Beautiful Ballerinas!

Cousin Ava celebrated her 4th birthday having a ballerina birthday party with her friends. The special guest of the day was the girls beloved ballet teacher, Miss Mina (now officially Mrs. as of March 1st). Mina did a beautiful dance performance for the girls and then she lead them in a traditional ballet class filled with stretching, ballet walks, and of course free dancing when the girls got to go on stage and perform for the audience. They were absolutely adorable and made such beautiful little ballerinas. Daddy stayed home with they boys so this was a special time for Gracie and I to get out of the house together as just "the girls". Lately I am trying to make time in our busy lives to have one on one outings with the kids. Thursday evening Colton and I had a date to Borders Book Store and racked up on some great books. I was so excited to receive my teachers discount card to get 20% off of my book purchases whenever I shop at Borders. I'm learning that there are more perks to homeschooling than I thought!



Some of the party guests


Ava, Kaya and Gracie reaching for their toes.


As miss Mina would say... "mermaid up"!


As the girls danced, Gracie and Ava would frequently look at each other like this. So sweet!


Point that toe!


The girls free dancing on the stage. Gracie's in the center doing a twirl.


My beautiful ballerina!