Our Little Butterfly...

Ballet : an activity that most little girls dream about.

Jaden has wanted to take ballet for about a year.

As one of her christmas gifts, her dancing dream came true.

Two weeks ago her the dance studio she attends had the end of year performance.

All of the students performed an actual ballet, Coppelia.

Jaden's class performed in the first act.

They were all butterflies...

Jaden did so well. I could tell she really enjoyed performing.

All Jaden talks about lately is that she can not wait for ballet to start again...

Jaden, I thought you looked so beautiful as a butterfly.

I know you love taking ballet, and you plan on taking lessons for a long time.

Great Job Jaden!

Addie is 4

June 10, 2005. 9:14 am . Addison Rene entered into our family.

I will never forget that day.

I just can't believe it was FOUR years ago...

This should have been our first clue that Addie would love to eat cake...


At 21 days Addie first experienced the lake...


Four years later she still enjoys going to the lake...


Addie loves music and dancing.

She told me the other day she wants to be a singer when she grows up.

We discovered last fall that Addie loves to listen to an ipod.

The result of the ipod listening is usually the same...

Addie loves to TALK, just like her mommy did as a little girl...

Addie is very stubborn, but also very sweet...

Addie can use the word please to her advantage...

Addie loves to tell jokes. Over and over again...

Just like Jaden, Addie has her grandparents wrapped around her finger...

Addie has always tried her hardest to do everything that Jaden does.

I have been trying to get her to jump into the pool.

The answer is always "No, I am scared I might drowned!"

And then for some reason yesterday...


I asked her later why she wanted to jump in...

"Because tomorrow I will be four. That means I will be big. Big girls are 4!"

Yes Addie Pattie...you are a big girl.

But you are still Aunt Niece's baby girl

End of School

I can not believe it is already time for school to be out!

It seems like a few weeks ago was Jaden's first day of Kindergarten

Then last week...

Our little Kindergarten Graduate ...

We all love you Jaden and are very proud of you!

Bring on the First Grade ... but let's enjoy the summer first!

First T-Ball Tournament!

This past weekend Jaden's T-Ball team finally played in a tournament.

Over the three days they played 5 games.

One each on Friday and Saturday, then three on Sunday.

The girls seemed to be having fun.

Jaden played Second Base for the majority of the time.
She played "Pitcher" for an inning on Saturday.

This next picture is one of my new favorites.
It shows my favorite #5 just hanging out between games.


Jaden's team won their first four games by more than a few runs....

Jaden played a mean second base, tagging several runners out.

She also hit a home run in two of her games on Sunday!

For the majority of the weekend the weather cooperated...until the finals.

It was raining off and on, and was very chilly.

The team they played was very good.

Both teams played very well, but in the end Jaden's team lost by one run.

The girls played the very best I have seen them play.

They were all very happy with 2nd Place!

It would have been nice to win their first tournament ever, but I think this next picture says it all...

Good Job #5!

Rain, Rain, Go Away...

I would like to watch #5 play!

Jaden's league is already three weeks behind because of the rain. They have only played one game, and that was two weeks ago. She is supposed to play in a tournament this weekend.

If it doesn't rain!

Just The Usual...

I realized today that I haven't blogged about Addie in a while...

She has been up to her usual activities...

Playing, watching cartoons...

Picking on her big sister, becoming very stubborn...

Just the usual for Addie

Now that Spring has arrived Addie has resumed her obsession with swinging...


Of course I wouldn't change anything about Addie

The Tooth That Had To Go...

On Sunday afternoon I asked Jaden about her loose tooth.

She says it is really wiggly, but she is scared to pull it.

Paula and Mom tell me that Jaden already has another tooth growing behind the loose one.

The three of us decide the tooth has to come out.

Jaden at first is excited, but very quickly decided that maybe this is not a good idea.

We discuss with Jaden that the tooth needs to come out.

Jaden says NO!

After a serious discussion about money... ok, let's pull this tooth!

At first Paula tries Dental Floss tied to the tooth...

Then some thread...

Paula tries using a dish towel to grab on to the tooth...

After a little while we have had no luck...

A lot of crying has begun...

After about 15 minutes we give up...

10 minutes later Paula asks Jaden to let her try one more time...

Jaden says "No string...just the dish towel"

After two more tries...

Success!

Jaden was shocked when her tooth came out.

Shocked, but very excited!

In the next picture you can see the new tooth already growing

Now remember that serious discussion about money...

Let's just say Aunt Niece is a big softie...