Father's Day 2009

Family Beach Vacation Trip (from last April:)

Here are some pictures from our 1st "Family vacation". We visited the aquarium, walked along the docks, and walked on the beach in our rain boots (it was too cold for bare feet).

Here is Amira on the balcony of the hotel room:

Amira and Amanda in the hotel lobby:

Enjoying the water rushing around her boots:

My girlz:

Sitting/Climbing on the big frog at the Aquarium:

The big A-DA-GATAH (Amanda's pronunciation of alligator....although this may have been a crocodile....I don't remember?)!

It was a little cold toward the evenings....can you tell?Walking on the dock:

Here are some videos....we were pretty excited about the waves:

Amira's Dance Recital

Miss. Amira had her dance recital and she was soooooo excited about it. Her dance lasted every bit of 2 minutes but the preparation took much longer. I was absolutely fascinated at all the fuss in that dressing room over hair and make-up for some 3 and 4 year old little girls.

My biggest task for the day was................getting all that hair on her head in a BUN!! I didn't realize she had so much hair until I tried to put it in one spot and make it stay.....thank God for Let's Jam, lots and lots of hair pins, and a knocky ball:)

Although most moms did foundation and mascara and lipstick and blush, I couldn't bring myself to do it.....I don't even wear all that stuff and she's ONLY 3 years old. I decided on some eye shadow and lip gloss and I think she looked absolutely BEAUTIFUL (but I'm a lil biased:) You have to click on the picture below to get the full effect of her beauty!

Here's my lil Super Star after coming off stage:

They were so tired from skipping their naps so we let them sleep in the car for awhile. Amira put every single sticker she had in her treat bag on one arm so she looks like she has tattoos. Amanda was probably sleep before we got out of the parking lot to head home.

Here are some older videos from some of her classes earlier this year.

The first is one of their "drills" during class and the second is one of the first times they practiced their recital dance. The way they perform it in this video is about how they performed it at the recital......it was pretty funny to watch.

Easter Baskets

Easter Egg Hunt

They both had a mouth full of candy in this picture.

Once again Grandpa had just as much or more fun on the Easter egg hunt!

Happy Easter Everybody!

Amira and her cousins.

Amanda was not in the best mood after service so this is the only picture I have of her in her Easter dress.

Amanda's First time in .....!

Amanda has shown interest in the potty but I usually just take her diaper off and she sits there while we clap but nothing ever goes in the potty. She's only 20mos and Daddy thinks it's too early but I thought I would actually try putting her on some ..... this time.

This is how it went down:
1. We put on the .......
2. She sat on the potty and we cheered.
3. She got off the potty.
4. She ran around showing off her panties for a few seconds.
5. She paused for a second in the kitchen......and the floodgates opened......leaving a puddle in the kitchen floor.
6. We put the diaper back on:)

This all transpired in less than 2 minutes......we'll try again in a few days or weeks or months!