Wow....it has been a while

I have been seriously neglecting my blog, mainly because this last quarter of school was insane, long, heartbreaking....I can not name a single good adjective to describe it! The good news is that it is over and now that the holidays are over I can spend time with some of my favorite things. This week I am going to post some of the highlights of the last three months. Obviously I will not be able to post everything.....

Starting with Aidan's first Midnight Madness, and HALLOWEEN...yes I know that we just had Christmas, but gotta start somewhere.....Aidan is finally in Step One Competition and LOVES it!Here are a few pics of her in with her "I'm so Pretty" ballet costume, plus a little snippet of the girls performing after only a few weeks of practice.

Here are a few videos of the girls...one from Midnight Madness "I'm so pretty", and one from parent observation"Walk the Dinosaur".This was a few months ago, and they had just learned the dances....some of the girls are in their first year in competition, some have done it a few years all ready!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef7HPM1gRmQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiUNh_Qf9kI

I'm not going to say much about our Halloween happenings....but I will post a few pics of the kids in their costumes....just for memories sake!

School Picture Day

Matching of course....Love these beautifully handsome faces

Broken limbs

I think that every kid has to break something at some time or another....we had a little girl who a broke her arm about a week ago. Aidan has been brave through the whole process...of course it was a monkey bar accident!!!! I think they should ban these from school playgrounds. Her first cast was purple and she actually thought of it as a fashion accessory. She matched her cast to her costume from the Flintstones, even though she did not get to perform in her first Fourth Friday event. This week the "bone" doctor gave her a shorter tie-died cast that she will have on for three weeks. The neat thing about this cast is that it is completely waterproof!

The break was a slight angulation of the distal radius...and here is a pic of the x-ray...

(which I will insert later...not near the scanner)

Emerson Ice Cream Social

Aidan had the opportunity to perform at the Emerson Ice Cream Social, which is a magnet school in Westerville. She had lots of fun...and of course I had my camera in tow.

Dance....dance....dance

Aidan is very happy to be back at dance, we are also happy that she can work off some of that extra seven year old energy there. This will be her first year in competitive dance with a beginning program that they call Step One. Of course this is all she can talk about....she has three teachers this year...

Miss Jade for Tap VII

Ms. Jazmin for her Step One classes

of course she has Ms. Nicole for her Jazz and Ballet technique classes( who is very preggo in this pic...but of course she looks so good you can't tell!)

Here are a few more pics from the first day of classes

Enough said.....

When you need to remember how sweet your children are....(especially in their teen years) refer back to the notes that they made you when they were little.....

First day of FIFTH and SECOND grade

Wow...I am lonely all ready! I wish my kiddos could be at home with me, while I enjoy my little break! I hope that you school year is fantastic! Aidan has Mrs.Katz again this year...at Pointview the first grade teachers move up with the students to second grade. Aidan really liked her so we were really happy about that. Because the kids are at different schools I didn't get a pic with Blaise and Mrs. Roberts I will have to do a post about that later!
Becasue the kiddos looked so georgeous and I think the first day of school is so important I stopped at Inniswood after school....awesome photo opportunities! I LOOOVEEEE the close-ups of Blaise and Aidan...and the fauz modeling pose of Aidan was so dorky that I had to post it!

BTS Traditions

I have been making back-to-school cake since Blaise started Kindergarten. It is a silly, fun tradition that we enjoy eating on the night before the big first day. I love the first day of school and all the excitement....I even love to start a new quarter still and I'm 30.....here is last years cupcake...my all-time favorite the "chalkboard" cupcake
I had the best of intentions this year with a "math book" cupcake but writing math on a little cookie proved to be impossible...and they ended up looking similar to last year...oh well! They were still yummy!

Saving money....BTS

I love to accessorize....I do not get to do it very often because, well I just don't usually wear more than yoga pants and a t-shirt to school. So I like to accessorize the things around me....I bought cheap bookbags fro the kids for $9.00 from Walmart, and then dressed them up. That way theirs will be unique and much harder to lose....(Aidan) Here are some pics....I also did Aidan's lunch box.

A Girls Trip to Mason Ohio

A good friend from high school was celebrating her Baby Tyson's first birthday and with Blaise having to play in a baseball tournament, I decided to have a girls trip to Mason Ohio for a little party fun. I had to work the night before and the night of and didn't feel comfortable doing the actual driving, and I didn't want to miss it! So Sarah, Aidan, Kailey and I piled into the Durango and hit the road.....it was a perfect little boy airplane theme!

The kids had a great time playing in the backyard

Eating cupcakes
Watching Tyson with his own little cupcake and opening presents Thank you Tiffany for all the fun...it was nice to "fly" away for the day!

Westerville Fourth of July Parade

Aidan passed out candy for Generations PAC in the Westerville parade....I ended up walking with them and being a human corral for the kids the little kids, it was a lot of work but worth it. Blaise and Matt were at the WYBSL All-star game and homerun derby.