THE Dress

It only took three visits and two fashion shows before a dress was chosen for Addie to wear in my brother's wedding.  

It - of course - was a dress that I was "against" during the first visit to the store.

I believe that little girls should dress like little girls and not little women

and although this dress is not too mature looking for Addie, it was not the original style I had in mind.

However, after seeing the dress on the Little Monkey and seeing her eyes light up when she saw herself in the mirror, my mind was quickly changed.

Addie must have tried on over a dozen dresses and when she put this dress on, her overall demeanor changed.

It was a pretty neat experience.

She danced and twirled and looked in the mirror, all the while smiling and laughing.  

During check out, another lady in line asked Addie if she was going to be a flower girl.

Right now, Addie doesn't even know what that means and didn't answer the lady, she only smiled sweetly at her.

I told the lady that Addie was going to be the flower girl and that she was really excited about her new dress.

The lady then looked at Addie and asked her if she was going to be a beautiful princess and Addie responded, "Yes!" and then said, "Dress", in an effort to tell the lady all about her new dress.

Now, I just have to keep the dress out of sight until the wedding 

and

I have to start showing Addie pictures and videos about weddings and the responsibilities of a flower girl.

We have a lot of work to do to try to make this perfect and it will be, as long as we all keep a great sense of humor and a pinch of patience handy.

So Much Summer Fun!

We are keeping very busy this summer, and visits to area splash pads are topping our list of  things to do.

However, once again, the John Mark Stallings Splash Pad is our favorite.

Addie was a little more daring this year and didn't hesitate quite as much to get into the spray of water.

She loved filling up her bucket and running and pouring it all over my legs as I stood trying to take pictures of her!

She loved hearing me laugh and try to dodge her efforts.

She finally made the dash through the tunnel and then spent the next couple of hours laughing and playing.

I love seeing her so happy!

Double the Work

Not only does Addie have to help clean my kitchen, but she also has to clean her kitchen.

She spent a good bit of the afternoon washing the dishes in her kitchen, drying them and getting them put away.

She is an amazing little kitchen helper.
Conservator of water - not so much.

Summer Camps

We have completed tennis and have started another adventure.

After taking a few years off from dance, we happened upon an opportunity

and this opportunity

has Addie more excited than we have seen her over anything (excluding her babies).

Addie is participating in a summer dance camp and session one left her puzzled as to why we were leaving the studio when she clearly was not done dancing for the evening.

After the session, she mimicked the dance moves all night long until she finally fell asleep.

When we picked her up from school today, she asked, "Where we going?".

When I told her, she responded with, "Dance?".

My original answer was not what she was looking for.

She is absolutely thrilled!

If the rest of the camp goes as well as expected, Addie will have the chance to enroll in the fall session.

We may have finally come back to what suits her the best.

Definitely more to come...

An Honor!

My brother and his fiancee asked Addie to be the flower girl at their wedding!

That means we spent most of our evening trying on dresses for the wedding.

Addie was all about the pretty dresses and she tolerated an enormous amount of dress changes before I finally had to call it quits.

I simply cannot make a decision between fashion vs. what is practical for Addie.

I suppose that means we will have to make another night of our mini fashion show, and hopefully I will be able to make a decision soon.

I love that we have something else to look forward to for Addie....and for my brother.

Summer Break

Whatever. 

Addie virtually hasn't had a break since the day she was born. 

I make her work hard each and every day.

This weekend, we have been focusing on counting.

While in the car today, she was looking through one of her counting books, when she called my name and pointed to the page.

She was pointing at the number 1, while saying the letter "I".

It is perfectly understandable how she got confused. 

Sweet Addie just keeps right on trying

 and

 we keep focused on knowing that she is continuing to make progress, 

no matter how slow or the setbacks we encounter along the way. 

What a Pig!

Yes, I am extremely disturbed by the way the pig is looking at my child and even more disturbed by the fact that she approached the crazed looking animal.  

I'm implementing an immediate order of protection.

The pig is not allowed within 4.4 miles of my family.