the ball lead by a very proper coachman.

And to finish it all off a butterfly sat on Alexa's head while she was in the pool. She was pretty excited about that. It was a good pick me up after the sadness of everyone leaving.

YAM Scram

Memorial Day weekend in our house means family comes to visit and running races. This weekend was no different. Saturday was the Yam Scram which is the kid's running event that takes place on marathon weekend here in Burlington. Chloe ran her fifth Yam Scram on Saturday, but her first time at the one mile event. It was a warm morning and she was definitely wearing down by that second lap around the field.

She finished and got her medal though!

This was Annabel's first Yam Scram now that she has reached that all important mile stone of being four. She and Alexa both were competing in the 1/2 mile event.

They were pretty excited!

Here we are at the start.

Here we are finshing... a little worn down but still smiling!

The finishers and their medals.

Sam was attending his second Yam Scram as a spectator. We entered him in the yogurt eating competition. He won first place.