Happening Today

Red Fish has been having a lot of foot problems and she sprained her ankle at a birthday party today so we had a fun little trip to the ER for x-rays. No break so we are waiting for our appointment with the specialists we took her to last year. Fingers crossed that we can figure out why she has been in so much pain.

First Horse Riding Lessons

Red Fish has wanted to take horse riding lessons pretty much since birth. She LOVES horses. We found a teacher nearby and she is going to take a lesson once a week all summer. The kid is in heaven. She is also starting taekwondo tonight, her other dream. She is having a pretty awesome day.

Kindergarten Graduation

My baby graduated from kindergarten today. I cried a little. It is so hard to have them grow up so fast. I do not bemoan the passage of time because I know the time has gone to so many beautiful memories but it is bitter sweet to see these beautiful little girls grow up. Hard to know that our time together will be so brief.

Getting Their Ears Pierced

Red Fish got her ears pierced with my grandparents when she was five but one of them got infected and she let them grow in. Today we were at the mall walking past Claire's and Two Fish jokingly said: "Alright everyone inside let's get your ears pierced." I'm not sure what posessed him to think that was a funny joke. The girls were inside picking out earings and getting ready before he could take it back. He thought they would be scared. They weren't scared but they did make Two Fish hold them on his lap. Neither of them cried or yelled. They are pretty pleased with their new pierced ears.

My kindergarten Buddy

The end of the school year is coming up sooner than later and it is starting to hit me that the days with my half day kindergarten buddy are numbered. I am going to miss our adventures. She is an infusion of energy, sass and fun that I am going to miss during the day even if she does end up stuck at the top of a tree twice in three days.

Star Student

Red Fish was a star student in school today. She is such a good student. It isn't just that she does well academically, she has a wonderful attitude and enjoys school.

Red Fish has been saving up her allowance money for months and months to buy a skateboard. It freaks me out and I make her wear all the pads but she is pretty excited about it. I love that she is not intimidated by many things.

The Latest With Bubs

I turned around to look at New Fish during Red Fish's piano lessons and found her mediating. The red lipsticks really makes the image. She makes me laugh.

Cute kiddo pulled her second tooth out herself. She wanted to make her own little tooth pocket pillow to leave things for the tooth fairy so she sewed it by hand.

New Fish and I went on a mommy/daughter date to the climbing gym. She mostly did some bouldering and climbed all over like a little spider.

She got to ski with a friend this month and she was so excited that we could barely contain her. I lost her in the trees and was completely freaking out. She is becoming such a great little skier. I have to keep a very close eye on her.

She constantly has a giant stack of library books in front of her. She read this stack in one afternoon.

She has been trying to increase her flexibility as has been trying hard to get her splits. She is very very close. I have never been able to do the splits. She must have gotten her flexibility from Two Fish

Mimi's Birthday

We threw Mimi a surprise birthday party after skiing today. We did it at her house because she is having a hard time leaving the house.  Mimi has been dealing with some serious health problems so these milestones and moments together are extra tender right now.

Random Beautiful Moments

 Cute little New Fish at her school Christmas party. This kid loves kindergarten.

 Red Fish's class had an indoor snowball fight during their class party.

 Red Fish really wanted to babysit her cousins so when their parents brought them over for the evening Red Fish changed diapers, entertained, fed, red stories and put them to bed. She loved having some time with them to herself.

 Cool kid at the dentist office. A couple of days ago New Fish mentioned her "shark teeth" when I asked what she meant she showed me the new row of adult teeth that were growing up right behind her baby teeth instead of pushing the baby teeth out. We had to take a quick trip to the dentist to get the baby teeth pulled. The tooth fairy made her first visit, or rather forgot to visit but luckily Mommy found where the dollar bill "must have accidentally fallen between the bed and the wall." New Fish was a little disturbed that the tooth fairy "stole one of her body parts" and left her a dollar. Apparently she was not clear on tooth fairies stealing teeth so the tooth fairy had to return the tooth with an apology the next night.

 This is now my most prized Christmas decoration. The girls spent HOURS painstakingly creating this nativity for our front table out of sculpey complete with wise men with gifts, shepards farm animals, a camel and a monkey in a tree.

Book Worms & Piano Recitals

 These two crack me up. They came home from school talking about a big animal test at school and spent the afternoon reading every animal book they could get their hands on to study.

 Red Fish had a Christmas piano recital.

Dance Recital

 December dance recital was very fun. The girls were nervous to perform but they did a great job. It was very different from the tightly choreographed show that New Fish was in last season. No 25 pages of instructions on hair and makeup so that was a relief. New Fish has been taking jazz and ballet and Red Fish has been taking hip hop.

It was special that Mimi was able to attend. It is getting increasingly difficult for her to leave the house and the effort of coming was immense. I don't know how many more events my children can expect any of their great grandparents to attend and it pulls at my heart every time I think about it. My kids are so lucky to have had great grandparents in their lives to support and love them. Having six grandparents is an amazing thing. I pray every day that my kids will remember how loved they are and that they will remember the efforts that their family has made to support them.