Kamryn's Recital 2010

Today was Kamryn's dance recital and she did a GREAT job!!! This was her 4th recital and she forgot how much fun it is! She took a couple years off dance just before Owen was born. She was exhausted from dance team and the fun disappeared. It took some convincing to get her to try dancing again.
She started off this year with just one hip hop class and she loves it! She is going to take some workshops over the next two weeks and decide which studio she wants to continue dancing with and if she wants to join dance company again. It's a huge commitment and we want it to be her decision.
This year's recital was to "Imma Be" and we were all a bit nervous when they just learned the rest of their dance on Thursday. Dress rehearsal was interesting and the girls couldn't remember the dance. Twenty eight girls on stage and not one knew the dance. Yikes. They rehearsed over and over again, three times, until they had it!
Kamryn was amazing on stage and she totally stood out! She turns off her usual "shyness" and turns into a performer. We can't wait to watch her dance for years to come. I am excited that she has found a love for dance again!
We love you baby girl! We couldn't be more proud of you.

Friday Stuff

Kamryn woke up and she still felt crummy. She is usually healed by the next morning and back to her normal self. I guess this is a tough strain of strep going around. The good news is that she is feeling better this afternoon and has turned into chit-chatty-kami. Oh my goodness the girl can talk! I am going to soak it up now and appreciate that she wants to talk to me!

My laptop charger died and without it, the battery is kaput. I ordered another charger but it won't be here until tomorrow. Meanwhile, I am stuck using one of our other three computers but for the life of me, can't figure out how to upload pictures to these computers.

Today we have dress rehearsals for dance and tomorrow is recital. Kamryn loves to be on stage!!! She gets it from me. Dance was my "thing" and I loved being on stage. She's going to do great!!! I'll have tons of picture and video to share over the weekend.

Owen is going to have the best time at recital. He LOVES watching Bo Bo (sis) and Gigi dance. Every Monday we sit and watch the girls the entire time and it doesn't hurt that all the little dancers come out to give him attention and love... "ah, he's such a cute little boy! Do you want a sucker buddy? You're just so CuTe!!" The boy loves attention! He is loving 'So You Think You Can Dance' too! Maybe he'll be my little breakdancing, head spinnin', back flippin' boy!

Sick Sis and a Sweet Boy

Well... this wasn't how I envisioned spending the first week of summer vacation. Who gets strep throat when it's 100 degrees out? Kamryn does. She said her tummy hurt yesterday morning, then it turned into shivering and then spiked several fevers. When she woke up today and said her throat hurt, we went straight to the pediatrician. Strep positive. Ten days of yummy, pink bubblegum liquid. She came home and has been passed out for the past two hours. I hope she feels normal tomorrow because she has dress rehearsal and then her dance recital is on Saturday. There's no time to be sick.

We saw Dr Laks because Dr Jean doesn't work on Thursdays.. but she said that in the 18 months since she last saw Kamryn.... she's grown a little over six inches. She's just five inches away from meeting my height at 5'5".... at 10!
Since sissy is sick, Owen and I have been getting creative. He knows she's in her room and he wants to go up there and PLAY with her! Last night, he didn't have his playmate while I cooked dinner. Instead, he got a pan full of dried pinto beans and his trucks. At first it was entertaining...
Then he realized he could sprinkle them on the floor and I was too busy cooking dinner to care. He kept sprinkling one or two on the floor at a time and then he'd yell "mess!" I said "it's okay, make a BIG mess, Mommy needs to cook."
Sprinkling didn't suffice, so he started throwing handfuls and then truck loads of beans would ping pong on the floor. I was cringing with the sound of each bean hitting the floor, but I let him play.
Then he said "all -done" and he was trying to open the garage door. I realized he wanted the broom and then he swept all the beans into a pile for me. How sweet is that?????
Owen has speech therapy and for the first time ever, he put two words together. "Bue Ball, Dree Ball, and p-nk Ball!" I was so proud! I then asked her how far behind Owen was in speech. Apparently, by the look on her face, he's got a ways to go. He is making a lot of word assumptions and is now (as of yesterday) putting two words together. Progress. That is all I ask for. Besides... I can understand everything he says and the boy sweeps up his own messes!