Kayda's Hip Hop Dance Class

Kayda's friend Kennedi was doing a dance class this summer so Kayda, of course, wanted to do it with her.  She missed two of the classes due to trips and my forgetfulness but she still got the gist of it.  She had a couple of classes she didn't want to go to because the teacher kept "telling her to smile" and apparently Kayda doesn't like to smile while dancing!

Unfortunately it won't let me upload the video of her dance because the file is too big.  

Kayda's Dance Recital

Kayda had her dance recital today. I was really concerned because during the first and second attempts at the dress rehersal she wouldn't do ANYTHING. Fortunately after lunch she decided she would dance. Here is a clip of the dance, blurry at first but it gets better. Her cousin Ella is just to her left. At the end the girls all freeze and the lights dim. You can see just before it gets dark the audience starts clapping and Kayda get this "Yeah I did so good" look... SO cute.

There are a few pictures, again blurry but you get the gist.

First Signs of Summer

The weather finally got the memo that it's summer, at least temporarily.  We had a wonderful day today, the kids were outside literally ALL day long!  We were busy working so I didn't get to take pictures until this evening but it was a great time.  They played outside with Kylie today in the sprinkler, in the wading pool, the sandbox, and on the swingset.  You name it and they were doing it today!  We even went by Grandma and Grandpa G's to help sort through some old toys which turned out to be a major event for Kayda and Dillon because they discovered "Hungry Hungry Hippos".  They played that game outside and inside for over an hour total.  Kayda of course had to be the green one and Dillon could care less which one he was.  It came down to the kids putting the marbles directly into the hippos' mouths.  In the picture below Dillon "fed" Kayda's green hippo.  When he was done Kayda held down the handle so that the hippo stayed out and made him say thank you.  She even changed her voice so that it belonged to the hippo when it said "Thank you Dillon!".  It cracked me up!

They also got to dance with Daddy, some of the dance moves were...interesting, but the kids loved it! 

They also played London Bridge and the kids thought that was the BEST!

I'm pretty sure that Kayda must've gotten THIS from her princess movies.  She just randomly started walking around like this today saying "I'm Kayda"

He's putting some serious effort into swinging that bat!  Unfortunately I couldn't pitch to him because Hank and Gunner were playing, every time I threw the ball they'd try to go get it. 

Kayda's Dance Class

Kayda's cousin Ella (~6 months older) has been doing a dance class. I wanted to have her take the class with Ella because they're good pals but the class starts at 10:30 and I'm not done with my classes until 10:35 so we couldn't do it. Well last Thursday Aunt Sarah volunteered for Kayda to come to class with Ella as a guest and guess what...she loved it. So we were able to figure out a way for her to go to class with Ella. Every Thursday Grandma G is taking Kayda to Aunt Sarah's and from there she'll go to class. I figure I should be able to grab Dillon and get over there by a little after 11 so I'll be able to poke my head in and watch a little. A great big thanks to Grandma G and Aunt Sarah for making it possible for her to go.

Ella was sick today so Grandma G brought Kayda and bravely tried to occupy a very tired, grumpy two year old (he hasn't been sleeping much the last few nights). Before Grandma G left I was able to snap a few pictures.

Well, Grandma G left before Kayda was done in the hopes it would avoid a tantrum. She has been a Grandma's girl completely since she's been staying the night there whenever Grandpa's gone. She doesn't want to leave when I go to pick them up after work, she's constantly asking to go over there and constantly asking Grandma to sleep there. The plan kind of worked. The last couple minutes of class the mom's can go in and watch so I came in to watch holding Dillon. They're doing the hokey-pokey and Kayda is just sitting there looking sad. I wave her over and she has the silent tears running down her face because she wanted Grandma. She went back over to get her stamps but she was sad that Grandma was gone. Hopefully she'll stay happy the whole time when Ella is with her.