Our little dancer!!

Avery started ballet and tap yesterday! She has been so excited to go back to dance. She did jazz for a couple of months but it ended in June and she was pretty sad. So she'll do ballet and tap through the summer and start Jazz again in September for the whole school year. I have to say, I took dance a lot through out my life so it just seems natural for me to put my daughter in it. I seriously can't believe how big she is. She is growing into such a beautiful girl and Erik and I are so proud of her. I can't wait until her recital!!

I'm ready for bed!!!

Getting the kiddos ready for bed is pretty routine around our house. We get them bathed, read a book and Erik brushes the teeth since he's the dentist. After the teeth brushing, Aves usually runs to her bed and climbs in. We soon follow to say prayers and tuck her in. Last night Erik and I walk into her room to find this. Apparently, she was ready for bed with her beanie on. I asked her if she wanted to sleep with it on, she said yes. So, she did. She just makes us laugh. She is always doing the funniest things, and I wish I was better at capturing and recording all of her funny moments. We LOVE this little monkey more than life itself. Already at three, she has so many wonderful qualities. I know she is going to grow up to be an amazing person. We love you Avery!

I just might hate princesses!

I used to think it would be so cute and sweet when the time would come that Avery would love princesses. Now, I am singing a different tune. In fact, I think they drive me crazy. Her obsession has gone to a whole new level. She believes she is a princess and now regular clothes are no longer suitable for this little princess living in my home. It is a fight daily to get her to wear normal clothes. She is quite certain that she needs to wear some sort of dress or she is not a princess. I'm not even kidding when I say she won't even put on a pair of pants or capri's. She throws a wicked fit and I have to threaten to take the princess dresses away. Not to mention that is all she wants to watch now. If it doesn't have a princess in it, it doesn't belong on our television screen. What saddens me the most about all of this is that when ever Erik and I do something for her that we know she'll love, it usually turns into some sort of nightmare for us. Oh what we go through for our kiddos. I just have to remind myself that she is only little once and these minor occurrences, will one day be the least of my problems.