Nutcracker

Sunday, Dec. 12th, my friend Nadine (Joe's godmother) and I took our daughters to see the Kansas City Ballet's Nutcracker. We had an amazing time and Caroline and Emily loved watching the ballerinas. While Emily (age 4, almost 5)sat in her mommy's lap, Caroline danced in front of her seat trying to imitate EVERY move the ballerinas made. It was quite entertaining. For a "new" 3-year-old, I think she did very well. Thank you Emily and Nadine for a WONDERFUL time! We look forward to it next year!!!

The girls, Emily and Caroline, in the lobby of the Music Hall.
Thank you Emily for the Pink Crown!

Girls Night at the Ballet!

Three Years Ago....

We were born!!!...And why not have 3 birthday events to celebrate it!

Caroline striking a pose!

Here we are blowing out our candles at home with Mommy, Daddy and Jonathan.

Here's Joe with a new remote control truck. They got lots of fun new toys! Thank you Grandpa and Granny Sandra, Grandma, and Grammie and Grampie Bak!!! ..OH, and mom and dad too!!

Santa Visit 2010

So, this year we spontaneously decided to go see Santa at the BassPro shop. The kids were all VERY excited to see him ... until they actually set eyes on him, except for Joe. The closer we got, the more Caroline clung to me. When it was our turn, Joe ran as fast as he could to get in his lap, Caroline held on for dear life, and Jonathan hid behind me. Once Caroline saw that Joe was "safe" in Santa's arms, she did tell him he wanted a "princess tower" (not sure about that?), Jonathan informed him he wanted a Jackhammer (not sure about that one either?), and Joe just asked for a candy cane (since he saw all the other children walking away with one). Needless to say, I am hoping next year I won't have to be in the picture!