Ballerina Grace!

My sweet baby Grace is such a big girl now! Memorial Day weekend marked Grace's first dance recital, and she did fabulously! We joined dance class in January, and Grace enjoyed it so much. Thursdays with Miss Rachel were so much fun; Grace worked very hard (as was evidenced by her intense concentration on the placement of her feet during her dance)! We're very proud of you, baby girl!

Jackson ran for the hills as soon as we arrived at the recital. He was far more interested in the geese than Grace.

Grace and her fellow ballerinas before their performance. You can see how seriously she takes this dancing business!

Mama and Grace

My beautiful ballerina

I can't believe how nervous I was before Grace came on stage. I knew how fun the pre-school dance classes were to watch, especially if there were one or two children who stood there, picked their noses, and twirled in circles. However, those children could not be mine! Grace did great! She even earned her very first ballerina trophy for a job wonderfully done! Bravo!

Passover and Easter

Time is just flying! We have had an extremely busy month, but we are having tons of fun and are spending lots of time with family and friends.

Grace and Jackson were able to celebrate both Passover and Easter this April. Grace put on an adorable skit at school, and we've been singing songs about matzah and baby Moses constantly. Jackson is fascinated with easter eggs, so we've been opening, filling, hiding, and finding eggs for months now! (Jelly beans were the all-time favorite.)

Grace enjoyed a lovely seder at school! They literally gave her 2 cups of raisins and chocolate chips...we had a great day after that!!

Grace and Allison laughing and playing (and kissing) at the Edelstein's seder.

We had a great Easter egg hunt at Pop Jerry's with Zachary. Grace hid all the eggs, then sprinted across the yard when the hunt began! We hid plastic and dyed eggs all around the outside of the house. We told them that they needed to be careful with the dyed eggs because they were breakable...Grace started calling them glass eggs and hid them all in a pile in the middle of the yard. Zach knew they didn't contain candy so he left them all to Grace; she was in heaven!!!!


Jackson enjoyed watching his sister and cousin run around like crazy fools. Once he found his first egg that contained jelly beans, he was content eating every single one of them while they hunted for the rest!

This was the result of his sister not sharing jelly beans with him!

Although this video probably won't be enjoyed by everyone, it makes me laugh harder and longer every time I watch it. Grace looks like she's going to fall asleep during the song, and finds energy only to yawn, pick her wedgie, and beat something up with a shovel! ...oh, and to clap for herself at the end of her performance!

Aunt Baba

Jackson is in love with his Aunt Becca, or Aunt Baba as he likes to say. He carries her picture around all day long and gives her kisses. If I happen to say her name in casual conversation, he runs to the door because he thinks shes's there...which is simultaneously cute and heartbreaking because she's always at work.

While we were having snack time today, Jackson brought her along...

We love you Neen! We'll see you this weekend!

Tutu time!

Last week, Grace started a ballet class. She's in absolute heaven, and I am so thrilled that she's loving it this much. Her recital is Memorial Day weekend, and hopefully, we'll still be loving it because we already had to pay for the costume! This morning we were getting ready for class, and Jackson decided to go through Grace's dress-up trunk. He walked over to the 2 of us, grunted, and handed us his costume choice. Grace and I never laughed so hard...it was so much fun! After parading around in the tutu, he picked up a wand and started saying "bibbidy, boppity, boo!" We have been saying it non-stop since Disney, so this in itself wasn't surprising. Of course, when I grabbed the camera, he threw down the wand and just wanted to play with the camera, but this is what we captured! ...Daddy will be proud!

Snow Day!

Yesterday we had a snow day! Although it was rainy and slushy most of the day, it was still fun because Grace and Jackson both get super-excited to see the snow out the window. I didn't get the video camera fast enough, but once Grace was bundled up, she went out on the back patio and started doing snow angels. What was so cute though, was the fact that she did them face down in the snow! My silly goose! Later in the day, we made it outside with Gram to shovel the driveway and watch the plow clear the streets....Jackson LOVED this! Grace also re-enacted David's Disney Marathon over (and over) again in the icy driveway! She is such a ham! (Please ignore my voice!)