Elise's Show Day

Yesterday was Elise's show day in her gymnastics class. She did great! She did a tumbling routine, bar routine, and one on the balance beam. I think the uneven bars are her favorite! Her teacher, Mr Howard has taught her a lot!! She'll be taking another class this summer with Anabelle which should be lots of fun.


Here are a few pictures and some short clips from her show.

Anabelle's Last Day of School

Well, summer has officially begun! Anabelle's last day was on Friday. She was sad to be leaving Mrs. Handzel's class, but happy to stay home & have fun! She got her report card and did an EXCELLENT job!!! We're so proud of her. Today we went out and bought 'Summer Journals' to keep Elise and Anabelle writing everyday. I think they've already written 5 pages. We'll see how long the enthusiasm lasts :0).

Happy Birthday Elise!!!

Last Thursday, Elise turned 5!!! I still can't believe it! She also graduated from preschool and will be off to kindergarten next year. I can't believe that either!! Here are a few pictures from her graduation and a picture of the cupcake her teacher made for her. Too cute!














Here's video of her singing "Kindergarten Here We Come".





This year I decided to take a break from planning a party at home, so we had Elise's party at a gymnastics place in the area. She had a blast! It worked out great because it was 100 degrees that day and the kids were able to run around and work out their wiggles in the AC!


Elise asked for balloon cupcakes, so I did my best to create that for her. I guess they turned out okay because she said that was her favorite part of her birthday...how sweet!

Belle Isle

On Saturday, we took a trip to Belle Isle which is on the James River. It has great views of the River, Hollywood Cemetery, and downtown Richmond. The girls loved the footbridge that went over the river and the rocks near the rapids. They probably would have spent hours there, but it made me nervous!!

Strawberry Pickin'

Today was an absolutely beautiful day and we spent part of it picking strawberries! The girls ate at least a pint each. You can tell which one ate the most by comparing their stained shirts. After the hayride to the strawberry fields, the girls played in the giant corn pit. They had a blast jumping around and filling their shirts to make "Santa bellies". After that we visited the animals and had fun feeding the goats & bunnies.

We hope you had a great day like we did!

Slip-n-Slide Fun

On Saturday at 9 am, the girls were ready to try out the new Slip-n-Slide that their Pop Pop got them. We were able to hold them off until 11am when the temperature reached 70 degrees. Although it was a bit chilly, they had a blast. Sadie had trouble getting some momentum going, so Danny had to toss her down. It looked a little scary, but it worked!

Anabelle's recital

Anabelle had her dance recital last weekend. She was AWESOME! Her class did a ballet dance to Frank Sinatra's 'The Way You Look Tonight'. Her favorite part of the recital was getting flowers :0)!