Dance Pictures

 Last week the girls had dance pictures. Leah's in three classes this year--ballet, tap, and lyrical. Juliet is in hip hop and ballet. They both love dance. It's an activity that they never, ever complain about. They both have friends in their classes and see their friends from school there, too. 

Pictured are Juliet's hip hop costume and Leah's ballet costume. I liked Leah's ballet costume the best out of all of her costumes. I liked Juliet's ballet costume the best, too. But, they didn't go together, so I had pictures taken with Juliet's ballet costume and Leah's lyrical costume. Between the time change, and it being past 8:00 at night by the time they finished taking pictures, Juliet was super done. In the picture of her and Leah and her and Anna, she looks crazy. She's got this crazy big smile and crazy eyes. Her dance teacher couldn't believe how wild and loud and crazy Juliet was as she posed her and Leah for pictures. She said Juliet is always quiet and meticulous about following directions. I'm so glad she's at least like that for other people.

 I am excited for their recital. I don't know if I'll ever laugh harder than I did last year during Juliet's tap dance. Just from watching the "watch weeks", I it seems like the girls have matured so much and their dancing is so much better than it was a year ago. I'm excited to see how they've grown, but will miss seeing them little and clueless on stage, too. 

Beast and Tilly

Tilly continues to keep us on our toes. Since Christmas, he has decided that he should really be fed at 4:20 AM. Either he or Annie help this along by jumping and scratching the headboard. It's super annoying. However, he does his best to balance this out by cuddling on our laps when we watch TV. He also really enjoys sleeping in the doll stroller when it's parked by the front window. It's pretty cute. I still have full confidence that he will be a fabulous cat one day, just like his big brother Brain. 

Girl Scouts

 This year Juliet replaced Leah as a Daisy. She was so excited. When Leah's troop began meeting a month before hers, Juliet complained nearly every day about how it would never be her turn. After it started, she started asking if Girl Scouts was EVERY week, and why it wasn't. It's pretty safe to say she really enjoys it. I'm a co-leader for her troop as well. It's been nice to see how she interacts with the other kids and what activities she enjoys the most. Like Leah in Kindergarten, Juliet has a pretty small troop (7 total). They are the nicest girls and I have the nicest co-leader and I really enjoy leading those meetings. 

 Leah's troop is over double in size and little wilder. The girls definitely have a lot of energy! Those meetings are a little more stressful, but I have a great co-leader and there are also a ton of sweet girls in her troop, too. 

 Last month we did "Swaps". Our school's theme was "Girl Scouts". Leah's troop was in charge of "Badges", and Juliet's troops were in charge of "Daisy petals". Each girl in the troop made 13 identical pins that represented something from their theme. Leah made the rainbow patch she earned when she bridged from Daisies to Brownies. Juliet made the purple petal from the Daisy flower. Both girls worked very hard on their pins. 

All the troops met in the cafeteria and did a little presentation. Juliet's troop went second. I didn't see it, but another mom told me Leah was waving at Juliet and mouthing, "Good luck!", before Juliet spoke into the microphone. Both troops did a great job with their presentations. Then, they got to swap pins with all the other girl scouts in the school. They had fun with this and admiring their collection at the end.

 Daddy had a rare 3 hour stretch of time at home with nothing to do. He watched a movie. Clearly, he was missed, though. Everyone piled on him immediately after Leah's friend was picked up.