Hattie's Ballet Concert

After a year of taking Hattie to the University and having to sit outside on cement chairs waiting and never being aloud to watch Hattie in her ballet class, it was finally time for her year-end class concert. My mom, Naomi, and Cayden all came to watch Hattie on her special day.

 Before the class started I made her come pose for some pictures for me. She was super cute looking, but was just not into taking pictures and would only humour me for a minute. Luckily we got a cute picture of her in first position :)

 and twirling.

 The class started and the girls all got in a circle and did some little routines to some songs. They were all super cute.

 They did some partner dances

 and dances in a line.

 Then they got their pink balloons to dance with, and Hattie started smiling big for the first time. The entire concert Hattie wasn't really into it. If she did the dance at all, it was only half hearted. I figured she just didn't like ballet. Little did I know, she was running a really high fever that stuck around for days. The poor girl could hardly stand she was so sick for days after. Sad she had to be so sick the day of her concert. However, being sick on important days seems to be a running theme with her. Flu in Disneyland, fever on the day of her birthday party (ages 3 and 4), and fever on her ballet concert day. You'd think she was always sick, but really, those happen to be the only days in the year. What are the chances.

 However, she wasn't too sick to go out for the promised Dairy Queen treat after. She kept saying how that was the best part. ha ha, oh well!

Our Hattie

This little girl is the Best!

 She knows exactly what she wants and exactly how to get it.  Everything in her life is so intense, from eating breakfast in the morning with the exact right amount of milk to cereal ratio, right down to going to bed in princess jammies after smothering everyone in goodnight kisses (making her brothers really mad and her really happy)

 She loves all things girly and loves to force them upon everyone around her. Larry is still constantly victim to her hairdos while he naps on the ground. When I took this picture, I asked her what she was doing, and she said, "Oh, I'm just doing Daisy's hair for her." Ha ha!

 She insist on dressing herself and usually comes upstairs wearing the most random outfits and always a skirt or dress and usually both. She figures I put tights on her when she is wearing a dress, so why not a skirt on under her dress instead.

She got some makeup and nail polish for her birthday, and she absolutely loves it. She likes to have her toes and nails painted like a rainbow and insists that I have nails and toes to match her.

 I enrolled her in ballet at the University, and she has had a love/hate relationship with it. Getting ready to go was usually a struggle, but once we got there she thought she was the prima ballerina every time. Once spring came and dandelions started appearing, she would pick some for her teacher and the other girls in her class. She was always amazed that "Miss Mary has so many flowers around her house."

My absolute favourite! We were on our way to ballet and we had this conversation:

Hattie: Mom, can we get a donut after ballet today?

Me: probably

Hattie: Yaaaaa! Probably is yes's best friend!

After a comment like that, how could I not.

We sure love you Hattie! You fill each day up with so much, well, emotion. You are a master story teller and can talk your way into and out of anything. You love to torment your brothers constantly by smothering them and occasionally beating them up. You are an amazing friend to them too! When Tanner is home, you two are inseparable and play the most fantastic games together for hours. Once Tanner leaves to school, you instantly get Peter involved in all your little girly games. You are a wonderful help to me, and I can get you to do most any chore by telling you you need to do it so you can practice being a mom. And when your dad gets home you are perfect at telling him all your stories to make him laugh! 

Dressing up for Dad

I was gone for the evening, so Larry was watching the kids. When I came home he told me they had dressed up for him in some pretty funny costumes, so he had taken pictures. I thought, 'sure, they always dress up, so how funny can they really be'. I didn't expect this.

Tanner in a double cape, batman, cowboy costume.

Peter with a lightsaber.

Hattie in a dinosaur costume with spiderman mask, cape, leotard arms, and shield. Okay?

 Then they came back up with Peter in necklaces, Hattie in a double layer princess costume, and Tanner in cape, half sunday shirt, shield, hat, satchel, and sword. Random, I think so.

I love that they love to get dressed up and get their pictures taken. It will provide them with hours of amusement looking back at themselves through the years.