Our Family Blog – Mike, Louanne, Nadia, Amelie, & Dani
Amelie had her Christmas Dance recital in mid-December and I was the stage mom this time around. We were dancing early in the program so I bought crayons, construction paper and foamies to keep our group busy while waiting through the rest of the dances.
Amelie did a great job and we were very proud of her!
Amelie with her teacher Miss Tish after the recital.
The night after the Polar Express we headed for another of our traditions which is to go to Prairie Lights. The weather was supposed to be amazing and with the flooding in the area they were offering a discount and free souvenirs because the route had to be shortened. Dani was much more excited and animated about everything this year compared to last year.
These girls are love each other so much!
We called this the low rent Dumbo ride.
We had a great time like we always do at Prairie Lights including eating funnel cakes and cotton candy. The best part this year was that we didn’t need jackets, hats or gloves because the weather was so mild.
From church in the morning.
After church and lunch we decorated the tree. Mike put all the lights on and then we let the girls have a blast putting all the ornaments on. All the parents did was move some up higher after the girls were done. They did a great job!
That evening we headed for the Science and History Museum for our 5th annual Polar Express PJ party! They had a really good Santa to pose for photos and talk to the kids.
They had a variety of Winter Science experiments for the girls to check out.
After the movie.
We started December out with a bang! On the first Saturday of the month Nadia had a taekwondo tournament early in the morning. She was excited to compete in her 3rd tournament and ended up being the lowest belt competing from her school which is good for her because it makes her more determined.
The Excel group before the competition started.
Dani and Amelie keeping busy while waiting around for Nadia to compete.
This is Nadia and Lyric after they competed. Nadia was 3rd in Kata (forms) and 2nd in sparring. Lyric took 1st in both and Nadia was so excited for both of them. Look at that smile!
Later in the afternoon we headed for Texas Scottish Rite Hands Down Support group Christmas party. They had toys and snacks for all the kids and a local theater group did a holiday performance with singing and dancing. The girls got a big kick out of that. They played on the playground with some of the kids from the party afterwards.
Cute tree and photo we took for their cousin Gwen.
They humored me for this photo.
The girls had a lot of fun playing and wore themselves out. I am thankful for these big group events so that Amelie can see and play with kids like her.