someone like you.

sometimes the girls rock out to adele in the back of brooke's swagger wagon.

today we got in on film.

tears.


p.s. minie is priceless.

dance magic dance.

 

every parent of a daughter waits for this moment, the day their little girl becomes a tiny dancer.

and

we were no different.

greta started ballet the first week in september.

its a really low key ballet school that we put her in, but its so perfect. greta's physical therapists have highly recommended doing ballet with gaga because of the technique and because greta needs so much strengthening in her feet. i grew up watching my sisters do ballet, so it has a soft spot in my heart already.  (just ask me to do any part from utah regional ballet's production of the nutcracker, you will be amazed... to say the least.) to say that greta loves ballet would be a understatement... she adores it. its all she wants to do, she sings about ballet in her bed, she tells anyone we see about it, and she
leaps and twirls all over the house. 

older brother boredom.

 it's hard for me to watch sometimes because with her low town/coordination she can't do all the things the other girls can... but she thinks she can and that is all that really matters. plus, with her extreme flexibility shes bound to find her niche. i've spoken to greta's teacher about her "condition" and she simply nodded, smiled, and treats greta the exact same as everyone else. it's perfect!

 my own tiny dancer, and tiny she is.

xo, my angel girl.

a kindergartener & a preschooler

the first day and week of school has come and gone.

and

it would seem i am officially a PTA mom.

my kids are growing right before my eyes. how did that happen? (i promise, i never even blinked!).

 it seems the older 2 are kids now, and not babies anymore. 

the thought makes me weepy but i sure like what they are growing into.

jude malcolm

5 years old

kindergarten 

teacher : mrs. cornia

 

true to form... we were LATE the first day, and we weren't even on GST (gregory standard time 15 min late). somehow, i thought school started at 12:30 when really, it started at 12:15. woops! i pulled up all emotional about my baby starting public school and then realized my mistake. jude and i busted our little hineys in the school and barely got a goodbye kiss. it was so insignificant that i felt cheated a bit. however, i think it made it a little less traumatic for both of us.

greta goes to the same school jude does and has been anxiously awaiting going back to school, she LOVES it there. (isn't funny how siblings differ so much?) after we dropped off jude, she realized it was not her turn to go to school she broke out in tears, which quickly turned into a temper tantrum. she did NOT want to be at home with me and ez. obvisouly, she doesn't know how kewl we are. we are, by the way.

little man did it! he was so proud of himself, but anxious to get in the car to see ez-E.

our little station wagon, filled to the brim with our kids.

i think its time for an upgrade...

______

the next day came and FINALLY it was miss greta's turn. jude felt so proud that they were going to be at school at the same time, and in the same hallway!

greta pamela

3 years old

preschool

teacher : miss lindsay

loves this girl and the outfit SHE picked out. 

she's a babe.

jude (day2) waiting his turn....

oh and its a damn good thing i had another baby... or i'd be lonely.

breakfast babies are cute.

OH and you make think to yourself "geez, what does she do with all her free time?" well, i will tell you.... drive to the school 4 times a day. that's right, 4 times.... take greta @ 11:30, drop off jude @ 12:15, pick up greta @ 1:45, and make one last drive thru the parking lot @ 2:50 to get jude. sound fun? tender mercies of having a preschooler and a kindergartner. i know, i know, all you seasoned mom's out there are rolling your eyes but its new to me, new and already getting old.

"i'm a team player... "

SL bees vs. IOWA cubs

 the cubs are trevan's favorite team... ever.

he's never seen them play IRL (sniff sniff sob sob). last week we did the next best thing, we watched their farm team play our bee's.

wish you were there?

well, now you can feel like you were....

key points:

my knothole club kids

cam's bunnions

grandpa mike left the house

dancing kids

best seats in the house

cam on the jumbotron

the bee's lost... but to the cubs

ezzie

the cam&greta love affair
my ever present, cannot be hidden in a turtle neck, nursing boobs

....

 oh and it was my parents 38th anniversary!

and now you know.