The Show That Didn't Go On...

Alyssa and I enjoyed taking a dance class together this year. Alyssa had a lot of fun in the class, and I did, too. Her class learned a short little dance to perform in the school's end of the year recital. Alyssa liked most of the class, but she never showed the greatest enthusiasm for the dance routine itself. At dress rehearsal she cried every time she got up on stage. Whenever I took her down from the stage, she said that she wanted to go back up and dance.


You can see her anxiety in this picture, poor girl. She had the biggest case of stage fright. Long story short, the actual day of the performance she was adamant about not wanting to go up on stage. So, we didn't even take her to the performance, but ended up spending the day as a family. Next year, I think we'll see if she likes gymnastics.


This was just such a sweet picture, Abigail looking up at her big sister.

Here is Alyssa just looking cute in her costume. At least we had fun together through the year!

Easter, Better Late than Never

Mostly for the grandparents who live so far away, I wanted to go back and catch up on some of the things I have missed blogging about. For Easter we took Alyssa and Abigail to an Easter egg hunt in Farmington, CT, at a miniature golf place. It was nice because they had the hunt divided into age ranges, so the little kids could be sure to get some eggs. There was a hunt in Stamford we thought about going to, but since we will live down there next year, we decided on this one.

Alyssa loved her Easter basket. She helped me pick it out. I think she liked having the basket more than the egg hunt.

Here we are all lining up for our turn. They only allowed one parent to go with each child. It's a good think we have two kids, or I might have missed seeing Alyssa hunt for eggs.




When we got home, we of course had to dye our own. This was another first for Alyssa, and technically for Abigail, but she was otherwise engaged, as you will briefly see.

Alyssa loved dyeing eggs. She was fascinated by the whole process. She kept asking for days afterward if it was time to dye eggs again. I think the red was her favorite, or maybe green. Green has been her favorite color lately.



Abigail occupied her time playing while we experimented with colors.



This is just a really cute clip of Alyssa with the easter eggs.



And not to leave out the furry members of our family, here we all are, except for Dan who is holding the camera. Yes, our house is pretty crazy, but most definitely fun.