Memories

I had to post this picture that Mommalove sent me this morning. This is from our last trip up to MN....James and his dad wore their Father's Day ties to church. One handprint is Bella, the other is Aube...I came across this idea somewhere and thought it was the perfect way to honor them as fathers....and I can't wait till they are older and Papa or Daddy wears the tie and they'll say "I can't believe my hands were ever that little"...
Thanks Momma, it's just the amount of cuteness I needed this morning!

Back!

Enough said.

Tiny dancer...

I was so nicely reminded by my bestest friend, Krista, that I have neglected to blog about Bella's ballet/tap class! I guess I already blogged this in my mind (you know you do that, too) cause I totally had to look back thru my posts and these pictures of my beauty were missing!!
I signed Bella up for the Fall schedule of ballet and tap at a dance studio just around the corner, she started at the beginning of September and has been to two classes so far. The first class, James was able to take her b/c I had a presidency meeting. Turns out you can't really WATCH them while they learn...they go into the big studio, with the big mirror and ballet bar...and we parents sit out in the waiting room and try and peek thru the cracks in the blinds! But you can definitely HEAR what is going on. And I guess Bella had a bit of a cry that first day...not quite for sure what it was about, though! Just one of those things, I guess....
I LOVED picking out the little outfits for her to wear...pink tights! Tap shoes! Pink ballet shoes!
The second class, this past weekend, I was able to take her.....and sit and LISTEN. I SOOO wished the teacher would have had just ONE blind open! But I do understand how distracting parents can be! Especially when you hear "Bella, point your toe, Bella, look at me, Bella pay attention, Bella watch me, Bella.....Bella....Bella.....Bella.....Bella" (You get the picture). And the teacher is as nice as can be....and definitely patient, though she did come out and talk to me later about working with Bella on extending her arms and keeping them up and helping her in someway with her attention span (the things I am NOW hearing from her speech teacher). So, it was a bit frustrating to sit there and listen to that, I had some tears of my own on the way home, trying to figure out what to do to help my little dancing ballerina.
I KNOW she is enjoying it...because later on that day she was showing her daddy some moves!

It's Daddy kind of fun!

I found these pictures on my camera...
James must have took them the other night
when I was working...
What fun they have when Mommy is away!
I will have to let him explain in the comments.

We're so glad when daddy comes home...

Glad as we can be!
James walked in the door after being gone for 2 1/2 days and Aubree sure did clap her hands for joy and Bella giggled with a "YAY home!"
We are all so happy to have him home!
The girls get to do some fun stuff with their daddy....like have pasta planes at dinner and smoothies right after, followed up by some "air time" and dancing to Go Baby. Not to say that I'm not a fun mom ;) but there is just something different when you get to play with daddy.

Father-Daughter fun

Flying with Daddy...

James is an awesome dad.

I remember growing up playing with

my own father like this...

he would fly us around and tickle us crazy

and we loved every minute of it.

I'm so glad my girls are having the same

kind of fun!