Ballet

Stella has been asking to take ballet lessons for the past 6 months or so. Thankfully her gymnastics school just started offering classes, and we didn't have to commit to the entire year and a recital or two.

Her teacher is great, and so young and it makes me feel old just saying that. There is so far only one other girl in the class Maddie is also three years old.

They are, to put it bluntly, freaking adorable.

At the end, they were allowed to dance 'any way they wanted'. Stella went round and round and round and round, never even changing directions until... Kerplonk.

Her head hit the wall, and what did her mom do? Took a picture.

First Day of School

Violet started school on Monday. She loves her teacher, she loves school, and Jason and I feel very confident in our decision to send her back this year. Her teacher is, in short, spectacular.

I know I don't have to say it. Look how much she has grown!  Look how old she is! I don't think I was nearly this gorgeous in first grade.

Here she patiently puts up with the antics of her sister.

Waiting for the bus with her little first grade friends.

And how sweet is this. Violet and Grandy, who came to see her get on the bus.