6/12/10: Lauren's Dance Recital Dress Rehearsal

Lauren had her first Dance Recital dress rehearsal today. She did so great! She had so much fun and loved being on stage. We can only take pictures at the dress rehearsal, so these will be the only ones.

The back of her hair. Hopefully Mommy can do this again tomorrow for the real thing.

Her with Ms. Ellen - the owner. Mommy had her as a dance teacher when she was young.

On stage loving it.

All of her class.

Doing her routine.So cute!

Bouncing.

She just did her front roll which is why she is on the ground.

Skipping off the stage.

Doing a stradle after being all done dancing.

I love this one!

And some video:

6/11/10: Last Day of Pre-School for Evan Ever

It is happy and sad at the same time - Evan's last day of Pre-school. I can hardly believe it! It feels like just yesterday he was starting school. Here is the post from his first day ever of school. My little man is growing up so fast. I wish I could freeze time. I know Kindergarten will be a great experience and he will have so much fun, but it brings a tear too. Luckily Lauren will be going to the same Pre-School so we will be there for another two years. All of his school posts are here. On the last day they got to wear their PJs and eat pancakes. Yum!

Here is a card we made for his teacher.

Congrats to the Graduates! We have Graduation next week, I am bringing lots of tissues for that.
Evan waiting to come out.
Last day is over!

6/6/10: Gymnastic Show

Today was Evan and Lauren's Gymnastics show at GymStreet USA. They had such a good time and did awesome for their first show ever. They even got medals which they were very excited about. Evan did a routine and then a set of different things on equipment and Lauren's team went out in between many of the routines and displayed what they are learning. We are so proud of the job they did! There is some video also below of the great job they did.

Here is some video of them being introduced:

Evan excited with us all cheering him on.

Here is some video of his routine:
Lauren ready to run and jump up. Some video of her running and jumping to flip:
Evan doing a front roll. Video of him on the equipment
Evan happy his routine is done and getting all the applause. Lauren excited she is done too and waving to Mommy and Daddy.Lauren on the bar flipping around. It is hard to believe this was her when she started. Some video of her on the bar:
Some more video of her doing her front rolls:
And bouncing on the trampoline (which she loves):
Proud Mommy and Daddy with their true GymStars!

6/4/10: Evan and Lauren - How Quickly They Have Grown

In honor of Lauren's 3rd Birthday and Evan's 5th Birthday I thought I would recap the years of these two sweet kids. It is amazing how fast the time has gone. It feels like just yesterday Evan was a baby. Actually it feels like I was pregnant with him not long ago at all. I can't believe that baby will start school next year. My other baby Lauren is getting so big now too. It all is going so fast. There are links within this post to previous birthdays.
Here is Evan at 2 and Lauren at 2 weeks.

Them in April of this year. They really love each other:
Lauren's 3rd Birthday recap:
Lauren at 3 days old:
3 months old:
1 Year Old:
2 Years Old:
Now at 3 Years Old - a little girl who does Dance, Swim, and Team for Gymnastics:

Evan's 5th Birthday Party recap.

Evan's actual birthday - Party at Daycare:

Party at school:

Evan just born:

3 Months Old:

1 Year Old:

2 Years Old:

3 Years Old:

4 Years Old:

And now a 5 Years Old boy who plays Soccer, Swims, Ice Skates, does Gymnastics, and T-ball :

We are looking forward to lots more exciting things from these two. Can't wait to see what the next 5 years will bring.

5/31/10: Roger Williams Zoo Fun

We always have fun when we go to the Roger Williams Zoo in RI. This will be our third trip there. It was a big Zoo week as we also went to the Stone Zoo on Thursday.

This was my favorite animal, a little red panda. There were also some cool sea otters that made some funny noises that made us laugh.
And the kids hanging out.

The elephants were Evan's favorite. Everytime we get there they seem to be getting bathed. They are very clean elephants.

And Lauren's favorite was the giraffe.

Evan is going to be a frog in his pre-school graduation so we thought it was appropriate that he was sitting on one.

Lauren sitting on a doggy.
Evan on the Carousel that they have in the park. He thought the giraffe was cool.
And Lauren on the horsey.
Lauren hanging out with this little worm guy. This little girl will pose with anything.