Annabelle's First Ballet Class

We decided to enroll Annabelle in a 2's Ballet/Tap Combo class at a small studio down in Lakewood.  Three of our friends are enrolled in the same class; each of them has an older sibling Caden's age, so he has friends to play with while Annabelle's in class.  I had originally planned on enrolling Annabelle in gymnastics this year, but I had trouble finding a class that worked with our schedule.  And then when I asked Annabelle if she would prefer to take gymnastics or ballet, she emphatically chose ballet!

Trying on her first pair of ballet slippers.

 

I took a few pictures of her before we headed to the studio.

 

Her little bun. 

 

Her teacher helping her put her shoes on before class. 

 

Waiting for class with her friend Belle. 

 

Ready for class to start. 

 

Waiting her turn during class. 

 

My little ballerina! 

 

Lined up with her friends after class: Annabelle, Isla Baker, Belle Hartgrove, and Evelyn Murry. 

 

I decided to make Annabelle's ballet bag.  Here are a few pic's.

First Day of Pre-K4 and Pre-K2's

Annabelle and Caden started school two weeks ago on August 25th.  Annabelle is now old enough to go to the preschool at our church, the Child Development Program at Highland Park UMC.  Annabelle's excited to go to a "big kid" school with Caden, and Mommy's pretty excited about one drop off!

I made the kids matching outfits.  Here are a few pictures before school.

 

 

Annabelle wouldn't stop making this cheese face. 



Annabelle's big girl room

Even though we moved Annabelle into her big girl bed a few months ago, I finally finished the sewing projects that I wanted to do for her new décor.  Here are a few pictures of her new room.

 

I usually cut Caden's hair, but I decided to take him to get it cut the week before school.  Here's a pic of his 3rd professional hair cut.

 

Annabelle waited patiently.

 

The kids had one week between their summer school and the new school year.  We had a few lazy mornings.  Here's a selfie of us enjoying a leisurely breakfast.

 

Some craft time. 

 

My little helper taste testing the muffins. 

 

I can't believe it's September and football season.  Our house is ready with this wreath that I made for our front door.



Trip to Houston

We went down to Houston to visit Bob, Rebecca, Abby, Jack, Hallie, and James in mid August.  We had so much fun.  The kids just love playing with their cousins. 

Annabelle with her only girl cousins.  She especially loved playing with Hallie.

 

All 6 Juillerat grandkids. 

 

Fri morning we went and fed the ducks.  Jack was also trying to catch turtles, but didn't have any luck that day. 

 

Caden having fun at the playground with James. 

 

Friday afternoon, Bob took us to tour his fire station.  Caden thinks it's pretty cool to have an uncle that's a real fire fighter.  Caden wants to be a fire fighter when he grows up.  You can see Caden peeking through the other side of the fire rescue boat.

 

Climbing up on the big truck used for hurricane/flood rescues. 

 

Annabelle driving the fire truck. 

 

Caden in the driver's seat with Bob explaining to him the different controls. 

 

Trying on Bob's helmet. 

 

Caden put on Bob's boots, but he didn't want to pull on his whole suit. 

 

Abby trying on her Dad's gear. 

 

The kids were pretending to fight a fire.  They would hop in the truck and drive, and then hop out and pretend to roll out the hoses to spray the fire.  Jack driving with Caden in the passenger seat. 

 

Caden's turn to drive to the "fire".