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I ♥ Faces - Week 37 - Completely Candid!

The theme this week over at i heart faces is "Completely Candid". I immediately thought of this one. It's not the best pic I've ever taken of the kids but it is one of my favorite. Two completely happy kids! Head on over to i heart faces to check out all the entries.

THREE beautiful kiddos!

So sorry for my leave of absence but this past week-end I experienced my first kidney stone and I was a little under the weather. Well, a lot under the weather! Anyway, maybe I'll get to that story later but this post is all about the kids. Last Wednesday we had the pleasure of spending the afternoon with our friends Diane & her daughter Ellie. Diane & I experience the joy of adoption around the same time and I can't tell you how special it is when we can get together and let our kids play. There aren't too many people in the world I'd rather hang out with. There is a TON of pics of the girls and a few of Jackson. He was only interested in riding the train and eating his bag o cheetos. Oh well....... here goes:

I love this one of Isabel

Here's Miss Ellie!

This totally cracks me up. Monkey see, monkey do!

Wave to the train, Ellie!

Another fav of Iz

This old truck is part of the Vulture Exhibit

Ballet video clip

I shot a bunch of little video clips through the 2 way mirrors at the dance school on Saturday and I just picked a couple for you. Nothing exciting happened just my adorable little girl trying to figure out what the hell is going on. So, so cute. My sweet Iz. I hope she has more fun next Saturday. Makes me so very happy. :)

Ok, the 2nd upload was taking forever so I've only got 1 clip for you. Probably for the best. :)

The Little Ballerinas

Saturday was Isabel's first ballet class and I must say that she was the cutest ballerina in the room! :)
Iz's class is from 11-12 and Ella's is from 12-1 so they can watch each other. Fun, fun, fun!!!
She didn't cry but she was very reserved for her. She is not a shy child but she was literally thrown into a mirrored room with 10 other tutu clad 3 year olds, a piano player and a dance teacher she had never met. There are 2 way mirrors so the parents can watch without the kids seeing you and I laughed so hard. It was just so sweet. She let out a couple of good yawns and didn't seem interested in any actual dancing but she was happy with herself. When she came out she said, "I did pretty good for my first time Mommy, didn't I?" We all clapped and "Bravo"'d her sweet self. None of these pics are of her actually dancing but a couple are from the house before we left and then from in and around the dance school. I did get some video through the glass but haven't uploaded to Youtube yet. I'm anxious to see how next week goes!