Dance Recital!

Jaycee had her first dance recital a little while ago. She had been sick a week before and wasn't feeling good at the recital. I just thought I would give that as part of the excuse as to why she isn't dancing at all. It was out of my hands by then, and all we could do was sit back and laugh at her lack of doing anything at all besides suck on her hands. I actually wasn't even going to take her to the dance recital, but at the last minute I decided to ask her if she wanted to go, and she said she did. Lance thought I was crazy to decide to go ten minutes before it started. We were a little late, but the program hadn't started yet. Then I realized that, being the scatterbrained person I am, I had forgotten Jaycee's dance shoes. Who does that? I know, only me. It's not like I had a lot to remember. Anyway, Melissa did a wonderful job teaching these girls, and Jaycee had a lot of fun. She even put together a video for the girls. Thanks, Melissa. On the way home Jaycee told us that she was just dancing really slow. Yeah, maybe. I don't think so. Just in case you can't tell, she's the one on the right with her hands in her mouth. A side note: I hope this doesn't sound like I'm being rude about Jaycee. I love her and think she is the cutest little girl in the world. We've just decided that dance might not be her thing.

He's crawling everywhere!

A while ago (as in March 27th) Rydge started crawling. He was so close for such a long time. He had good positioning, good form, and the muscle strength, but could not get his arms to move alternately. Then while waiting in the doctor's office for his 9-month check-up he just started crawling all over the bench they have the kids sit on. He was so proud of himself and did not want to be contained by sitting on my lap. This video is old news now because he has gotten so fast at crawling, but it was so cute when he was just starting. He reminded us of a frog.

A couple key points or disclaimers to talk about before viewing this video clip because Lance thinks we look like a disfunctional family.

1. Jaycee starts out by saying she's scared a tornado's gonna come, which is something she has been doing randomly throughout the day. No worries, there wasn't even any wind.

2. My daughter bonks Rydge's head on the floor and I laugh. Not cool, I know. It just happens a lot.

3. I don't normally let my baby suck on batteries.

Along with picking crawling up on the 27th, Rydge also figured out how to pull himself up to a standing position in the same day. I'm so proud of my little guy. Jaycee made Rydge fall in this video, too, but he didn't get hurt.

Here's a little video I took while I had preschool at my house. It's been so fun having these kids get together. We were missing Drey, the poor only boy, and these girls were pretty wild. So many fights over toys it's almost comical. I have to apologize to the moms if they don't allow their girls to jump on the bed. They love it when they come to my house. (I don't know why Jaycee was crying. I think she hurt herself right at the first.)