Macee's 1st Haircut

Macee had her very first haircut yesterday! I took her to my stylist, Kimberly for a lil' snip, snip! She was such a good girl - no squirming! I think she did so well because she's been in with me and Rylee when we've had our hair cut! It was about time for her turn!

Of course, I captured the moments!!!

Ms. Kimberly just sat her in the chair and was off to find a kiddie cape!

Macee looks like she's thinking, "hmm, what's up with this?"
She noticed the mirrow and was checking herself out!

Ms. Kimberly has a Harry Potter cape! She's going to do some magic!

All ready for her first hair cut!

A view of them in the mirror - Macee's got a little smile on her face!

Ms. Kimberly was combing out that curly hair to see what she needed to do!

THE VERY FIRST CUT!

Another view in the mirror.

Mid-cut, still doing so good!

Trimming up the sides!

Almost finished - the look on her face it hilarious!

Looking in the mirror, checking herself out with the new do!

A fun updo for the camera!

"Product" for the first time - besides shampoo and detangler...

ALL DONE!

I know, it doesn't look like much is different, but Ms. Kimberly did trim it up and that will help it to stay healthy and grow!

YAY MACEE!!!

PS: The best part of the first haircut - it was FREE!!!

We Should Have Went to the Zoo!

The girls and I headed up to Brazil last week to spend a few days with my parents. My mom and I had intentions of taking the girls to the Indianapolis Zoo - bigger than our Louisville Zoo and offering many more animals to check out! BUT, the weather was cruddy and so we decided to take them to The Children's Museum in Indianapolis. By the time we got up to the museum and were in line to get tickets, the weather had cleared and it looked like it was going to be an alright day outside. We chose to stick with the museum though!

Once inside the museum, we realized that had an awful lot of construction going on (they are redoing their entrance and were constructing a few new exhibits) and they had some of the fun, kid-friendly exhibits closed for some reason. There were a lot of kids there on field trips and the lunch area was PACKED - not to mention it cost me $20 for 2 slices of pizza, 3 breadsticks, a small bowl of mac and cheese, a small bowl of grapes, a drink for me, one for Ry, and a milk for Macee - seems like a lot, but trust me, it was NOT worth $20. I know though, that's to be expected on extravaganzas as such!

There were some things inside the museum that were enjoyable! The girls LOVED the Glass Arts exhibit (pictures below), riding the carosel, and doing the hula hoop! Although, we did have a fun day with Nina at The Children's Museum....

WE SHOULD HAVE GONE TO THE ZOO!!!

Right Nina?

The girls building their scuplture out of (plastic) glass bulbs!
lil' artists

Ry working diligently.

She looks like a perfectionist!

While we were in Brazil, we also had our toes done, saw Granny (still wheeling herself around...), got to see Uncle Adam at work with his awesome Pepsi truck (even got a couple free Pepsi), and ate the infamous Mario Bros. restaurant!

We missed lil' doodle though! Hally was headed to the beach while we were up there! It made for a very quiet time at my parents house!!!

Summertime Sweet Corn

This is the Justice coming out in my girls! There's nothing like a good ear of sweet corn in the summertime! Cover it in butter, some salt, and a bit of pepper! YUMMY!!!

Macee and her big ol' ear of corn!
Rylee chomping on her ear!

Divas

The pictures say it all!

I Know I Can Do It

Rylee had her very first dance recital last weekend! Her and 5 other little girls danced to a song, 'I Know I Can Do It' and they all did a fabulous job!

Rylee was so excited to dance on stage and she did AWESOME! We are all so proud of her!!!

Rylee - before her very first dance recital!
Macee with her sissy before the big debut!

Our little family! We are so proud of each of our girls and their accomplishments! It is so exciting to see the girls reach milestones! We are so blessed!

Grammy and Grandpa with our lil' dancer!

Nina and Pepaw with Rylee!

Pepaw sacrificed his Saturday nap to come down and watch Ry's first dance recital! I didn't notice him doze off during the recital - which is suprising since there were a few moments where I even wanted to nod off!

Rylee and her BFF, Maddie, before the recital!

3 peas in a pod! These girls are CRAZY together!

Rylee - after the recital, in her finale outfit, with her flowers and Princess bracelet!

Rylee with her flowers and Macee with the flower that Rylee gave us as a thank you for giving her the gift of dance!

Cinderella at Open Gym

One of the BIG reasons we went to Open Gym for the first time was because Cinderella, from the Derby Dinner Playhouse, was there to read a story to the kids afterwards! Of course, we have a few fans for Cinderella and thought it appropriate to be there!

HOWEVER, there was a bit of disappointment! Cinderella shows up in her rags, not her beautiful blue ball gown! Also, Cinderella had brown hair - not blonde - brown! It was a bit hard to explain this to a group of 4 year olds! They didn't care too much though - they had so much fun!

Listening to Cinderella read the story of Cinderella!
This is a picture of Rylee getting mad because Macee scooted between Rylee and Maddie - Macee just likes to be part of the group!

Avery, Cinderella, Maddie and Rylee!

Macee with Cinderella!

SIGS Open Gym

SIGS has Open Gym on certain mornings. We went for the first time a couple weeks ago and the girls had a blast! They loved being able to play on all the different pieces of equipment! Macee has always been eager to get into the gym and just play - this is the perfect way for her to do that right now...until we get her enrolled into another class!

Rylee hanging from the uneven bars!
Macee monkeying around on a bar!

Maddie went along with us - this is her "hanging around!"

Rylee and her friend, Avery, sitting on the pommel horse!

Happy 50th Daddy!

My dad turned the big 50 this May! We had a small gathering of family to celebrate - he didn't know though! When we got to my aunt's, we all said "SUPRISE!" Dad's response, "Surprise for who?" GEEZ DAD!!!

Happy Birthday! We're so blessed to have such a funny guy as a daddy and Pepaw! WE LOVE YOU!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Nina with Rylee, Hally, and Macee

Nina and Pepaw with the girls!

(It's almost impossible to get all 3 girls to look at the same time...)