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Olivia & Violet participated in their daycare's production of fairy tale plays today. They made their own props and scenery, picked out their own costumes, and rehearsed for two weeks ahead of time. The kids from the school connected to their daycare also attended the production. Olivia and Violet were very excited!

Olivia was Goldilocks in "Goldilocks & the Three Bears." She was quite a ham and thought she was pretty funny when she said, "This chair is TOO FLUFFY!"

Violet was the Big Bad Wolf in "The Three Little Pigs." Her deep wolf voice was super scary!!

They worked very hard and had a lot of fun performing. You can watch a video of their performances at:

http://youtu.be/0TqEUiRHXno

Enjoy!!

times are changing

Wow, time has been flying by since my last post. We've been very busy with gathering information on schools for Olivia and Violet, as they will be starting kindergarten this fall. My little girls are growing up! We have several school options in our district, but many of them are decided by a lottery drawing. We had kindergarten registration night at our area elementary school last week, where we registered the girls in the public school system. They came with us and had fun riding on a school bus, visiting the library, and meeting the kindergarten teachers. We are waiting for the results of the lottery before deciding for sure where they will go, but it makes me a little sad to think about them starting school.

We also will need to decide where they will spend the summer. They graduate from their current daycare on May 31st. They could still stay there for the summer, but I think they will be ready for a change. There are several summer programs in the area that would allow them to go on a lot of field trips and participate in a lot of fun activities. This would be a good time to change them to a more active summer schedule, to help them prepare for starting school in the fall.

So we have some pretty big changes coming for Olivia & Violet!!

We've also had some fun times recently. The girls had a blast celebrating Valentine's Day. They had a party with their friends at daycare, and the their favorite stuffed animals surprised them with a scavenger hunt when we got home. They had fun following the clues to find the surprise at the end!! After they were done, they decided to make a scavenger hunt for Daddy also. Their clues were a little generic ("You look behind it") but Daddy managed to get through it with a few hints. :)

Valentine's Day fun!

A surprise scavenger hunt organized by the girls' Uglydolls

Since my last post, we have also gone bowling, attended the play "Pinocchio" at the Children's Theatre, celebrated Chelsey's birthday party, helped my sister Rhonda and her family move, and attended a bridal shower for my cousin. The girls are also still in weekly swimming lessons, which they love!!

Olivia and Violet have been very much into building Lego's lately. They got a few Lego Friends sets for Christmas and have had a blast putting them together and playing with them. They are also starting to read a little bit, and love to ask us how to spell things. Signs they will be ready for school I guess! Times are changing!!

our family christmas

We had our own family celebration on Christmas Eve. We ate supper by candlelight, which was pretty neat. We used some special snowman plates and fancy glasses, which the girls thought was pretty awesome. They enjoyed drinking out of the "fancy glasses." After supper, we opened gifts. Violet insisted on wearing a princess dress and crown for the event. It's nice that Olivia and Violet are still at an age where they get excited by simple things. For example, Olivia got SO EXCITED when she opened some new underwear! She posed with them so I could take a picture, and she had to change into them right after we were done opening gifts. They also were pretty happy with a "How to Draw Uglydoll" book from their stuffed Uglydoll animals Wippy and Dave. They had so much fun! After presents, we watched the Christmas movie "Polar Express"as a family. The girls loved it, and by the end were saying how much they believe in Santa. We put out milk and cookies for Santa and everything had to be just right. The girls rearranged the cookies on the plate about five times before they felt it was ready. Violet said she was going to stay up all night so she could see Santa; however, I checked on them about ten minutes after putting them to bed, and they were both fast asleep. They were pretty tired from an exciting and fun weekend!

Violet opening a Disney Princess doll

Olivia posing with her new underwear

Olivia with their "How to Draw Uglydoll" book

Violet & Olivia, leaving milk and cookies for Santa

This morning, Christmas Day, Olivia peeked downstairs and came running in our room to tell us that there were presents under our tree. Santa came!! Olivia got the Strawberry Shortcake dolls she wanted, and Violet got her Strawberry Shortcake "castle" (a strawberry-shaped house). Their stocking were also filled with little treats. They were so excited!!!

We had a great Christmas this year. The girls are at such a fun age where everything is truly magical. We are very blessed with such wonderful family and friends!!

Santa came!!

Violet's Strawberry Shortcake castle

Olivia's Strawberry Shortcake dolls

Violet displaying her stocking treats

Olivia's candy cane pen from her stocking