The love of music

This post is also from June 2011

Anyone who knows us, knows of our love for music.  Especially live music.  The kids share that with us, and enjoy seeing live music.  We were so lucky that one of our favorite bands, Dangermuffin, was scheduled to play at a local bar restaurant near where we live.

The kids loved it!  We were all honored to meet and chat with the band.  They were even nice enough to autograph a poster for us.

We had such an amazing day!  

Peace and love......

Marshall is such a big boy now!

Let me start off by saying that I have fallen behind on my blog this summer.  Shame on me!!  This post is from June 2011

My little Bubby Butt as I call him, is now fully potty trained!!  FINALLY!

Life would be so boring without this little man in my life.  Marshall certainly makes life interesting.  He is hilarious, cute and quite the handful at times.  He is a ball of energy.  He has this brightness about him.  He rarely cries or carries on about things.

The most amazing quality of this child is his unselfishness.  I have never seen a child that is so completely giving.  For instance while getting the kids a double Popsicle he realized that I gave him the last one.  He looks at me and says "Mommy you don't have one"  I said "It's ok Marshall"  He immediately, without hesitation broke it in half and handed half to me.

This child is a light in my life.  I can be having the worst day, and he just looks at me and smiles and I feel a warmth from him.  He can drive me completely crazy with his antics and then out of the blue he will say "I love you Mommy" and my heart melts.

Marshall you mean the world to me.  I see nothing but amazing things in your future, and I can't wait to see the person you will grow into someday.

Jaylee's Dance Recital

This past weekend Jaylee had her annual dance recital.  She takes a dance class called "Twinkle Babies" it's a creative movement dance class for 4 and 5 year olds.

She danced to "All Shook Up" and her and all of the girl's did such a great job.  As you can see she certainly didn't mind dressing up and getting her hair and make-up done!

She danced both Friday night and on Saturday afternoon.

Jaylee after her first night performing

Here is the whole group of girls that Jaylee dances with.  This is their second year dancing together, and they have all become such good friends.  It's amazing how well they all play and interact together.  They never fight or fuss, they just have lots of fun dancing together.

SILLY face time!!

 Jaylee was so happy to get flowers delivered back stage from her brother Marshall on Saturday.

Posing on stage after her Saturday performance.  She was pretty tired from all of the craziness of recital, but she had so much fun doing it!  We plan on keeping her in dance for as long as she likes it, and we are going to keep the whole group of girls together if we can.  

I noticed that she is starting to change again.  She's growing and looking less like a pre-schooler and more like a little girl.  I just can't believe how fast it is going by.  She just finished with Pre-K and starts kindergarten in the fall.

I am so proud of her and the little girl she is becoming.  She is so smart and sweet.  Overall she is such a good girl, who cares about others and is full of life.  I hope it stays that way!!

Peace and love......

Vacation Part 8, The Last Stop, Florida Central Zoo

We got off the boat in the morning and had 8 hours to spare before our train left, so we decided to go to the Florida Central Zoo.

At the zoo they had a Bungee trampoline jump, the kids loved it!

My free spirit!

Marshall's turn!

Marshall was belly laughing so hard, that we were all laughing.

The Florida Zoo was so beautiful!

Marshall Man striking a pose!

This is was the last stop of our vacation!  It was perfect in every way.  We bonded and relaxed as a family and the kids traveled and behaved so well.  Russ and I are so lucky to have these wonderful kids.  We had the most amazing time, and I will never forget it.  I am so lucky to have these wonderful people in my life, it's all I need.  Russ and the kids I love you so much!

Peace and love.......

Vacation Part 7, Bahamas Castaway Cay Island

Our last stop, before coming back home was at Disney's private island in the Bahamas called Castaway Cay.  It was wonderful!  We were, again, blessed with perfect weather; which made for a perfect day.

The scenery was gorgeous, and the island was so much fun.

I think we all enjoyed this day the most.  The kids love the beach!

  

My little diva!

Relaxin' in a hammock, life is good!

They had a little splash park area, it was a perfect place to cool off, and rinse the sand off.

Passed out!

Another visit from Daisy Duck!

This is Marco, one of our waiters.  We had the same waiters each night for dinner.  The kids LOVED him.  Marco would bend over backwards to make sure they were happy.

Our last visit with Mickey and Minnie!  This cruise went way too fast.  This day was so relaxing.  Just hanging out at the beach and exploring.  The whole trip was relaxing.  Disney spoiled us rotten.  It will be a hard adjustment going back to reality!

Peace and love.....