Bailey's Recital Video

I figured out my technical difficulty. Thank you Anne and Darrel, our neighbors, for the use of your video camera. I guess it might by time to invest in one. Bailey was a bit distracted at the beginning of the video, one of her fellow classmates wasn't sure about coming on stage. Bailey was much more interested in her than in following along with the performance. After that she did pretty well. Bailey and her class only had about 7 sessions in total. I think they all did pretty well. We are so proud of you Bailey.

Bailey's Dance Recital

Bailey as the Garden Fairy
Lexy with our little star

Miss Sarah (her teacher's helper) and Bailey

The final bow

Bailey had her dance recital on Sunday. The production was held at Millikan High School and was about two hours long. Bailey did wonderfully, we were on holding our breath to see if she would actually make it on stage. She did and she even made it back on stage for the final bow. The Los Altos Dance Company puts on a wonderful performance and it is run so smoothly. Bailey has been playing all morning pretending the entire house is her stage. She keeps asking when we are going back to dance class. We tried to tape the performance, but had a little technical difficulty. I will get her performance from the dance studio and post it as soon as I can.

My Couch Potato

We (well, at least I did) thought it was so cute when Boomer was a puppy and he would get up on the couch and snuggle with us. Six years later we are still with our cute, snuggly puppy dog of just 80 pounds who sheds like a...I don't even know what to call the amount of fur this dog sheds. As punishment for today, yes we still are trying to break him of the habit (sort of), I had Raif have a "still" horsey ride. Raif loved it and I really think I could have done anything to Boomer as long as I let him stay on the couch.

Sarah's Birthday at Naples Concert in the Park

Bailey and Reagan dancing
My mom feeding Raif near the end of the concert

Sarah and me

Bailey dining on fried chicken

Colby with the crew

The first Naples Concert in the Park kicked off on Tuesday. We got to listen to fun music and celebrate Sarah's birthday. We had tons of food, wine and people to celebrate. We dined on Albertson's fried chicken, deviled eggs, watermelon and lot of other delicious food. I didn't include a lot of the picutres, so be sure to go to Sarah's blog for more of the fun: www.aaronandsarahireland.blogspot.com

Happy Birthday Sarah!

Memorial Trip cont.

Colby's dream boat.
Bailey and I driving the boat.

Raif and Colby taking a break from driving.

We decided to pack up the kids, dogs, and invited my mom to go for a little trip to Catalina. Colby's fishing trip got cancelled so we all went to Cherry Cove so Colby didn't pout too much over the weekend. We had a great time, although the weather was a bit chilly since it was so windy. Boomer was the only one who wanted to go in the water since it was so cold. We had fun cooking on the boat and went to the Isthmus to have a Buffalo's Milk and ice cream for Bailey.

Memorial Day Trip to Catalina

Bailey and my mom playing with Colby's fishing equipment
Boomer was traumatized by the boat ride over and didn't budge when the cushion was on him.

Bailey and Lily going for a ride in the little boat.

Boomer taking a swim

Lily stole Boomer's bone my mom brought. She wanted back inside.

Are You a Princess or a Queen?

Bailey was watching a segment on Noggin about a firefighters. The little girl hosting the segment said she wanted to be a fireman when she grew up, and posted the question "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Bailey yelled out, "A Princess!" (The things she says cracks me up)

This reminded me of when I was teaching in Long Beach. A fellow teacher was going on interviews at a new district in Manhattan and was asked the question, "Are you a Queen or a Princess?" in her interview.

We all thought it was a peculiar question, but it did spark such interesting lunch time talk. This was about 9 years ago, and my answer was a princess. I loved being taken care of and did not like making all of the decisions.

I have not thought about that question for nearly 9 years.

Well, let me tell you...9 years later, at 33 years of age, a master's degree, many teaching and curriculum positions, a husband, two dogs, two children and a home of my own that we built from the ground up...I am now a queen. I like things the way I like them, I have no problem telling people what I want or making decisions. I still get all of the benefits of being a princess, ie. I am well taken care of...and I now understand why my colleague answered a queen!

Have fun discussing with your girlfriends and I would love to hear what your answer is.