Recital Time!

 A little behind on our posting, but both girls had their annual dance recital a couple of weeks ago! They did a great job and enjoyed being on stage!  Here are a few highlights!

 Gracie leads her group out with a cute little wave!

 Cute little dancers!

 Gracie was the leader for her group to do "leapfrog" so she got to be in charge of who went next. It was adorable!

 Julia's group enters the stage!

 Dancing away in their tap portion!

 Cute little gymnast down front!

 All done, you did great girls!

 Gracie with her teacher, Mrs. Kim Borden!

 Julia with her teacher, Mrs. Kim Turner!

 Pretty girl with all of her pretty flowers!

Gracie talked us into a ballerina cupcake after recital.

Kindergarten Bridging

 Friday, May 18th was a big day for Julia Roy, she graduated from Kindergarten.  She had the best K year and teacher, Mrs. Vicki and we will surely miss her when we move to first grade.  But, we know that first grade will be fun also and looking forward to some great times there too!

Julia receives her "diploma" from Mrs. Vicki

After walking over the bridge, she receives her cap from Mrs. Linda (one of our first grade teacher buddies).

"Movin' On Up!" performed by the class of 2024

 My sweet girls!  Love these two!

Here we come, FIRST grade!                                                                 

Julia and Mia, one of her best buddies!

Julia and Mary Payton, another best buddy!

Family picture (guess who didn't want to cooperate?!?!?)

Proud mommy and daddy!

Playschool Spring Program

 This past Thursday was Gracie's spring Playschool program and they were adorable as always!  Gracie was a champ at all of the cute little songs and knew ALL of the hand motions!

 One of our favorites, Daniel in the Lions Den-look at Gracie "praying"!!!! :)

 Gracie receives her preschool certificate from Mrs. Becky

 Gracie with Mrs. Penny who is retiring this year from Playschool after 37 years!  We will definitely miss her but so glad that she got an opportunity not only to teach both of our girls, but Ryan also!!!!!

 Our favorite Playschool teachers with Gracie

Best Playschool buds!

Willy Wonka!

 One of our good friends (and Ryan's clinic administrator) was Willy Wonka in a children's theatre performance with his children so we headed over to Trenton to see them!  The girls loved the show and we got a chance to visit with Willy himself after the show!

 Of course, we had to get autographs from the cast!

 We ran into one of Ryan's partners while we were there and got a "clinic" picture!

Willy Wonka, Ryan, Julia and Gracie after the show!  Great job Nite Lite Theatre and Ewing family on your performance!

Easter Sunday

 We spent Easter Sunday at Neena and Pappy's house and celebrated with a wonderful Easter meal!  The weather again was gorgeous so we spent a little time outside celebrating and just relaxing with our family!

 The girls with their Neena

 Julia, Pappy, Neena and Gracie

Most of us all got in a little afternoon nap and I caught these two "relaxing" after Daddy's nap! :)

Northwood Easter Egg Hunt

 Our SIXTH annual Northwood Easter Egg Hunt was so much fun this year!  We had absolutely perfect weather (for the FIRST time ever) and all our kiddos enjoyed playing with each other and hunting eggs!

 Gracie's ready for the hunt-she has her basket and space staked out!

 My big girls with the Neighborhood big girls.  Don't they all coordinate so nicely?

The whole crew ready to GO!

Our First Egg Hunt of the YEAR!

 We had our annual church Easter Egg hunt this past weekend.  Even though I didn't get any pictures of the girls actually hunting the eggs, I did get some pretty smiles from them!  The weather was beautiful (a little hot this year for April) and everyone had a wonderful time!

 Julia showing off her lost teeth!

Next up, our Northwood egg hunt is this weekend!  Always a fun party to look forward to with our wonderful neighbors!

Julia's First LOOSE Tooth

 Julia's first tooth became loose while we were on a spring break trip but she HAD to wait to get back to school so her teacher Mrs. Vicki could pull it!  So, we waited ten days during spring break and it popped right out!

 Our first "snaggle-tooth" picture!

She gets to sign her name on the big tooth!  Mrs. Vicki is the tooth puller at Julia's school and Julia's tooth was #73 for the year!

Spring Break in Chicago

 We took a few days off for Spring Break and took our little family to Chicago.  One of our first stops once we got there was to Gino's East for Chicago style pizza!  The girls loved it!!!!

The weather was absolutely gorgeous (by Chicago standards) so we did a lot of sight seeing while we were there!  The "Cloud" at Millennium Park was a favorite stop.

 And of course, we had to make a few trips to the little girl capital of the world, the American Girl Store!  Brunch with our dolls, hair done for the dolls, and exploring EVERY square inch of the store!  We had a great little trip and fun few days off!