Shannon's First Dance Recital

The recital did not disappoint. Just watch:

I think I've watched it about 30 times now and still laugh out loud. It just never gets old.

When you put Shannon and Natalie together, they totally feed off of each other. Let's just say that they were ready to be stars on recital day.

Charlie's Angels

Self-initiated pageant entrance. Kid you not, they were Miss America waving to the crowd.


Shannon and Natalie crept from the group line to center stage by the time the song was over.

Kelly spent most of the performance trying to escape to the other side of the gym.
Thank God for Aunt Kathy.

Quirky

Sorry for lack of pictures... I "lost" the battery charger for the camera awhile back but Chris "found" it today. Umm, 6 inches from the outlet it is normally kept in. Proof I am losing it.

So, in lieu of adorable photos, let me tell me about the weirdos.

My favorite Kelly quirk these days is that she insists on putting on a fresh pair of socks before nap and before bed. (But she's falling asleep on her own like a champ again, so guess who gets a fresh pair of socks before nap and before bed everytime?) Keeping with the foot theme, she's also in love with her "pippers" (aka slippers) and there is a whole practiced exchange about not wearing them to school, church, Target, library, etc that we go through on a daily basis.

Shannon is going through a phase of not liking foods mixed together. She'll eat a tortilla, black beans and cheddar on their own, but give her a quesadilla and she refuses it with her signature "what on earth are you thinking? stare. She's very into being big enough to take classes; case in point, as we drove by a bowling alley today and we were explaining/asking her if she'd like to go some time, she replied, "I think I want to take bowling lessons."