THE Recital

Lily finished up her season of ballet with 2 beautiful recitals!

It was HOTTER than ever... 89 degrees outside..... a/c in the auditorium broken.... a big audience...... tired kids... tired parents.... 2 rehearsals that went later than Lily's bedtime......same 2.5 hour performance 2 days in a row....

If I sound like I am complaining I am not.... just painting a picture.....

BUT........
When she got on stage with her class she really performed! I was in tears from the moment she went on stage..... We are all SOOOOO proud of our little dancer (including Ty... he even told her so)!!!!!! She did all of her steps and did them so well.... so graceful. Some of her classmates were watching her to see what the next step was.

All of the students performed in the finale. For the big finale they partnered Lily's age group with an older girl. Lily was thrilled about that .... she loves older girls... and her partner was not only an amazing dancer she was so sweet and took such good care of Lily.

Lily took home a performance trophy (all of the dancers receive them) which she is VERY proud of. Ty was warned NEVER to touch it. He has attempted to touch the far out of reach trophy but realized quickly that was the worst idea ever.

(I keep meaning to take a photo of that most important trophy... will do that soon)

SO what comes next for our little dancer.... she wants to take tap dancing next season and can't wait to get her clack clack shoes. Ty thought he wanted to take tap with her but seems to be changing his mind.
HIS REASON.... Mom, too many girls in tap dance class......

Dandelions....

Several weeks ago we received a call from Grandpa N that their neighborhood sledding hill was covered with dandelions... he thought that would be a good place for photos.

So we took him up on the tip... it was a good place for photos.... and Ty LOVES picking dandelions.....

Ty looking quite concerned when some other kids came to pick dandelions....

We're done......

With preschool....

WELL... Lily graduated from preschool and she is more than happy to tell everyone she is going to kindgergarten soon.
She is ready to start kindergarten ASAP... in fact she mentioned once or twice in the last few months that preschool is ridiculous.

Ty will have one more year of preschool. He has been receiving speech therapy at a local elementary school (once a week). In the fall he will attend preschool there and he is really excited about it. During our once a week visit he spends 30 mins with a speech therapist and 30 mins with his future preschool teacher. He likes his speech therapist and he really likes his future preschool teacher. Judging by how shy he gets around her I think he has a little crush.
He even knows her favorite color is pink.

OH MY.....it seems I was just dropping Lily off to her first day of preschool... then I blinked and Ty was also in preschool.... in just a few months I'll be watching them both get on a school bus....

BUT until then....

We are going to have LOTS of summer FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!


****Just a little note about my last post... the tiny vs. petite....
Lily has no issue with being told she is CUTE. Let me tell ya... she has no ego trouble. She just doesn't like the tiny comment and so far adults are the only ones that call her tiny. Her classmates don't say anything of the sort (yet) and I hope they don't. She is petite but she is mighty. Just ask Ty about that... she can still take him down in a second. I only mention this because (for some strange reason) he feels the need to test her strength every so often and it is NEVER a good idea.... because she isn't going to tolerate that kind of nonsense (her words).

****Thank you for all the sweet comments on that post****

Tiny vs. Petite

Well it has been brought to my attention that Lily doesn't like it when people call her tiny.....

It is no secret that she is small in stature.... but she is MIGHTY..... and for some reason people tell her daily that she is tiny.

I've noticed the last few times people have said... OH SHE IS SO TINY...It is usually followed by... OH SHE IS SO CUTE... Lily gets very quiet afterward. I kindly point out to them that she is just the size she is suppose to be.

After noticing that this bothered her I had a talk with her today...
Me~ Lily what do you think when people say you are tiny?
Lily~ I don't like it mom. It doesn't seem very nice.
Me~ I can understand that.
Lily ~ Is it nice when they say that?
Me~ When people comment that you are tiny they don't mean it in a hurtful way. They think you are so cute and they don't think about how the word tiny might make you feel. Perhaps they should use the word petite.
I told her that she could certainly let people know she prefers the word petite. If in fact she is ok with the word petite. (of course I told her the meaning of the word)
Lily~ I like that plan mom! Petite sounds fancy!

Then I gave her a big smooch and told her she is my beautiful BIG girl!

2 years ago....

(I'm about a month late on this post)

Two years ago....Ty Olsen came home to his family. I remember that day like it was yesterday!
The past 2 years have flown by. Ty has grown and changed so much!

Ty is such a sweet little guy. He is a helper. He is stubborn. He is smart. He is now sassy (no surprise where he learned that). He gives lots of hugs and kisses. He has a heart of gold. He loves computers and anything electronic. He loves math. He is determined. He tries so hard at everything. He loves his family and prefers it when we are all together.
He LOVES God and everyone (his words).

We are blessed to be his family!!!!!!

Ty.. just a week or so after coming home....
LOVE those cheeks...

2 years later...
Doing his silly smile...
I still love kissing his cute cheeks....

ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION......

Ty LOVES marble games... so we got him this one for his anniversary. He has changed it a million times. He creates different towers, etc.
He LOVES it!

I was practicing some of my new shutter speed techniques and just happened to snap this right when this ball jumped into mid-air. Ty and I were so happy that I got this picture. He even jumped up and down yelling YEAH Momma!!!!

We asked him where he wanted to go for his celebration and this is what he said.....

So off we went.....
(that is Jeff on the left side holding tickets that the littles were accumulating)

We finished our fun day with dinner at Ty's favorite restaurant...
*The Olive Garden*....

Spring.....

This is my attempt to get caught up on blogging... I took these just before Easter... with the intent to make Easter cards.
Well colds hit us and therefore the Easter cards never left my office.

They think they are so funny when they come up with these poses.... I think so too...
They both yelled.... MOM TAKE OUR PICTURE QUICK BECAUSE THIS IS A GREAT SHOT.

The littles LOVE to pick my flowers ... they give me little bouquets and we put them in vases... dandelions and clover are often included...

Just about EVERY time we are outside Ty rings our doorbell.... he says MOM YOU IN THERE.... I say NO TY I'M RIGHT HERE... he ignores me and repeats the process

OHHHHH I feel so blessed to be their mom...

Happy April... Happy Spring

LONG TIME NO POST....... we have been SOOO busy. I know that I sound like a broken record when I say WE HAVE BEEN SO BUSY... certainly we aren't the only ones in the world that are busy. It just feels like the last month has flown by.

Sooooo....
What have we been up to? We celebrated Ty's 2 year anniversary, we all battled a cold or something, we've been enjoying fun in the spring sun, and we had a wonderful Easter.

I have lots of photos to upload and post. Just need a little time...

In the meantime....

Miss Lily giving one of her famous hugs to Ty and wishing him Happy Anniversary

Loving their Zhu Zhu pets.... they decided Moo and Tex are sister and brother just like they are.