Recital Check!

The girls had a wonderful time at the recital. It seems they didn't even notice the lack of air conditioning that killing us stage mothers! It was amazing to see Abby and how much she has grown over the past 5 recitals. SHe really gets it now! Jenna was adorable in her bee costume and she was one of the only ones who did the dance the whole way through. I was very proud of both of them.

Katie and Mark had some fun at the mall and napping. It seems he hasn't lost his touch for turning them into Daddy's girls when I am gone. She was perfectly content to hang with him all weekend!

I have to nail down my summer plan before summer is over. I was in TRU last night and they already had backpacks out...eek. I mean in retail terms it is almost time for Halloween costumes.I am going to try to have them dress as a theme this year. Our favorite idea so far is Abby being a fisherman, Jenna being a mermaid and Katie being an Octopus. Wouldn't that be the cutest costume on her!

House stuff is depressing. I know I have to stay committed to selling if we are going to get a bigger house. I know that I have to be patient in this market but I am so sick of trying to make it look empty...we are moving becuase we are out of room! 5 people live here! We have neighbors who only have one kid and they want to move!

Wall e Day!

Today is Wall e day. We always try to go see the Disney movies when they open. A habit from when the company paid us to go see them. That rocked! I miss having TDS close by! I am going to have to drive to Columbia for my fix. We need figures and tshirts. It's a tradition!

Dreaded ballet dress rehearsal tomorrow. Arrghhh. I hate that it is hot in those rooms. Poor Abby had the worst bloody nose at the one on Weds.

I hope Katie likes the movie~

Ballet

Recital time is here. The girls had a four hour rehearsal last night and have an 8 hour run through on Saturday. It is the longest I will have ever been away from Katie. She does enjoy time with Daddy as long as its not bedtime.

The house is slowly getting emptier. I guess I have to committ to really picking a house and selling this one now. No way am I unpacking all this stuff into this house again!

We met with a contractor and are waiting for the estimate on the house that Mark likes. Hopefully we can get it all to work out. We have to be able to afford to buy the house and do the renovations/repairs too. Yikes. I would be excited to have a remodeled kitchen. This house is in desperate need of new siding too. I am hoping that we can do that as well.

Off to get some legos...

Boxing up stuff...

We have cleaned out his parents basement and are working towards getting more stuff out of our little townhouse. I am also taking some big bags to the mission. I have a tub of stuff listed on ebay and craigslist. Next step is dragging the bins over to his parents house with the kids in tow. Now doesn't that sound like fun!

Ballet today and poor Katie always falls asleep on the way down and gets woken up when we get there. Then she tries to fall asleep in the way home and gets woken up when we get home. She hates ballet...maybe she will want a pony. One can hope.

There is an open house in our neighborhood this weekend. I hope the people come to our house instead! I personally think it's much nicer than the other 12....aarghhh

Summer at last

We are officially on our suumer time now. The girls are staying up later and still getting up early. What a great combination! Katie is exploding with new words. Shoe, table, puppy, sit, help...the list goes on. The noise level is increasing dramatically around here.
We have started the summer reading program and the girls enjoyed the program kick off activities today. Abby is reading some of the books that Mark and I enjoyed as kids. Ralph S. Mouse and Ramona Quimby. It is quite a flashback.
Jenna is learning to write neatly and is working on letters and numbers. She also enjoys listening to Abby read.
The dance pictures are this weekend and the recital is the following week. They are ready! I am looking forward to a few weeks off from sitting there for three hours every week. I am quite sure Katie is too!
The house hunt continues. We have narrowed it down to 3 houses and they are all quite different. We are walking through with our contractor on Thursday. It will give us a better idea of the money that would have to be outlayed initially. All are in the school district which is good news.
We have had a few showings but no interest outside of that. I am hoping once we pick a house we can get more aggressive with our pricing here.
Off to list on ebay!

Majorettes and Sleep

Jenna has been enjoying majorettes! She has been in the Union Bridge parade and is looking forward to the parade tomorrow night! She and Ella are super cute in their uniforms~

Sleep is funny around this house. I have just uploaded a bunch of pictures of the girls. So many of them are of the funny ways or places I find them asleep. Somehow they all look so rosy and peaceful...it just makes it easier to not want to squash them the next day.

We have dropped the price slightly on the house and are hoping that that will encourage some lookers! I am still surrendering to the cleaning...although I must admit that for the first time I don't feel crushed by housework. I feel only slightly crushed by laundry.

Abby is looking forward to the summer. I am looking forward to having her home. I miss her during the day! I miss her little voice. I am sure that I am going to miss them both terribly in the fall. Jenna is excited but mostly worried about the style of her lunchbox :) Well if that is the worst decision she has to make.

Off to do something productive ;)