Birthday Girl...5 Whole Years Old!

This and That

Tiny Dancer(s)

Last weekend I had my very first dance recital of the 'Kids in Motion' Jazz, Tap and Ballet class I have been taking this fall.  Mom and Dad (along with all the other parents) came video-equipped and caught the action on tape.
Here we go:

The Program

1.  Head & Shoulders

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUeBtYyvzJQ&context=C25decADOEgsToPDskKprj0yH029oLNQkPkdtK9Y

2.  Beauty & the Beast

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8L0Sw0QxXU&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

3.  Port-de-Bras

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDic7ubcAg4&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

4.  Plie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRu6YPG5VHE&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

5.  Tondue

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkNel4d65Ec&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

6.  Chicken Dance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoLdigJrv5M&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

(plus value added dances...)

7. The Twist

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyzT4dhfApw&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

8.  Ring Around the Rosie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WlKy7xcHzI

Eye Spy!

Celebration Station

You would think 33 is some sort of special age...

Dad had lots of celebrations for his birthday this year.  

Which is great! 

He deserves it.

Plus we all got to eat a LOT of cake.  Mom and I made a heart-shaped, double-layered chocolate cake from scratch, topped with home made buttercream chocolate icing.  It was gooooood (if we do say so ourselves).

Then at Grandma and Grandpa's we had another huge delicious chocolate cake with dad's name on it!  

Yum.

Portrait-Perfect

This past weekend we went to see Grandma's art show at the library in Thornbury.  When we got there, Grandma and Grandpa had planned a big surprise for my mom and dad...they had commissioned a portrait of Yours Truly as a special gift!  Even I knew about it but kept it a secret (I am really good at that now).

Here are some shots of my surprised, thrilled parents when they came upon my beautiful portrait hanging on the wall of the art show!

The phrase that comes to mind is... Gotcha'!

Happy Birthday Daddy-O!

Shifting Sands...

It's a good thing Mom and I are spending so much time together, because I am growing up...FAST!  

I, - who has never been interested in makeup (makes me gag), stuff on my lips (ditto), or dressup (unless pretending to be an animal) - took a different turn today.

I decided to set up my own barber shop in the bathroom, barring mom from entering at all costs.  I requested supplies - clips, makeup, hairbrush - and went to work.

I even wanted to put perfume on, while normally scented anything sends me into gagging fits.  I put lots on.

Shifting sands, Mom said.

I found the results pleasing, especially after adding a few wardrobe elements.  

Mom and I then did a play together (the audience was my invisible dog, Chiwowee, a chihuahua) about me being a motorcycle mama and mom being my kid who I took for her first ride on my motorbike.