Cheer Camp!

I am so excited to post that Alex is attending a cheer camp tomorrow for the first time! She is so excited to go, learn cheers, stunts, tumbling and perform. I will post pics and hopefully a video. My little girl is getting so big! Wish us luck! Go Team!

Update: Alex loved cheer camp! I am so proud of her. She wanted to try something new and she has seen mommy cheering before in videos, so it was very intriguing. She was a little nervous about performing in front of everyone. But as you can tell from the video, she did great! I gave her a little tip, if she forgot a move all she had to do was smile. No one would notice! We asked how she liked it. She said she loved it! We asked her what her favorite part was.....EVERYTHING!

My Sweet Girl!

On Tuesday, David and I will be celebrating our 8 year wedding anniversary. Alex has thought that it is a great idea to have a wedding anniversary party for us. Any reason to have and plan a party! She is my girl! It is so sweet of her to love us that much to have a party for us.

We keep telling her that in 2 years on our 10 year anniversary, that is the big one. We will be going somewhere tropical and celebrating.....we hope!

P.S. To my wonderful husband - Happy Anniversary Sweets! I love you!

UPDATE: Alex did a wonderful job on our party. She made the cake, planned the menu, did the decorations, made the guest list. Really if she wasn't 5, and had money and could drive, she could have planned the whole thing by herself. But she did need Nana and Granny's help. She did get very angry with forgetful mommy when I forgot to bring her fancy dress with me, so she could change. I improvised and took some jewelry from Grandma's jewelry box and dressed her up. Complete with a fancy pin, bracelet, and clip-on earrings. Excuse the picture of the old married couple. We used to be so much cuter!

Happy Halloween 2008!

This year Alex chose to be a fairy. This isn't the first time she chose a fairy. I admit I do try to persuade her. Last year, she got really excited to be Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz (partly because of me and the thought of red sparkly shoes). But since she had been a fairy 2years prior, we decided to change it to a different type of fairy. She had talked about being a Rose Fairy Princess, whatever that is! But mommy and Granny made sure that she became a Rose Fairy Princess, complete with roses and a crown of flowers. It's so great that Granny can sew costumes for us! We love her for that and so many other reasons!

UPDATE: This year we followed tradition and went trick-or-treating with friends. It is so great watching the girls run up to every door with such enthusiasm and running back to tell us what kind of candy they got. This year Alex thought some of the houses were spooky. I don't quite understand that considering everytime we go to Walmart or Lowes or any other store that carries decorations we have to look and find all the spooky things. But another great year of trick-or-treating! Can't wait till next year!

Picture Taking!

So I decided to practice my photography skills today. I had decided I wanted to go and take pictures somewhere with a neat background. Well I thought about Old Town Spring. They have really old buildings and cool places to take pictures. I took a change of clothes for Alex and she was really into the whole idea. 87 pictures later, I have about 3 usable photos where she is not gritting her front teeth. I felt like a stage mom, and I didn't want to be that way. So here they are! I will also post one of her gritting her teeth. Enjoy!

Gritting Teeth!

Big Girl, Big Words

My daughter has the best vocabulary. She uses big words all of time, and in the correct way. Tonight she told me, "I am glad God made water for the earth, so we wouldn't be parched."

You gotta love her!

Fashion Runway Party!

Alex had her birthday party on this past Saturday. We had postponed it due to Ike, so we were anxious to have it! We chose a Fashion Runway party. Daddy constructed a runway and I went all out on decorations and accessories. The girls had a great time, especially when they found out people were taking their pictures. They all really got into the runway show and changed their outfits numerous times. It was lots of fun. We did their nails and they got tattoos(if they wanted them). Lots of feathers from boas....all over the house!

Our little mermaid!

Alex started swim lessons this summer at a local swim school called FINS. They have been so great, and have really gave Alex a lot of confidence in her swimming. She is learning back stroke and free-style, perfecting her side breathing has been the task lately. If you didn't have to tell her to breath while swimming the length of the pool, she wouldn't.