April 19, 2008

Somehow, we made it through Jamie's dance photos without destroying the costume this morning. This was no easy feat considering her class waited in the dance studio for about half an hour for their turn. We can dress them up like ballerinas all we want, but they're still four year old girls. They wanted to run, jump and dance, but a fall on the floor would be bad news for the white costume. So, it was like there was an echo in the room, with all the moms repeating, "no running" "no jumping" "sit still" and an occasional "UP UP UP off the floor!!".

We managed to leave her hair bow at home, so I had to call Vic to bring it to me. He got there less than a minute before they called the girls back for their group photo. I had just enough time to tie it in her hair. It worked out well because there was a new barber shop having a grand opening next door, and they had one of those giant inflatable slides out front. So, the boys stayed for a while I played on that. After Jamie's photo was done, we changed her clothes and she played on it for a little while, too.

Then the boys enjoyed a boat ride while Jamie and I ran some errands. I went ahead and bought the pink poodle Webkinz that she wants while we were at Hallmark. She can't have it until she stays in her bed four more nights, but maybe having it in the house will inspire her.

The kids played outside a lot this afternoon. We had beautiful weather again today. Carson had a water fight with some other kids on the street.

Tonight, Vic and Carson went to a cub scout cookout and camp out. They skipped the camp out part because Carson didn't want to stay overnight, but he had a great time so maybe next time they can stay overnight.