The Ballerina

We don't usually have the opportunity to take pictures of our little ballerina Aubrie because cameras are not allowed in her dance performances. But, at the end of the dance year, the Papparazzi is allowed to come to class!

Aubrie just loves ballet. She told me that she loves it because she can do all her favorite things: dance, act, perform and enjoy classical music. The intensity of her ballet class has filtered out many of her friends and her class size is small and down to only the girls who love it. This is a little hard to not have her best buddies in class, but it's also nice because those who stayed are focused and ready to learn.

 Aubrie has had two wonderful teachers the past couple years, but graduated this year to the main studio, which will mean new teachers next year.

Aubrie's teachers say not only does she have natural dance abilities, but that she's also a hard worker. I think this girl has a future!

Teyah's Time in the Spotlight

Sweet Teyah had so much fun in her Kindergarten Spring concert. She continued family tradition of being on the front row, behind the piano (where the shortest kids stand).

 

This is a classic Teyah look. She is just the most pure, innocent little girl. We sure love her! We are so proud of how well she did in Kindergarten.

 

Daddy was able to attend her Fairy Tale Ball. They had so much fun dancing together and enjoying her school's fun activities.

The Never-ending Winter

Last year in March, we were walking around in shorts and basking in 80 degree weather ... this year, we were toying with sub-zero weather.

We had to snap a picture to remember the crazy snowstorm of April 23.

Just when we thought we had broken through to spring for a couple days, we snapped right back into winter again with more snow.

But then to our dismay, we had to capture the crazy snowstorm of May 2 also! We sure got great use of our winter clothes/boots this year!

Everyone kept saying, "I can't believe this crazy, horrible weather." But then, we ended up saying it over and over and over again, for four months! Minnesota truly lived up to its reputation of a horrible winter/spring. In fact, it completely outdid itself! We broke record after record.

Poor Ellie's soccer season got cut extremely short. The snow wouldn't melt, and when it finally did, it was too soggy for the city to open the fields, so many games and practices were cancelled. Mentally it was a tough spring for everyone! But, somehow we survived!