Despite all this, we've had some fun lately. The girls have had two weeks of dance class. They've had some trouble staying put on their dancing dot, and they are the only two in class that can't seem to completely follow their teacher, but we're working on it. Violet had a great second week of class. She stayed in her spot for the most part and even though she stood still some of the time, she listened and seemed to progress a bit. Olivia, however, was quite the handful (refer to the paragraph above). :) She kept wandering around like a nomad, and would not stay on her dancing dot. She was preoccupied mostly by the baby that was sitting with another watching parent. Her teacher told her to stay on her spot, so after she left it a few more times I finally made her sit down by me since she couldn't listen. She missed out on part of the ballet and all of the tap portion. While she was sitting by me, she asked if she could have gum, and when I said "no" she proceeded to wail. Yippee...it was so fun to be me! :) It was not fun being that parent that has the disruptive child. I took her out into the hall and made her sit there for the rest of the lesson. We'll see how next week goes.
Last Saturday, we went to Milaca to Jamie's aunt and uncle's place for his uncle's retirement party. We saw Jamie's immediately family as well as several aunts, uncles, cousins and families. Olivia and Violet were a little shy at first but they came around and played with other kids that were there. We had a great time!
Olivia and Violet have really been loving playing with their neighbor friends lately. Last night, neighbor Ella came over and all three girls ran through the sprinkler. I thought they were nuts because it wasn't all that hot out, but they had a blast! Violet was all about it and followed behind Ella, running in circles through the sprinkler. Olivia wasn't entirely sure about it, and would stick her foot gingerly in the sprinkler before turning around and running away.
Violet (foreground in pink) & Olivia (background in blue) at their first dance class:
Violet enjoying tap dancing:
Violet & Olivia before their second dance class:
Violet enjoying tap dancing:
Violet & Olivia before their second dance class:
Violet at Al's retirement party:
Second cousins Faith, Olivia, Bailey, Violet & Mason:
Second cousins Athena, Faith, Olivia & Bailey:
Grandpa Suchy playing catch with Olivia & Violet; note the location of the ball, which bonked Olivia in the head, which she thought was hilarious:
Olivia: "The ball hit my head!"
Violet, Olivia & neighbor Ella running through the sprinkler:
Olivia sticking her leg in the sprinkler:
Daddy swinging Olivia through the sprinkler:
Violet jumping through the sprinkler:
Violet playing in the sprinkler:
