Kylie had another cold, but at least it was a quick one this time. Then she gave it to me, and Sidney and now Mike is just starting to get over it.
Back in December, Sidney was pretty adamant that she didn't really care for dance class anymore. (This starting right after we ordered her costume for the ballet part of the recital.) But thankfully, after having a couple weeks off for Christmas break, and her helping me make her tap dance costume, she is back in love with it and it once again asking a couple times a week when the next dance class is.
Both of Kylie's costumes have come in, but Sidney is still waiting for her ballet costume. She is at least excited about her tap costume though. The girls had to pick out animal costumes, but Sidney didn't want any of the ones in the catalog. She was insisting on being a flamingo. :/ Sigh.
But I got it figured out and I got her costume made during break. It is super cute.
It looks a lot better when she is in her dance shoes instead of cowboy boots and her
hair is up in a bun with her pink feather hair tie, but you get the idea. :)
Otherwise this month, we have just been busy with school and dealing with Kylie's pets. :)
Sadly, her guppy passed away last week, but at least Kylie has 8 more baby guppies to keep her occupied. We buried Belle in the flower garden this past weekend in a little paper box Kylie made and I think that made Kylie feel a lot better. :)
We also got to go sledding a couple days ago. And the girls got to go the first weekend too. That was fun.
Here are a bunch of random pictures.
Sidney, still in her pajamas, but ready to go sledding.
Sledding out at a family friends house.
Kylie's mealworm turned into a beetle over Christmas
break, so she got to bring it home. - - It is still living in the bug barn, in her room.....
Everything was really frosty one morning!
Sidney and I got to the library too early one day, so we had to
wait in the car.....so Sidney practiced her driving skills.
Terra figured out how to get in the furnace room ceiling...... I couldn't
find her ANYwhere one day, and the furnace room was the last place
for me to look. Still couldn't find her, until she meowed and I looked up. Sigh.
Ember wanted to play Sneak Snacky Squirrel with Sidney and me one day.
Some of the treats Kylie has made with her Chocolate Pen
she got for Christmas.
On MLK day, the grade school kids joined the college and job corps kids
doing a march through part of town to the college, where they then listened to
a speaker and sang some Martin Luther King JR songs. Kylie is in the pink coat in the middle.
Mike joined her for the last little bit of the march, while I ran Sidney to dance class.
Then I went back and joined them for the speaker and songs before going to pick up Sidney.
Sidney during one of our weekly bounce house sessions.
A beautiful sunrise one morning that I actually woke up early enough for.
You can kind of see 5 of the 8 babies in there.
Out at a friends house on an early release from school day.
Got to play outside, have cocoa, help feed their goats and then we came back to town
to do some sledding. :)
The girls barely had to walk up the long hill. We took turns giving them piggy
back rides, back up.
Kylie letting her bug crawl around the bowl of food we mixed up for it.
(I think it enjoyed being out of the bug barn for a bit.) :)
And, Kylie learned to whistle yesterday! She is so excited and proud of herself! It is so cute!
We have a fun week coming up here. It's my birthday!! Then we are spending the weekend in Sioux Falls with both our sets of parents and a sibling or two. :) It'll be nice to see you guys!!
Hope your January is going well and you are surviving the winter!!!
