Merry Christmas!

It's been quite a Christmas morning here - toys, games, trucks, dolls and lots of love.  Merry Christmas everyone.

Christmas Eve

Heading to bed to rest up for Santa!  Thanks for the pjs Aunt Carmela & Uncle Chuckie!

Christmas Recital

Last week Grace and Adam took part in a Christmas recital at Kids R Kids - their daycare center.  It was quite the event and nice to see a holiday program similar to what we did when I was a kid.

Each class performed a song and the children who participate in the dance program did a couple of dances.  Grace's group sang Winter Wonderland and during a short musical interlude, she dropped to the floor and did the worm - that's my girl!

Adam's class sang O Christmas Tree and he was a cute little tree

Grace's Hip Hop Birthday Party

Today we celebrated Grace's 8th birthday with a hip hop party at Next Step Dance Studio.  She's been dancing there for the past four years and recently they started hosting birthday parties.  She had a good group of friends and was fortunate to receive some wonderful gifts.

Besides the normal cake and gifts, this was a hip hop party so of course there was dancing.  The kids did the cupid shuffle and learned some other moves.  They also made a couple of crafts and did the limbo.  Before everyone left the party, they performed their dance.  They chose the song "Backyard Beach" from Phineas and Ferb because this was not just a hip hop party; it was a Phineas and Ferb Hip Hop Party!

I have to say this was a pretty cool party.  Grace had  great time and really loves her Perry the Platypus slippers she got from her friend Rori.

Karate Girl!

Last night Grace tested for her next belt in karate.  She did her segments, kicks, punches and board breaking.  When it was all said and done, she achieved the highest score you can for most categories.  She'll receive her new belt on the 17th.  She was nervous going in to her test but performed great.

Here's a picture of her breaking a board with her knee:

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wishing everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving from our home to yours.

Report Card Day and Other News

Grace brought home her first report card of the year yesterday.  Things have changed since I was a kid and report cards are a bit more complex.  She recevied all S and 3s - which is very good.  Then on the concepts mastery page she has mastered the items taught for the quarter.  Her teacher wrote that she is a sweet girl who gets along with everyone.

In other news, Adam will soon be moving to a big boy bed.  A couple weeks ago I changed consignment stores and mentioned that I had a changing table I was looking to sell. The lady asked if I had a whole set.  I told her I did but that my son was still using it.  Long story short - I sent pictures, someone liked them and this morning the furniture that both of my babies started their life in was picked up and taken to the store - a little more than eight years to the day that we brought it home.

So currently Adam is sleeping in his pack n play.  He's so easy going and didn't seem to mind.  He's just excited that he's going to get a bed and a new blanket in his room.  I can't help but wonder how this would have played out if Grace was the younger of the two.