"Thriller"

This year Paige had the opportunity to learn Michael Jackson's Thriller Dance with a group of dancer's.  She practiced every Saturday in October to prepare for the big performance at our local Downtown Trick R Treat party.  Their group danced 3 times down Main St.  Paige did a great job!

Dance teacher Shawna and Paige as Zombie's!

All dancers dressed up as Zombie's.  It took lots of persuading to get Paige to put on white and black face paint, but once she saw the finished product in the mirror she was excited! 

Visit to the pumpkin patch

I believe this was our 5th annual trip to the pumpkin patch with our great friends, Stephanie, Kael and Natalie.  It was definately more work this year!  The pumpkin patch seemed to be 5 miles away and there were no carts for hauling, what seemed to be, 50lb pumpkins back to our cars.  Oh well, we had fun together no matter what.  Paige had so much fun that she cried half the way home!


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It is so fun to look back at pictures from previous years!  Kael and Paige are 12 days apart in age.  They go to different schools and don't get to see each other as much as we would like, but they are still crazy about each other and have so much fun.



Happy Fall!

Whew!  The month of September flew by for our family.  I would like to say that life is going to slow down but I just don't think it ever does when you have a child.  Paige absolutely loves everything about school. She wakes up way too early "every morning" with such excitement to start another day.

Paige has decided she wants to take Jazz/Hip Hop this year instead of Ballet/Tap.  She is currently learning the dance to "Thriller" to perform at the Halloween party downtown.  Every Saturday in October she will have practice for two hours.  I was a little worried about that but she does great and loves it!  We have taken in a couple of fair's this month.  This picture was taken at our local fair.  Paige is posing in front of her class artwork.  Her class won 2nd place for their little farmer drawings!  I took a four day trip to Wisconsin for my friend's wedding.  Curtis did a great job getting Paige to and from school.  Paige lost her 2nd tooth while I was gone.  I was a little worried about the tooth fairy forgetting to visit but he did good!  We are excited that Fall is finally here.  We have yet to visit the pumpkin patch but are looking forward to such a great photo opportunity, buying apples and apple cider.

First Day of 1st Grade

Oh happiness!  This girl is so excited and so ready to go to school all day.  Well, today is that day!  She says that she is most excited about recess and hot lunch.  I know her very well and there just isn't anything that she "won't"  like about 1st grade.  She rode off on the BIG kid bus this morning never once looking back or even saying goodbye to her mommy.  Yes, I was the only mom at the bus stop, but she better get use to it.  She is still only 6 yrs old!

I can't wait to pick her up at school today at 3:30 and hear all about her first day as a 1st grader!  We are so proud of her and who she is growing to be.  She is an awesome kid!

She did it!

Paige has officially learned how to ride her bike without training wheels! She loves it and we are so proud of her.

After almost all summer of having no peddles on her bike, for balancing purp0ses, Paige said she wanted to put her peddles back on so she could ride her bike. Curtis and I observed her balancing skills as she launched down the driveway into the garage. At this moment she just looked older and so ready to take on this new adventure. Curtis was excited, too, and put those peddles back on. It was off to the park we went! Curtis ran along side Paige barely placing his hand on her back and occasional helping her out. It was a great night of practice!

Early the next morning, Paige was anxious to go out and ride her bike again! Curtis joined in her excitement and off they went. Immediately, Paige took off all on her own. It was an awesome experience for all of us! Here I was out in the street at 7:45 a.m., in my pajamas, taking video of Paige riding her bike. We are all so happy and to accomplish this by the end of summer was even better. It was high on our list of things to accomplish and Paige was happy to check it off the list.

Now, each day we load up our bikes and go down to the levy to ride bikes. It is a great way to spend time as a family!

Summer is coming to an end and ...

we still have fun things to get done.  Where has the summer gone?  It can't be over yet, can it?  In June, I was worried that Paige and I would be bored but that just hasn't happened this summer.  We may have been "too" busy because school starts in two weeks and Paige still does not know how to tie her own shoes and she still does not know how to ride her bike without training wheels.  Those two things were high on my list of things to do this summer.  Oh well, we will get there eventually.  Her fellow classmates and friends can't do one or both of those things either, so I won't worry too much.

Mom, Paige and I just returned from Silverdale, WA.  Just the three of us took a road trip to visit the McMickens, Houns and Aunt Loupy.  It was a great week of relaxation!  Paige hardly paid attention to me as she was so busy hanging out with her 2nd cousins.  One day we took the ferry over to Seattle and met up with my Aunt Loupy and rode The Ducks.  It was a great tour around downtown Seattle and Lake Union.  Later that evening the older boys "kid-sat" the three younger girls while the adults went out to dinner.  The kids did very well on their own.  We have been home for four days and Paige is still telling me little stories here and there about what they did.  One story was about spilling ice cream on Lori's carpet and another was about the smoke alarms going off and the boys hitting the alarms with the broom handle.  It is so funny to listen to her tell her side of the story.  Great memories were made!

Just Because.......

I really love this picture!

This picture was taken up at Winchester Lake