HollyBrooke

Brooke's Dance Recital

Brooke had her 1st dance recital downtown June 13. She was very excited. We started off with the makeup....

Then back to Sweet & Sassy to get her hair done

Laney getting her hair done

The finished "do"

Brooke and Laney all dolled up

Ready for their last dress rehearsal

Me, Brooke, Missy & Laney

Anne , Holly & Allison waiting for the show to start

After the show...

With Grandma & Grandpa

Bop & Anne

After the recital we went to PF Changs for dinner & out for icecream....another busy day!

Brooke's actual birthday

For Brooke's actual birthday, I took them and got their pictures taken together and they cooperated so nicely (for once!) and then we headed to Tunnelz and Tumbles for the afternoon. We finished up the night at Grandma's house & out for Japanese food. She was a sleepy 4 year old girlie by the end of the day!

Brooke at Tunnelz and Tumblez

Holly playing putt putt

Holly must get this great golf stance from her mother!

Watching the chef

They brought her some cake and sang Happy Birthday

Eating cupcakes at Grandma's house

Getting a kiss from her sissy

Bop and Grandma

Brooke's 4th Birthday party

Brooke had her 4th Birthday party at "Sweet & Sassy" on June 6th. There was hairspray, nail polish & makeup galore. She and all her friends had a great time & looked ever so fashionable!

Holly & Brooke before the party

They had a whole team of "makeup artists" working on them! :)

Bop, Anne & Allison

Bop & Laney

She picked out midnight blue nail polish....

The whole group

Getting ready to do the Limbo...

Time for pizza and cake

Brooke diggin her fingers in her cake

Brooke wanted her ears pierced for her birthday.

So we decided to get Holly's done at the same time.

Just a few tears and everything was fine....

The girls and Grandma Maher

The girls in their dresses from Grandma Brue

Last day of Kindergarten

Wow! I can't believe the school year is over...today we went to an awards ceremony in Holly's class & watched a slideshow of the whole school year.

Holly was very excited to go to school today!

Holly reading in front of the class what she learned in Kindergarten. "I learned how to read books and turn the page and when you're done, you put it on the shelf."

Holly getting her awards and report card from Ms. Towne.

Me and my girlies - summertime here we come......

Holly's Fieldtrip to the beach

Brooke and I got to go with Holly and her class to their last Kindergarten field trip to the beach. It was a perfect day and how lucky can you be that your school is only a few blocks from the ocean?? :)

Getting ready to head out....

They got to fly the kites they made in class.

Holly's teachers - Ms. Olsen, Ms. Towne & Ms. Hixon

Holly wrote "Bech Day" in the sand :)

All the Moms, teachers and students & a cute lil lifeguard in the backround :)

Heading back to school for a water balloon fight.

Never ever ending rain

It's been raining here for 10,000 days (well actually 3) and everyone was going a little stir-crazy. What started out as the girls helping pick up all the storm trash in the yard....

turned into a little cute splashing in the gutters.....

which then turned into this....

and this....

Brooke dumping out the soaked rain boots!

Brooke's preschool graduation

Brooke graduated from her preschool today. She looked adorable. Her class sang a bunch of songs (Brooke picked her nose during a few) and just looked cute! Afterwards they had a big luncheon for all the parents and grandparents. Brooke was most excited that her Grandma and Grandpa were there. The room was sort of dark so my pictures didn't turn out so hot.

Click on this picture below for a video of a few of their songs :) (Brooke is in the middle row, 2nd from the left)

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Marching in the auditorium

With Mom and Dad afterwards

Brooke an Laney

Brooke and Hannah Elizabeth

At the luncheon

silly girls

ahhh nice weather

Loving the summer days...here is our first trip to the waterpark this season :)

Mothers Day "tea" at Brooke's school

I went to tea at Brooke's school right before Mother's day. They sang some songs & gave us presents. It was sweet.

Here they are singing...Brooke is 4th from right

Brooke holding up the picture she made me. The teachers asked them which princess their Mom looked most like and how old they thought their Mom was...It said "I think my Mommy looks like Belle and I think my Mommy is 15 years old." :)

Goofing off with the camera

Okay - I love the Jasmine blooming this time of year so I made the girls pose for me :)

Brooke and Laney (= trouble)

Laney

Carnival

We went to the St. Paul's carnival this year and rode pukey spinning rides all night, ate lots of crap and had lots of fun!

Dance pictures

Brooke and Laney had to get all dolled up in their recital costumes for their dance pictures. They looked so cute!

This is Paris Hilton chilling by the pool afterwards.....

Shaking their booties out by the pool

Here's the girls dancing out by the pool :)
(Just click on the link)

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Happy Birthday Grandma!

We celebrated Grandma's 21st birthday in April with some dinner & cake. The girls are both wearing dresses made by Grandma! :)

The Dolphin Dash

Holly's school had their "Dolphin Dash" today. The entire school raced around the track. Kindergarteners and 1st graders ran two laps. Holly ended up running three :) It was so much fun to watch all the kids having a ball. They have been practicing running for weeks. Holly did a great job!

Warming up for the race

Brooke and I made a sign to cheer on Holly!

Brooke standing on the sidelines

Holly before the race.

The congested starting line

Go Holly go....My lil Flo Jo

Holly's teacher, Ms. Towne, cheering on a classmate

Holly rounding the corner

After the race

Heading back to class

We went to Dairy Queen after the race for a treat. Brooke thought her blue tongue was pretty cool.

Then they went swimming when we got home...busy busy day :)

Pump it Up

Brooke was on Spring Break this week so one morning we met her buddy from school, Hannah Elizabeth, at Pump it Up. They had a great time!

Weeeeeeeeeeeee

Easter Egg hunt at the park/Easter Sunday pics

The girls went to an Easter Egg hunt at the park Saturday. Brooke was so busy making sure I was behind her that she only ended up getting two eggs and she was NOT a happy camper about that! Here they are with the Easter bunny:

Checking out Holly's basket...I think Bop has a little "egg envy"

Easter Sunday - checking out their baskets...(at 6:00 AM!!)

Ready, set, GO! Easter egg hunt #2 at home

Counting eggs

Easter egg hunt #3 at Grandma & Grandpa's house

Counting (and eating)the loot

Coloring Eggs

They were very excited to color eggs and it took us a whole 5 minutes & we were done! :)

Wild Adventures

We went with Amy & her girls to Wild Adventures in Valdosta, Georgia and met up with Kim, Nancy & little Sam. We had a great time and the weather was awesome.

Holly, Sam & Allison

Brooke was all about this petting zoo. Poor ducks. Poor rabbits, poor goats....

Me, Sam, Holly & Bop on the merry go round

Allison, Sam & Holly

Kim and Amy on the Double shot...that was an awesome ride :)

Nancy, Kim, Brooke, Amy & Holly watching the other girls on the water ride

Sam went on this roller coaster with Bop alot...she even got her raising her hands up!

Sam & I on the double shot

Holly & Brooke on the mini - Double shot

Poor rabbit's eyes are gonna pop out of it's head!

The future newscaster?

Holly was selected from her class to do the morning announcements and the Pledge of Allegiance over the televisions at her school. She practiced all weekend and did such a great job!

This is what you get when you let them pick the clothes that they want to wear out to dinner. :)

I thought these were cute pics of Brooke bouncing on the bed!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

First Swim of the season...

The pool is open! Holly swam for the first time today. It was still a tad bit too cold for me but she didn't care. Brooke couldn't swim because she has an ear ache. I love spring time in Florida! (and brother Dave....I was thinking of you and your -45 below zero weather up there in Minnesota while I was sunbathing!)

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