"Fish Are Friends, Not Food"

Audrey was invited to the birthday party of one of Bill's co-worker's daughter.  It was held at the Cleveland Aquarium and it was our first time there.  We had a great time seeing big turtles, sharks, sting rays and we even tried to find Nemo.  Unfortunately, we never did find him but Audrey loved the underwater tunnel and even started quoting from Nemo when the sharks swam by - "Hello, my name is Bruce."

Pin the Tail on the Donkey

She was a little freaked out by the teeth:

Crawling!!!

VIVIAN IS CRAWLING!!!  Officially and going forward, our little Viv is crawling.  She first did it at school when I was picking her up today.  We're in trouble now!

Winter Gala

A couple weeks ago, the girls' school put on a winter gala where each classroom sang for us.  Audrey's class sang Edelweiss, Do Re Mi and You've Got a Friend in Me.  Audrey was so cute practicing her songs in the weeks leading up the gala.  I didn't know what songs they were planning to sing so I was actually quite suprised the first time I heard her quietly singing Edelweiss under her breath.  She knew every word.  Unfortunately, I think we've dropped our camera a few too many times so most of the pics I took came out blurry but here are a few.  We were instructed to have the kids wear green shirts and the smallest we could find was a 4T.  The poor thing was swimming in it! 

Vivian promptly fell asleep.

At dinner afterwards.

Life These Days

Once again I have fallen into the "I'm too busy" trap and have ignored the blog.  I don't know why I can't get my act together.  I have a list of posts in front of me that I'm going to get started on and my goal is to have one new post each day for at least the next week.

In the meantime -

Vivian is doing well and is SO ready to crawl....forward, that is.  She can go backwards and in circles like a champ but she just can't get any forward momentum.  She tries really hard though and I can tell she's getting annoyed.  If you ask her to clap her hands, however, she'll willingly do so.  :)

Audrey is awesome.  We just love this girl to pieces.  She's working on adding and subtracting now and can do so pretty impressively.  Trust me when I say that we do not sit down and show her math flashcards.  We just taught her 1+1=2 and she took it and ran.  Mensa will be calling any day now.  Lol.

Bill and I are actually finding time for ourselves which usually never happens.  Last weekend, we stole away for a really good dinner from one of our favorite chefs in town.  They have this dish called Foie Gras Donuts and it is similar to a jelly donut but with foie gras inside and no powdered sugar.  I know it sounds iffy but it is ridiculously yummy.  After that, one of his co-workers held a small party at her house so we went and hung out for a few hours.  I really like his co-workers and their spouses and wish we could get together more often.  They're all just as busy as he is so our parties are few and far between.  Bill and I have a double-date coming up with our neighbors and are going to another one of our favorite restaurants by the same chef and we're so excited.  It's the same place that we went for Bill's birthday last year and this time I won't be pregnant!!

And on that note - Vivian is 9 months old today!  Crazy!  Now hopefully I can stick to my goal and get this blog rolling again.

Pearly Whites

Audrey had her first dentist appointment EVER today!  She was such a rock star and acted as though she'd been seeing the dentist for years.  I can't believe how lucky we are that we have such a sweet little girl.  She picked out the chocolate toothpaste (I was gagging) and sat patiently while they cleaned her teeth, only flinching a little whenever they'd put a new instrument into her mouth.  She even handled the flossing like a pro.  After a clean report - no cavities! - she went home with 3 princess stickers and a new (black!?) toothbrush!  I am so, so proud of my little baby girl. 

Our Little Ballerina

I am just giddy over this - Audrey took her first ballet class!  It's just a 6 week intro class which will be perfect to gauge her interest.  Judging on her twirls and dance moves while exclaiming "I'm a ballerina!" I think she'll love it.  I'm hoping to enroll her in an actual dance class starting in the fall and bridge the gap with short little classes like this one.  It's legit though, she's required to have the full getup of a leotard, tights and ballet slippers.  We took her shopping this weekend and she's so excited!  I even bought a sock bun maker for her hair (and mine too!) so she fully looks the part.  She danced around for a good half hour while I took some pics.

Here she is in action!  It's not the best picture - she's right in the middle, I hope to take better ones over the next few weeks.  I did take lots of videos.  :)