Ballerinas and Quilts

Tori loves ballet and has been wanting a ballet outfit for sometime now. I decided that a ballet outfit would be the perfect incentive to get her potty trained. Well it worked.

Here she is dancing around the house showing off her moves and her new "ballerina dress", as she calls it.

Concentrating to point her toes and lift her leg at the same time. I think it is time for some lessons.

But don't be deceived by the pretty ballerina she's a pretty tough girl. She was trying to climb to the top of her closet to reach something this morning and knocked her head as she came tumbling down. She cried for a minute then shook it off. Notice the bump above her left eye.

Because I love this ballerina so much I made a quilt just for her. I finished it last night and showed her the finished product this morning. When I laid it out to take a picture she asked if she could dance on it. Maybe she doesn't appreciate it yet but someday she will.

A Little Christmas Post

We had a nice quite relaxing Christmas at home. The kids were very excited for Santa to come. I think this is the first year that Tori fully understood what was going to happen and she was very excited.

Here are the kids waiting at the top of the steps to see if Santa filled their stockings and left a gift for them.

This is what they saw after coming down the steps. In the morning they get to empty their stockings and enjoy one big unwrapped present left by Santa. The presents under the tree are saved until later in the afternoon.

I had to add a picture of the boys. This is how they often look in the back seat of the car after playing at the cousins house and driving home at night. It only takes about 2 minutes for them to fall asleep after getting in the car.