Mark today on the calendar!

Macy has a really snotty attitude towards me and her sister most of the time. I thought it wasn't supposed to start until later. But nope. We are in the thick of pre-teen snottiness at age 7.

Tonight, she was really snotty to Kaylin and I called her on it and spanked her little bottom. About an 1/2 hour later, she came up to me and said, "Mom, I'm sorry I talked to Kaylin like that. I won't do it again."

Wow. If I only I believe her...

Weekend Recap

Friday I went to Macy's class to see the movie "Earth" (or, since she can't say her "th" sound very well, "Earf"). I had no idea what the movie was about, and holy moly macaroni it was spectacular!! It followed different animals around the globe-polar bears in Antarctica, elephants in Africa, among others--and the cinematography was absolutely stunning. I can't imagine how long and how intense the filming was. Some of the kids got bored, but not our future vet Miss Macy. She didn't even bat an eye when the lions attacked a baby elephant. I would highly recommend this movie! Definitely not just a kids movie. We then went to a park to eat lunch, then I went back to school for about an hour. Ah, the joys of a student teacher are quickly coming to an end.

Kaylin's kindergarten screening was Friday afternoon, and she did fine. Her gross motor skills--standing on one foot, jumping, etc.--are below where they should be, but I am not concerned about that. Just lingering effects from her hip dysplasia still. They asked her to write her last name, and she said, "I don't want to." Ah, There's my independent Kaylin. We are now officially all set for kindergarten!

Then I had to get both girls ready for The Big Dance Recital. Hair perfect--Macy in a bun, Kaylin in curls--Makeup perfect, costumes on and out the door by 6. The show went off without a hitch, and the girls did fantastic. It was a late night, though; I think we got home after 10. No pictures or video of these performances, since it was the actual performance. Of course, we'll buy the DVD for $30. :(

Two men sitting behind us were completely annoying--talked through the entire thing, and not in a whisper. You would think from teaching high school that I would be able to tune them out, but no. They felt the need to make comments on every dance, every song, every costume, in addition to discussing the benefits and disadvantages of Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, computers, emails, and anything technological. I learned all kinds of things about these two men, and never even knew what they looked like. I went back and forth wanting to say, "Do you mind keeping it down?" to "SHUT UP!" and never did say anything to them.

Yesterday and today were spent relaxing.


Conversation with Kaylin in the car tonight:

K: Did you know that Jesus died on the cross and then came alive again and is in heaven?
Me:Yes, I did know that.
K: If I'm tall enough for the Fury of the Nile next time we go to Worlds of Fun, I want to ride it. I won't be scared.
Me: Ok.
K: You can have any kid of pet you want, you know. Dogs, cats, fish, monkeys, you really can have any kind of pet you want. What about a puma? Can you have a puma for a pet?
Me: No, I really don't think you can have a puma for a pet.
K: Ok, no puma. When I get home I am going to eat a hot dog and some Cheetos.
Me: Sounds good.

Pics from Dress Rehearsal

In no particular order, and with no commentary from me, are some pictures from dress rehearsal. For Macy's Hop and Kaylin's, they performed twice. So the first time I video taped, and the second time I took pictures. For some reason they only did Macy's Eiffel Tower one once, so I only got video. Too bad too, because we can't take pictures or video during the actual performance.

Dance Videos

All right, let's try these video links. They are to my PhotoBucket account. This is from the dress rehearsal, so they don't have makeup on, and you can see people moving around and talking. And Yes, i am horrible at taking video! The real performance is Friday night.

Macy's Eiffel Tower one is here This is her Tap and Ballet class. I love this one! Especially the dress!She's been practicing around the kitchen for weeks.

Macy's At the Hop one This is her Jazz class. I love the little trays they are carrying! I don't like how many kids are in that class, but she loves taking Jazz. Her teacher is awesome! And she has been doing this one aroudn the kitchen for weeks too.

Kaylin's Sea Cruise I wasn't a big fan of her outfit, but it looks cute up on stage with all of them. She refuses to practice at home, so I was worried she wouldn't know the routine at all. She did better than I was expecting! :)

Another timeline of my busy dance night

Dress rehearsal tonight for dance. I'll post pictures and the video as soon as I can get them downloaded. I know you love timelines of how busy my nights are, so here you go while you wait for the video and pictures.

3:00--go for a walk outside after school
3:45--get Kaylin from preschool and get her ready in the bathroom at school. Her fellow preschoolers called her "one hot mama" and constantly touch her velvet outfit
4:20--arrive at dress rehearsal and wait for Kaylin's turn
5:20--Kaylin's done and leave for home
5:40--Arrive home and get Macy ready in her outfit
6:00--scarf down hamburger Bobby grilled tonight
6:10--leave with Macy for her performances
6:30--Arrive at dress rehearsal; get Macy's flower pinned on her hat and wait for her turn
6:45--Macy's Eiffel Tower dance; take her upstairs and change her costume
7:35--Macy's At the Hop dance
8:15--After watching a couple friend's dances, leave the theatre
8:30--Drop off a friend at her house
8:45--Run by gas station to get Macy a snack and drink for school tomorrow--as a reward, her teacher lets them bring in special things sometimes.
9:00--Macy in bed without reading to me (gasp!) but it's a while before she and Kaylin are asleep.

Whew. That made me tired just reading about all my running. Thank goodness Bobby was off tonight. It was so nice with him having dinner ready, and only having one child with me at a time.

Bedtime Stories

I was so tired last night and put the girls to bed right after Girl Scouts so I could go to bed. Macy, as usual, fell asleep quickly and Kaylin, as usual, didn't. She ended up in bed with me. We had the following conversation:

Kaylin: Daddy's clock says "9 dot dot 15" {told you I went to bed early}
Me: Mommy's clock says Go to sleep.
Kaylin: Kaylin's clock says Don't go to sleep and stay up all night!

Kaylin always struggles going to sleep. She does this weird thing: she lays there and whispers to herself while tossing and turning, and then just falls asleep in an instant. It cracks me up. I used to think she was trying to avoid going to sleep, but I know now it is her way of putting herself to sleep.

It is why Macy and Kaylin are not good at falling asleep together. The whispering and tossing keeps Macy up, and annoys her. About once a month they want to "have a sleepover" in Macy's room, and that lasts until Macy kicks Kaylin out.

It's back to home...

Getting ready to leave the Valley of the Sun. It's been a fun trip. Not the best I've been on--Denver was probably the best, followed by San Fransisco and Philadelphia--but a great trip nonetheless. The girls were great, the sun was wonderful, and it was a fun time. But, as always, I am so ready to come home!

There was chocolate cake at our fancy dinner last night, and chocolate covered strawberries! Yeah!

It'll be a long day today; we lose two hours, and we have a three hour layover in the Denver airport. We're going to watch Twilight on DVD!

Washington, D.C. is the trip this fall, and I absolutely can not wait for that one.

Oh, and I timed it: as soon as one plane lands, it is excatly two minutes when another one lands.