Thursday Night

Thursday night we got to go to Sesame Street Live at the E-Center. Matt got tickets from a friend at work that could not go because he had to work, but Matt had off so we got to go. The girls loved it and had a blast. It was fun to see Emily get so excited at a show like that since our past experiences at Disney on ice have not been so good.

Our Family self photo before the big Elmo show. This is most likely the closest thing that we will get to a Christams picture.

Emily took a nap like a good girl so she would not be too tired for the show. This is how she fell asleep with one finger pointing on her chin.

Ali, Emily and Santa.

This is Emily during the show. She kept waving and yelling at the characters. It was so cute because she loved it. I was even surprised at how much Ali liked it too.

Matt and Emily excited for the show to start.

Emily and Ali comparing Ring Pops before the show started.

The whole gang dancing on Sesame Street.

Abby Cadaby.

Elmo's World! They even had Dorothy in her fish bow. Ali even said "Mom, it would be so cool if Mr. Noodle came out." and sure enough he did.

Elmo and Oscar the Grouch.

This part was my favorite part of the show. It was when Rosita was telling everyone that she wanted to teach people how to teach spanish.

Festival of Trees

Saturday was Ali's dance recital at The Festival of Trees.

Here they are stretching out before the big dance.

Practicing their toe grabs.

Group photo's in front of the Christmas trees.

Time to strike a pose!

Getting ready to go out on stage.

And last, but not least - The dance.

Ali's School Picture

This is Ali's Kindergarten class picture. I am so glad at the way they turned out. I was really worried that she would do her cheesy dance grin if I wasn't there to tell her not to, but she did a wonderful job.

Tired!

Emily has been so sleepy lately and taking naps like clock work. On Saturday we ran to Target really fast for just a couple of things. I knew that she was tired, but I thought she would totally make it till we got back in the car. So as I was grabbing things I noticed her standing up leaning her head on her hand on the handle of the cart. Ali kept saying, "mom, Em is asleep." I thought there was no way that she would have fallen asleep like that, but sure enough she was. I left her standing up like that for awhile, but then I sat her down while we checked out. She rode out in the bumpy parking lot and everything, and was still out like a light. Then she slept in the car and for about 45 more minutes when we got home.

Thanksgiving

We had such a wonderfull Thanksgiving this year. Ali was really excited, I think that the fact that Peggy and Leo have it at the church really makes her year. She loved getting to see all the kids and play fun things with them. Here are some of the kids, minus Ava, Jadon and Miah. I don't know where they were, but they were definately having fun.


The kids thought that the lost and found was the coolest. They were calling it the dress up room. They would come out with all this different stuff on, and parade through the gym in different get-ups. Owen was cracking me up with a witch hat that he found.

Ali enjoying Thelmas pie. She thought it was delicious.

Emily ready to ride the scooter.

The kids loved playing on the stage. I think it made them feel important. In the dress up room they found a big long peice of rope that we taught them all how to jumprope. They did really good, and had to perform for everyone on the stage.

Jadon, Emily and Brooklyn all cruisin in the gym.

Thanks Peg and Leo for another great Thanksgiving.

Emily Being Silly

This was Emily being silly the other day. The girls are totally obsessed with Phineas and Ferb, so Emily likes to say their names.

My Poor Ali!

Tuesday Ali had to get two teeth pulled. She was so brave, and was excited for the tooth fairy to come again, since she had already come twice. I think that she is feeling rich from the 4 dollars that she has accumulated over the last week. When she got home her poor face was so swollen, she could not really use the whole left side of her face.

These pictures are so funny, I know it is rude of me, but we were all dancing around and she was laughing her head off and this is the best that she could smile.

Emiy had to get in on the picture taking action.

Showing off some moves.

Oh my poor babe, we are laughing with you, not at you.

Disney on Ice 2009

Ali and I got to go to Disney on Ice today. It was probably one of the best ones we have seen yet. It was Princess Wishes. They did the story of each princes starting with Jasmine.

This was the Jeanie coming out of the bottle.


Prince Ali' getting off of the elephant. This was really cool. The elephant came walking in all cool with him on top of it. Then he climbed down the ladder and started skating.

They even actually had a flying carpet this year.

Next was The Little Mermaid. These were all the fish dancers.

Ursula taking Ariel's voice.

This picture is for my mother. Kind of an inside joke, but all could laugh as well. I used to tease her with a Little Mermaid book that I had and would push the button that made Ursula cackle on the book and walk around with it when she was telling me what to do.

Snow White was next. Ali loved this and sang along with all the songs.

"Don't eat the Apple." That is what all the kids were screaming during this part.

Sleeping Beauty.

Minnie and Mickey

The whole second half of the show was Cinderella, which was awesome because that is Ali's favorite. They covered just about every part of the story.

Cindy, Gus-Gus and the Fairy Godmother in the background.

Getting ready to turn the pumpkin into the carriage.

The royal carriage. Really blurry, but it was so cool.

Cinderella coming to the ball.

Cinderella and the Prince dancing at the ball.

The castle.

During the Grand Finale everyone came out and skated around like they were at the royal ball.

Waving goodbye to Cinderella.

The Fireworks at the Castle.

Tinkerbell and all the princesses doing their last dance.

Tink, who by the way Ali and Emily are loving these days.