Cute new clothes

Thanks Aunt Bud!

Beautiful Ballerinas

Sorry for the delay in posting anything. We've had a busy/crazy few weeks. Yesterday in the mail, we got the mother-load of clothes from our friends Alyssa and Julia in Houston. In the package (along with enough other clothes and shoes to clothe 4 families ... thanks Kathryn!) were 2 leotard/tutu combos which the girls LOVE, as you can see by the beautiful dancing here. Audrey has been talking for weeks about getting a "ballerina suit" when she turns 3 years old, so this was the perfect gem inside the box! I think their dancing form is quite good. =)

Classic

This morning, we were all in the living room. Iain was putting Avery's new tricycle together and the girls were playing and helping. All of a sudden, Avery walks over to me, pulls my hair as hard as she can, and then starts smiling and giggling. I told her "No" and that it was very bad manners to pull hair. Then I said, rather rhetorically since Avery doesn't have too many words in her vocabulary just yet, "Where did you learn to do that?" (since it's not in Iain and I's normal repertoire to model this kind of behavior). Without any pause, Audrey pipes up, "I teached her."

Well, there you go. Not much left to be said.

Things That Make My Heart Melt

Today, the girls were having a picnic. They had eaten all of their food and Audrey said "we're still hungry" (now, mind you, this was after they had eaten a sandwich, grapes, raisins and a cheese stick). Our nanny told Audrey that there was no more food, so Audrey immediately took the raisin out of her mouth (the last morsel of food that had been packed with the picnic) and said "here you go, Aves."

It's funny how they go in stages ... last night, Audrey had a meltdown because she didn't want to give Avery a hug or kiss goodnight to tell her "I love you," but today she was going to do everything possible not to let her baby sister starve. =)

The Littlest Dancer

Even though Audrey didn't want to dance at her recital last weekend, she and Avery have been dancing all over the house this week with Grandma. At the store today, Audrey asked me if we could buy some tap shoes. I have no idea where she came up with that. Anyway, here's a video of Avery in action last night. I'll try to get some footage of Audrey shortly to post (it's really not hard these days ... it seems she wants to dance all the time now).

Audrey's cute quote of the week: we have some fire escape stairs from our condo that we call the "secret stairs", and she told me yesterday "We can't go on the secret stairs now. They're not available because it's almost winter." Well, there you go. I wasn't aware they were closing, so I'm glad she told me. =)

Audrey's First Dance Recital!

Today was Audrey's first dance recital. She's been in a weekly class with other 1- and 2-year olds, and during the recital today, everyone was dressed in a red leotard and red tutu and 'danced' to We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Here are some pix and video of Audrey in action.

Oh, wait, there's nothing there??? That's because Audrey refused to put on her 'costume' (even for just walking around the house) and didn't want to dance on the stage with her class (even in her 'regular' clothes). So we don't have anything to share. But both girls had a great time watching all the classes dancing, and we'll try again in the Spring. =)

What Happens When You Let a 2-Year Old Dress Herself

Audrey got a new skirt from her friend Elisa yesterday, and she insisted on wearing it to bed last night and then again today. It's freezing outside, so I told her she could keep the skirt on, but had to wear pants under the skirt. She also insisted on wearing her new yellow/pink flower shoes. When I tried to give her pink socks (not even sure those would have matched, but it would have been better), she insisted that the only socks she would wear were her soft red socks. She also had a very strong opinion about which sweater she was going to wear.

So here's the result. I'm sure people at the zoo this afternoon must have thought I was color-blind. Avery, on the other hand, in her bellbottoms, was about the best-dressed 1-year old at the zoo. Here's a pic of the 2 of them after we got home this afternoon.