D.R. TV 2010

This year's ballet theme was "Dance Reflections TV". It was Jenna's fifth year so she received an award at the end of the ceremony.



Jenna and her friend Sierra who started 5 years ago together.



With Mrs. Shelly


Jazz costume


With the family

First Day of School

Today was the first day of school. Jackson started "Kindergarten" at Montessori. He was so excited not because school was starting but because of his new shoes.



Jenna started second grade and she actually took the in front of the school picture without complaints this year. She walked right inside and never looked back to say bye or anything. I secretly died a little to know that my little girl is not a little girl anymore.



Here are my babies on the first day of school.



I had to take my car in for some upgrades so I worked from home today. I had the pleasure of walking to school to pick her up. Of course, she walked right by me and I didn't see her. Here is Jenna and her teacher, Mrs. Laird after the first day of school. The best thing about her class - according to Jenna is that the teacher has 12 computers and Webkins and if you are good you get to play on the computers with the Webkins. Hasn't second grade changed from when we were kids?



Then we got a snack, watched a little TV and then walked to ballet lessons. Yeap, those started today too. Jenna's class from last year was combined with her old class so she got to see all her ballet friends again.

"365 Days a Year"

Jenna had her ballet recital on Saturday morning. The theme this year was "365 Days a Year." This year the recital was split into two different shows so we were finished much quicker than previous years. Jenna did a great job!



My sister, my Mom and me



My sister Dee Ann, Rylee and Reese


Jenna and Jason's Mom


G-Mommy and the girls

Ok, So I Forgot to Blog...

Well I have been a little busy for a little over a month. Work has been crazy and the end of school year stuff is finally over so I am finally getting around to updating the blog. So April consisted of Hannah Montana with some of the girls from church, putting down some new grass in the front yard and last soccer game of the season! Here is a recap in pictures...

 

Jackson and Jenna also attending one of their friend's birthday party.



May started out with activity after activity. First was the soccer end of the year swim party, then the first attempt of the Frisco Rough Riders game with our Small Group (ultimately after a hour it was called due to rain), then ballet pictures, some more laying of grass on the second half of the front yard, Grandma visiting for a week, full recital mode for ballet, second attempt for the Frisco Rough Riders game (with only a 7th inning shower), reading 5 novels and 2 biographies, seeing Night at the Museum with Grandma and Papa, watching the Longhorns win NCAA record 25 innings of baseball via the internet until 1 am, Jason attending the Colonial golf tournament and a Rangers game and oh yeah - don't forget the Swine Flu that shut down our school district for 3 days.

 

So I am finally up to June - only a few days behind at this point.

A Disney Afternoon

Last Saturday was our niece's ballet recital. It was themed "A Disney Afternoon" and most of the songs were from some sort of Disney movie or show. This is when I realized that Jenna knew who the Jonas Brothers were and what songs were theirs. Here is a few pictures from the recital. I don't have very many because I took most of them with my parents' camera.

Grandma's Attic - The Dance Recital

Jenna had her dance recital on Saturday and the theme was Grandma's Attic. She actually did most of the steps of both her dances. She even hammed it up on the last one. Here are some photos before in her first costume and after the recital with her teacher, Mrs. Shelly.




Here are the required shots with flowers after the recital with family.







Papa being silly - hard to believe, I know.

Ballet Recital Time

Well we are in full force recital mode for ballet. This starts with picture day (on a Saturday which means I pay for a Saturday that Jenna isn't learning ballet, but let's not focus on that). Then comes the back-to-back days of dress rehearsal in full costume. Normally it isn't a problem but as you can tell from this picture Jenna's costume is covered in silver glitter. I have glitter in my garage, my carpet (bet the Dyson Animal would pick it up) and randomly on my face. Two more weeks and then we have recital and I can't wait to see how Jenna does with two dances this year.

What a Weekend Part 1

This past weekend was a busy one but not at the same time. Jason's parents were in town from Houston and they had the pleasure of attending all the kid things on Saturday morning. First there was soccer. It was a big day for Jenna as she was awarded the "Christlikeness" white star. She had secretly told me that is what she wanted to get this week. After a discussion on making wise choices when dealing with another teacher and a substitute on Friday it was nice to see that she showed the "most Christ like" attitude on Saturday. You can even see a little Michael Jordan tongue action while she plays.





Then it was off to ballet observation. If you only understand the camera issues we were having during this two hour time frame. First, we couldn't find our camera but we had a charged battery. Then, we lost Jason's parents between soccer and ballet in the two cars. Found it just in time for Jason's dad to bring to ballet.

Ballet Observation Day

Twice a year we get to observe Jenna's ballet class. This week was the first time that we got to see her perform tap as well. She is in a small class and it has really worked for her attention span. She is learning the French words for the steps as well as how to stand up straight and have a strong center. She also was able to see her costume for the first time. She has an off the shoulder blue costume with feathers in her hair and a fringe skirt for ballet. Her tap costume is the same leotard with matching pants.