Squirt B Champions!

What a game they played!!!

They had a playoff game on Saturday and lost to a team of all girls...7-1. Then yesterday they came back fighting and beat that same team 3-1!!!

Everyone played their best!

It was a great season. Congratulations Nicholas!

Happenings...

Nicholas had his Squirt hockey banquet last night. What a great year he had! I've seen a huge improvement in his skating and overall playing of the game. I'm so proud of him! He has a big game tomorrow. Hopefully they'll win and make it to the championship game!

 

And Gianna learned how to tie a shoe! She's known how to do the first part for a while now. It was the bunny ear part that took some getting used to. She's growing up too fast for me.

Starquest Dance Competition

What a great weekend Julia had at her very first dance competition! Her duo won High Gold, a costume award and placed 2nd out of all the petite duos & trios.

Next up was her jazz dance "Aye Carumba". That received a Platinum (highest you can get) and 2nd place in that category.

Her lyrical dance "America" also received a Platinum and 1st place in that category (actually outscoring Aye Carumba by a bit).

Holding the 1st place trophy...

Out to lunch with the girls and then back to the hotel to swim...which she said was the best part of the whole weekend!

Russian Circus, her junior acro team, was amazing! They won a Platinum and 1st place in their division!

Last was the senior acro team "Jewel of the Nile" which also won Platinum and 2nd place in their division (the studio's production placed 1st).

Wish her luck!

Julia drew this picture of herself (and some other little person next to her). She's wearing her acro costume. I just love her pictures! So tomorrow we leave for the weekend for her very first dance competition. I really hope she has a great time and it's a positive experience for her! So go ahead...wish her luck!!!

Who is Sick & Who is Six?

Who's sick? My poor Julia. She tested positive for the flu. She was down and out for 6 days but finally turned the corner and appears to be on the mend. And thank goodness just in time for her very first dance competition this weekend! She missed a dress rehearsal yesterday but I think she knows the dance well enough by now. I'm just praying that her chest congestion and cough get better soon. She went back to school today. The other two have been sneezing and blowing their noses. I hope it's not the flu again.

Who's six? My baby girl Gianna! Six!! Wow!! How did that happen?

What a day she had yesterday! We went to dinner at Uno where the kids got to make their own pizzas. Then it was off to Chuck E Cheese to play games! After we had a party with cake and her favorite ice cream to finish off the day. She got lots and lots of new stuffed friends and a big girl bike. Our girl has the biggest personality and just loves her little life.

March 18th

My Dad would have turned 79 a few days ago. We always did fun things to celebrate my Dad's birthday. So this year, the family went to dinner and then back to Kimmy's house to watch some old family movies starring Pops himself. We had a lot of laughs...and cake...and ice cream...to celebrate the wonderful husband, father and Pops he was. I miss him terribly. But I have such wonderful memories. How can I complain about sharing 45 wonderful years of my life with him?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD. LOVE and MISS YOU SO SO MUCH.

Quote of the day

"I love my toys. They give me such good love", Gianna said as she was squeezing her stuffed animals.

Father Daughter Dance

The girls were so excited! It was Gianna's first Father Daughter dance...

Julia picked out her dress weeks ago...

And Gianna...well...she wore one of Julia's old dresses. She's not really a dress-up-kind-of-girl.

They looked so beautiful tonight...

Just so so sweet....

My little artist

Julia brought this home from school yesterday...


I think it's wonderful for just 8 years old!

Celebrating

Nicholas went on a field trip today to the "Little Red Schoolhouse". They had to dress in colonial times. He looked so cute going off to school this morning and he didn't mind wearing this costume one bit!

Sister Kim celebrated the big 5-0 this weekend! We had lots of fun celebrating right along with her!

I don't know who likes to snuggle more than my boy....