Friday, June 15, 2012

Mikaiya's First School Concert

Mikaiya had her first concert at school on May 11.  We were lucky to get to attend and Nana and Pop got to go too!  It was a very cute show and she did so well!  It was fun to see her with all of her little Kindergarten friends!


Here is a video of one of the songs they did:
http://youtu.be/qBnwUwO0FUc

Dance Recital 2012

The girls had their dance recital on May 12.  This was the end of a long season of ballet that started way back in September.  They really enjoyed getting all dressed up with hair and make up done!  Braenna's class danced to "Be Our Guest" and Mikaiya's class danced to "Lovely Night".


My girls all ready to go!

Pretty Mikaiya
Braenna and her big smile

Our family

Nana and Pop came in for the show!

Flowers from Mommy/Daddy and Nana/Pop
The girls did a great job (when they remembered to dance!).  I couldn't fit the videos on here, but you should be able to see them on YouTube at:
http://youtu.be/974nhIE155g (Braenna's)
http://youtu.be/1UgKG0Nu3Qw (Mikaiya's)

Monday, May 21, 2012

Giggles

I found this video on my phone...ahhh, the best sound in the world is the sound of my little girls giggling!!  Enjoy!

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

April Photos

Here are the rest of the pictures from April!  Another busy month!
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Easter At Home

We spent Easter Sunday home relaxing this year.  We did a lot to prepare for the Easter bunny though.  The girls decorated eggs and we learned that rub on tattoo's are not a good choice of egg decorating supplies...one would think the Paas decorating people would have figured that out!  Here are the two angels coloring their eggs:


We had to improvise on decorating, so markers and foam stickers it was!




On the Saturday of Easter weekend, we were invited to a friend's to share in their Easter celebration.  They had a HUGE Easter egg hunt and the kids got a ton of eggs!

Easter morning both girls were excited to find their Easter baskets.  Braenna found one of hers right away:

 Then both girls found these baskets.  The Easter bunny may have gone a little overboard this year as all of their stuff did not fit in a single basket each!

They found lots of eggs:

 And finally, Mikaiya found her basket.  It was behind the pillow she had been laying on while on the couch!  That sneaky Easter bunny!

 We even managed to get the girls back in their Easter dresses for a photo shoot.  This is one of my favorites:


Family Easter

We celebrated Easter this year with the family at the Breunig's house.  Their first official holiday as a married couple!  They have a nice yard for an Easter egg hunt and the girls all had a blast!

Here are the three girls hanging out

Ready, set, GO!  And they're off!  Braenna and Mikaiya needed some help from Grammy to find some eggs:

Mikaiya was pretty self sufficient.  We had to direct her to the more difficult eggs. 

They got a lot of eggs and had a blast sorting through them all.
 It was a fun Easter!

Monday, April 23, 2012

March 2012

March was an extra busy month here for us this year. We had some AMAZING warm weather and after winter, we were all anxious to get outside! It was a busy, busy month! The girls got to try out some of their new outdoor toys from Christmas. Braenna loves here new roller blades!

Mikaiya has been practicing hard at riding her bike. We had to upgrade sooner than planned due to the warm weather, so she got an early birthday present! She's so tall that her knees were almost hitting the handlebars on her old bike. The new one looks big, but she is handling it well and quite the pro on 2 wheels now!It was even warm enough to have a picnic one Sunday...in shorts and t-shirts...in WI...in MARCH! Hard to believe! The girls had a blast though!

This is one of my favorites. If I can ever get some photo editing software on my computer again, I will have to turn it black and white and frame it! They are too sweet eating their lunch together and looking out on the pond.
Jeff also got a new bike this spring and he is having a good time riding! A friend at work let us have their trailer bike, which attaches to his bike, so that Braenna can come along on bike rides too! And she LOVES it back there!!
We had a really nice month! In addition to all of this outside time, Jeff and I got to get away on a little visit to Milwaukee. We stayed downtown right next to Lake Michigan, hung out at the casino and toured the city. We had a really nice time! Thanks to Grammy for taking on the munchkins for us!