Katerina's first ballet solo

On Saturday, Katerina had her first ballet solo. The school calls it a show but it was more like a stage dress rehearsal. She will be in one competition in May. She danced in classical ballet style to 2 minutes of Tchaikovsky's Waltz of the Flowers. Here she is in her costume.

Happy 7th Birthday, Isabella!

Today was the big day. Isabella turned 7 years old today. We had her party at a movie theatre. The movie we went and saw was Gnomeo and Juliet. All the kids loved it, and Joel and I did too. We had cake and pop in the party room. The kids played pin the tail on the donkey, the girls chased the boys, and Isabella opened her presents. Afterward, we saw the movie. It was a nice and easy party.

Here are the kids with fake, ugly teeth in their mouths. I did take a group shot with those teeth in, but when I resized it for the blog you couldn't see the teeth.




Group Hug:




Opening presents:




Cake:




Blowing out the candles: