Posted in Imaginative one, Wee one

I wish you would dance

Last night, the boys gave the performance of their lifetime.  They now think they are famous and their dance video will be in the library.

My mother-in-law offered to pay and take the imaginative one to dance class, so last year, he took ballet.  This past year he decided to take tap dance.  She then offered to take the wee one to dance class, also.  In late November, he started taking a tumbling class.  They practice and practice until it is time for their big show, which occurred last night. 

During the actual recital, you are prohibited from taking any pictures or videos of the performance.  However, you can take as many pictures and videos as you want during the rehearsal.  Here are some pictures from the rehearsal.

The Wee One checking himself out in the dressing room’s mirror.  He liked turning those lights on and o,ff which about blinded me when they were on.

The imaginative one in his costume

The imaginative one doing a staying alive pose.

The imaginative one stole the show with his special move and bow.

The wee one loved posing in his costume. 

This is my favorite pose because it shows the Wee One’s personality.

The Wee One acting “normal.”

During the practice, the Wee One had to looking around the stage because there is so much to see up there.  He also twirled around in place.

The Wee One at the end of his performance

If given a chance, I hope you dance.

Posted in Imaginative one, Wee one

The Wee One’s birthday

The wee one is excited about turning the big 5.  He’s been talking about it since January.  We keep having to tell him that it is so many months away.  Now that it is June, he keeps asking me every day, is it my birthday?!?  I have to tell him, no, you have so many days left.  He’s on the final countdown because he only has  2 more days left until he’s a whole handful (like he already isn’t one).  Although when you ask him how many days he has left, he will tell you that he has 2 weeks. 

We are celebrating his birthday tonight.  He is excited, but I think it is because he will get gifts.  We tell him the gifts are for other people, but he doesn’t believe us.  The imaginative one got him a gift last weekend.  It’s a book about reptiles right up the wee one’s alley.  Today we were given Toy Story paper from my mom, so the imaginative one had to use it to wrap his brother’s gift.  He put a lot of tape on it.  That is until I told him he had had enough of the gift.  Then the imaginative one had to pick out a card from my stash.  He wrote a nice note to his brother on the card.  Then he had to tape the card to the gift.  Again he had to use lots of tapes.  The funniest thing was he put his brother’s first and last name on the envelope.  It’s nice that he cares so much for his brother.

I can’t believe my 6-pound, 8-ounce baby boy is now a 32-pound 5-year-old boy who speaks his mind.

I will get pictures of the Wee One when I find the baby pictures on my hard drive.