Toast 2 Mom

The Full Weekend

It's the end of a three day weekend (after our summer has officially begun) - and I'm just getting around to typing. That's the sign of a good, eventful weekend.

We had a rib party yesterday. I had time to make my girls a full, hot breakfast! We swam. We biked. We had just a great busy weekend. 

A few words and a few photos is all I have tonight. I might actually put myself up to another photo challenge this summer. Taking pictures to document my days might be more reliable than my words as I know this summer will just fly by. 

Some pics...

 

Let Summer Begin!

Today was Sydney's last day of Kindergarten. And let me tell you, these kids went out with a bang. Their school, among hundreds (more?) of other schools entered a Dannon yogurt contest at the beginning of the school year to win a new playground. And out of schools across the country, Sydney's school won!!! So today Dannon put on a huge party for the kids. We're talkin' bouncy this, water-slide that, all the snack food you can eat, face painting, vertical bungee cords, hamster balls and more! It was a par-tay! If that wasn't enough, the kids also got a classroom party this afternoon. I hope they don't expect this kind of gig every year. 

Here are some last day of school/party photos. Luckily Syd has the summer to catch up on her sleep. It's been a very eventful year!

 

An Early Gift

My Cheekers made me a special early present at school today....and I love IT to pieces!

Dance Monday

The Culture Club

The Hubby and I are feeling very culturally satisfied this evening. We've had quite the weekend, filled with some wonderful theatrical experiences. 

Last night Hubs and I went to the opera. He got some tickets from work. It was my first opera. While I was not all that excited to see it, I was intrigued - and in the end pleasantly surprised how enjoyable it was. It was everything I thought it would be - dramatic, emotional, moving, captivating. Being a closet opera singer myself :) - I am not sure why I wasn't excited to attend one. I just wasn't feeling very opera-ish. But it was a great evening. And the venue was also so nice. During the two intermissions, we were able to go to this very large outside terrace area to enjoy the beautiful night and the skyline of our city. 

This morning Hubby woke up early for a race. He signed up for a 10 mile race, his first in awhile. I enjoyed being on the spectator side today. The girls were great cheerleaders and gave him motivation to hit a very well respected time - considering he didn't train much....and he'd say that too.

This afternoon, we all went to see the Broadway tour of Mary Poppins. Thanks to grandpa and grandma for the Christmas gift we got to enjoy this afternoon. It was extremely well done. The production itself was amazing. The only thing a bit rough was it was long. The show began at 1:00, and we left about 3:45 - a long show for a four and six year old. But they did enjoy it - despite their many wiggles during the show. 

And last but not least, today is our Sydney's half birthday - 6 1/2!! A musical show could have been enough to celebrate the occasion - but we made it a little better with some ice cream (the 1/2 birthday girl's choice).

So, I'm not sure how we top this weekend - because it was a good one! Happy weekend!

My Tiny Dancer

It took awhile for Cheekers to convince me to sign her up for dance again. We did this a year ago. And at that time, she wasn't quite ready. She spent more time spinning and twirling on her own time than by her teacher's guidance. I was glad to see that this year, she is all in. I got to see a lot of twirls, skips, toes pointed and kicks. This seems to be an activity Cheekers can embrace (versus the soccer days :).

Here's my tiny dancer......

Competitive Dancing

Yesterday I got to sit in Sydney's ballet/tap class to see her practice and do the routine they'll be putting on for her recital in June. 

While  my oldest really enjoys going to dance class, and she loves to dance and show me her moves, one thing became very clear to me after watching her class yesterday. My competitive girl is better fit for sports against others - like running. 

I do think as she's grown, her moving art skills has improved. She has more grace and coordination that she once did. But gotta love her, she is so competitive. When the girls are to practice their ballet moves across the studio floor, she doesn't delicately kick and passe. She basically makes it like a race to make sure she is the first one across the floor. And it's been like that forever. 

She does look like a ballerina - but she's fierce like a track star.