First Dance Recital

In September Ashely started taking a ballet/tap class the community center. On Tuesday, October 29th she participated in a Halloween Dance Recital. I'll try to upload the video at some point but the camera died and Mike had to switch to his phone not far into her number. She was so excited to dance. Her class did a tap number called Zombie Feet. She was a perfect first timer- following the teacher with only about half the steps. We're proud of her. It takes guts to get up in front of people and have them watch you. She loves to dance and I think she prefers tap over ballet but they are both her favorite. It was a very relaxed recital which was really nice. It kept the pressure off the kids and moms :)

Kid store

A dinner time conversation to remember.

S: They don't have kid stores

A: Then where do I get a kid?

S: Mike this all yours

M: "Mommies and Daddies make babies and when the baby is done growing they go to the hospital and the doctors take it out of the mommy's belly."

A: So I grew in mommy's belly?

M: Yes

A: So Rachel grew in your belly?

Ashley turns 3

I know we had her party on Monday but I still wanted her day to be special so we started it out with donuts, followed by a cupcake after lunch and then we went to Sammy's Woodfire Grill for dinner. They brought Ashley out a giant messy sundae with a candle in it an sang Happy Birthday. A few of the people eating around us even joined in.






Some of Ashley's favorites this year:

Color: Blue, Pink
Animal: dog
Favorite Princess: (Rachel said "Me"), Rapunzel
Favorite Cereal: Lucky Charms
Favorite Treat: Ice Cream Sundaes

Favorite Show: Calliou, Dora, Diego, Curious George
Favorite movie: Mary Poppins

Ashley's Stats:

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Weight:

Shoe Size: 8

Clothing Size: 2T/3T

Ashley's 3rd Birthday Party

Ashley turns 3 on Friday but we celebrated with some friends this morning at Bounce U. Ashley really wanted a Dora and Diego party so I made Dora and Diego cupcakes and party supplies, I made these cute Dora Backpacks as thank you treat bags but didn't get a picture. Ashley had a fun time bouncing and sliding and climbing. They had an hour before we moved into the other room for pizza and cupcakes. By the time the hour was up they were ready. Pictures from the day are below.

Nap Time Hide-n-Seek

So I came home from church to swap places with Shelly and figured I'd check in on the girls who were supposed to be napping. Rachel was sound asleep in her bed, but Ashley - where was Ashley?
It took me a minute, let's see how long it takes you:

1st trip to the movie theater

We took Ashley to see her first movie in the theater. We went and saw Brave at the AMC theater at Aliante Station. She was excited. Until the movie started. Brave has some scary scenes in it. She didn't like the mean bear. At one point she just about jumped out of her seat and cried. Then she had her hands over her ears trying not to watch it. So I had her come sit on my lap and Mike showed her how to cover her eyes if she didn't want to see it.  In the end she was asleep!

 We didn't do such a good job of movie selection but it's a Disney Pixar we thought it'd be a great first movie pick. Oh well, she enjoyed the idea of the movies, her popcorn, fruit snacks and pink lemonade.

Doggie

Ashley gave "Doggie" a horsey ride all over the house. She knew I wanted a picture so she'd pause and say okay mommy take a picture and then run away as soon as I was ready. The little stinker. She'd laugh and do it again. "Doggie" got another ride the next day and she'd leave him tucked in the top of her shirt for what felt like a really long time.