Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn't music. ~William Stafford

~Getting ready for dance photo's with her cousin~

~Grammie the "retired dance mom" was volunteered to do hair and make up for both~

~I was there as moral support~

 ~watching Tangled~

~Not impressed with the mother~

~Does this look comfortable?~

~Answer:NO~

~But she was~

~Mmmmmmm.........Muffin~

 

~Finished product~

~All Real All Hers~

 ~And now Tatum~

~she was not enjoying the hair brushing part~

~Thank you for hot rollers~

 

~love the look~

 ~on to make up~

~Emerson was looking forward to this all day~

~This was a Toddlers and Tiaras moment~

~except i'm not CRAZY

 ~She sat like she goes through this process everyday~

~ From 4 to 16~

~And Tatum~

~she was not to sure on the actual applying of the  make up~

~she had to have it done twice~

~she must learn that beauty comes at a cost~

~Funny enough the mascara was the easiest thing to get on her~

 ~Beautiful~

 

~ Costumes on it's Photo Time~

~Emerson was already unimpressed that I wanted m y own photo's of her~

 ~Dance poses~

 ~one more~

Lincoln-a posse ad esse

~Today my youngest turns 2~

~This past weekend was his party~

~Lots of Family~

~Lots of Gifts~

~And Cars~

~And more Cars~

~the "store bought" cake was delish~

~I'm sure everyone was pleased that I didn't make it~

~I know I was~

~I love the shirt that Auntie Val got him~

~I also love that she searched Edmonton to find one in his size~

~I am not sure which one i like more????~

~Lincoln

exploring

 the back yard~

~not liking the stroller to get in the snow~

~Yes it is pink~

~No it is not his~

~Creepy but i am fond of it~

~more Cars~

~Our land~

~Puddles~

~JUST Swinging~

B & W

I took this week off work to because the kids have spring break at school so between spending some quality time with the kids, 

I was able to sit down and work a little on my photo's with Lightroom 3.3.  

Here are a few edits I was able to accomplish of the kids:

 

Emerson

This post is a little late but it will be done none the less,  Emerson turned 4 about a month ago and this is all about her.

She is a middle child and the only girl, the word "Strong-willed" won't even come close to describing her stubbornness, I worry what she will be like as a teenager as she can be over emotional at times, but when she is happy it is extremely infectious just by seeing her eyes sparkle and gorgeous smile.  She is sarcastic and quick witted and not only will she want to dress up and be pretty, once she is dolled up she would go outside and climb a tree or catch a frog or any other things that Tomboys do.

 As I was planning her birthday I asked her what she would like for a theme, I was thinking she would tell me a general like Fairies or Princesses but instead she look at me and said "Tangeled".  I knew that there would be no compromise with her. 

I purchased a cake so none of the party guests would have to endure my baking but that also meant looking for a store that could make us something.  After 4 or 5 grocery stores one was able to help us out.  Which made it worth the search,  watching Emerson show everyone her cake as soon as they walked in the door.

 

For the party bags I filled them with candy and these hair ties that I made with felt, elastics and ribbon. The idea was keep it simple!

Below are some of the photos I took of the birthday party:

Love Day!

With it being Valentine's Day I figure this would be a prefect time to acknowledge my 

"Better half"  or as he like to go by ....... 

Ryan. 

 

A little bit of love

I will start off by saying anyone who knows me well enough will know that I am the last person in the world that would do nor be interested in doing any thing that was in the least bit "Crafty".  

My theory is if you can buy it in a store; spend the money and get it.  

Well, this weekend to the shock of a few (including myself) I decided to make chocolates for 

Dakota (6) to give to his class for Valentines day. 

I enjoyed a great visit with a girlfriend as we proceeded to make about 50 of these little beauties:

We hit up the local Michael's and raided the Wilton brand supplies

 We started off with melting the chocolates, 

pouring them into a squeeze bottles and 

keep them from getting hard by keeping them in some warm water.

 

 Then using a mold we mixed and matched the different colors of chocolate, 

after filling the mold the sticks were added and then we 

left them for 5 mins in a cool place for them to harden.

 

After being removed from the mold they were placed in decorative bags with tags.

To most people they don't look like much and most of them look like Dakota made them but I was pretty impressed with myself for sticking with it.

On a side note:

I think I will be including some photos that I take at the end of each post: 

"The MEOW MEOW'S"

(Dakota was not interested in having the camera in his face this weekend)