Sadie's First Violin Recital

Sadie had her first violin recital this afternoon. We were super proud of her. It's funny how Gabe and I both said we were nervous, but she just walked right up there, played her song, and walked back. She loved it and probably would have gone back up there several more times if she had been given the chance. Before the recital started, I took her to the bathroom. I was telling her to remember to make her C and what string she was going to start on. She said, "I know how to play Mama, you don't need to tell me." I admire her confidence already and pray that it continues to grow. You are going to do great things, sweet girl! Hopefully, this is the first of many recitals. Thanks Les, Jenny, and Sarah for coming to see her.

Princess for the Day!!!!

What a fun day we had today! Sadie went to her first birthday party at Sweet N Sassy. It was a princess party and she had a great time. It was a birthday party for her friend from school, Preston. Sadie has been talking about it all week and it was even better than she could have imagined!

First, all the girls were able to pick out a dress they wanted to wear. Then they went out into the store and had their hair and makeup done. They also had their nails painted. This is a picture of the fun!

Sadie and Preston dancing on the stage.

Sadie getting her nails painted. She chose purple. Her favorite color this week.

Sadie and her friends chose the same dress to wear. Aren't they too cute all dancing together. The girls that worked there would do dances and the girls would try to follow them.

After the dancing, they had a coronation ceremony where each girl was crowned a princess and had princess dust sprinkled over their head. I think Sadie could hardly believe what was happening. She would just look over at me with this face like, "Is this really happening Mama?" It was so sweet.

Here she is with her crown and certificate. They asked the girls a few questions as they came in that they read about them while they walked on stage. Sadie said she wanted to live in the Kingdom of the Princess Store and if she had one rule it would be that everyone had to wear a crown.

Here's Sadie with her friend Kaitlyn.

Kaitlyn, Sadie, and Preston dancing as princesses.

Pumpkins into Jack-O-Lanterns

Last weekend, Sadie asked Gabe if we could, "turn a pumpkin into a Jack-o-lantern?" Of course he couldn't resist and said, "Sure!" After naps, Gabe decided to make it happen. He followed all of the steps that Sadie said we needed to do including cooking the pumpkin seeds so she could eat them. (They were quite tasty too!) Ms. Georgia at her school had carved a pumpkin for them earlier in the week and she loved it. The girls were really cute trying to help Daddy. I just stood in the background and took a few pictures.

Sitting at the table drawing the face on the pumpkin while drinking hot chocolate.

Helping Daddy.

Claire "helped" too by adding in super sound effects.

Gabe and Sadie finishing up the pumpkin and putting the candle inside.

Our finished pumpkin.

Sadie and Claire with the finished pumpkin. (I love that Claire has put on Gabe's shoes to take the pumpkin outside.)