Ballet Recital Dress Rehearsal

Ella is the third from the right....

Ballet Practice

I took this video a few weeks ago. We taped the girls practicing their ballet routine so we could practice at home before the recital. Ella, as well as the other girls I've been told, have little to no interest in practicing at home, and instead just like to watch themselves. Ella's dress rehearsal is tomorrow night and the recital on Saturday... it should be funny. We are allowed to take pictures and video tape the dress rehearsal but not the actual performance. I'll try to get some good footage tomorrow night but here's a taste...

Ballerinas

Here are some pics I took at Ella's ballet class today... these little ones are too cute!!

PJ's on the Patio

The other morning Ella and I got to lounge a little in our pajamas. Because it was such a gorgeous morning, bright, sunny, not too hot, I decided to have my coffee on the patio while Ella played with her chalk and looked for bugs. I love beautiful mornings, in our pj's, hanging out on the patio...

Updates Via Inspire Me Photography

So, I've been a little indulgent with my other passion lately, photography. There are lots of new photos and things that I've posted on there but have been too lazy to re-post on here, until now.... These pics were taken last Tuesday at Ella's ballet class while the girls practiced their recital routine. Click on the link below to see how cute these ballerinas are!!!

Little Ballerinas

Ryann's Birthday Party

Ella and I went to Austin for Ryann's 3rd birthday. It was at Kiddie Acres, an amusement park for little kids and it was awesome! Ella had so much fun and was able to ride the rides without an adult (definitely kid friendly) and would have spent all her tickets on the pony rides if I let her :)

Saturday at the Zoo

Well, it's beginning to feel a lot like summer here and we are in heaven! The temperatures have been in the mid 80's, low 90 and Ella and I are enjoying it as much as possible before the real heat of a Texas summer comes crashing in. Yesterday, we headed to the San Antonio Zoo and among crowds of school kids, we wandered the park aimlessly. It soon became a game of "spot the animal" as the heat and humidity of the day left the animals lethargic and hidden in some sort of shady area of their exhibit. Her favorite part of the zoo was the butterfly garden, an enclosed oasis with hundreds of butterflies openly flitting away. As we were wondering, we came across an animal with some kangaroos and Ella asked me what it was. Of course, I will premise this with the fact that there was a rowdy crowd of school kids in front of us and the animal was quite far away :) I said, "maybe an ostrich?" To which Ella responded, "No silly. It's an EMU!" Sure enough, when the school kids cleared and the sign was revealed, it was in fact an Emu. Nothing like being schooled by a 4-year-old...This was the entrance to a tot play area, these were "random" blocks that lined the entrance.

First Swim of Summer

We headed up to Sara's place to go swimming with her and Ryann. Looks like Ella will need a lot more practice as she seems to have lost a lot of her skills from last year. Good news, she still is completely unafraid of water and loves jumping, diving and swimming under it... now we just have to get her arms going so she'll stay on top of it :)

Sunday Drive Part Two

On the way home Sunday, we stopped at the nature reserve near the house....

Early Mother's Day

Ron has drill next weekend so we celebrated Mother's Day early. We decided to go for a Sunday drive and found a beautiful neighborhood that will soon begin building. It looks amazing, huge lots, hills overlooking sprawling valleys, I'm sure they will be custom built homes. The builder advertises : "Build your castle at Kings Gate". We took a ton of photos and Ella is becoming quite the little model :)