Dancing Princess

Lately Brianna has been repeating everything I say.
Lately Brianna has been repeating everything I say.

It still makes me kinda giggle.
It still makes me kinda giggle.

But as you can imagine, it gets old pretty quick!
But as you can imagine, it gets old pretty quick!

Oh to be 4 years old again.

This weekend is her dance recital.

Up until this week I have really had no idea the dates or times for the recital. It has been driving me crazy not knowing anything.

I must say that this dance "organization" is certainly not organized! All of us "first time" moms feel so clueless and stressed out because we have absolutely NO IDEA what was going on for anything.

We are thinking of starting a support group for next years "first timers".

Seriously!

It was not fun trying to figure out stuff last minute. Even our group's assigned mom didn't have a clue. She was in charge of costumes and figured that she would go to a meeting or something to find out more info. Nope. Apparently dance is a "throw you to the wolves" type of organization. Yikes.

Well, now we know. The other moms must have been laughing at us...knowing that we were clueless, and that they too, had been there before. Thanks for nothing ladies!

The good thing about this all was watching Brie. At the dress rehearsal last night she was absolutely in awe of the older dancers. Her eyes barely left the stage. When we finally came home (after 2 1/2 hours and they had barely even started!! This is an entirely different complaint) she was twirling and dancing in the dining room for quite a while.

She just loves dancing! I am so glad that we have this activity for her. Usually if you ask her for a favorite of anything (food, book, friend...etc) her answer is always "all of them". She doesn't pick favorites. Except for color, which is red. And dance. She loves to dance.

Her little group of 6 kids carried little shovels and danced to "Hi Ho" from Snow White. It was absolutely adorable. Some were extra energetic and some were looking backstage to see what to do next. I wish I could have brought our camcorder but we have to buy the stupid DVD of the entire recital. It irks me that they sucker you in to buy the whole thing, but really what choice do we have? I want the video of her because it is so cute. Her age group is definitely the crowd favorite.

Now I'm also suckered in for next year. I can't wait to see what she'll be doing then.

Hopefully it won't be so stressful.

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Vote For Tara

A friend of mine from college is a finalist for a $1000 Mother's Day prize! I love the picture that she entered of her son giving her a hug. It speaks volumes!

Take a second to vote for her! I know she would really appreciate it.

Good and Bad

Bleck! I am sick again.

I was sick earlier this week with horrible stomach cramps and related stuff.

Now I feel like a train wreck with the fevers and runny nose.

Agh! This sucks.

Wasn't it just last month that I dealt with the worst illness ever?

I am a miserable sick person.

Sorry that you have to "listen" to my whining.


Now that this is out of my system, here is some good news!

Last week while we were in Saskatoon I decided to buy some panties for Ella. She first started showing signs of being ready for potty training around 18 months.

I'm not talking about the signs that people from our parent's generation talk about. My mom, bless her, says that all kids can be trained by 18 months. Unfortunately this was back in the day of yucky cloth diapers that didn't absorb anything. Today's diapers are sometimes too good at absorbing so the kids never know or care about it.

Before Christmas, Ella was actually telling us when she had to go. I'm not sure what happened, if we got reliant on her telling us, or what, but we actually did some backsliding.

Yet she often wakes up in the morning completely dry. Very good sign!

The thing that worked best back when we trained Brie was to get rid of the pullups. Let's face it, they are no better than diapers anyways. The only difference is that they "pull up" instead. I remember finally getting to a place where I couldn't take the diapers anymore. So they got pushed into the closet and out came the panties. Best decision ever! She was fully trained in a couple of weeks!

Now I don't expect it to be this easy again with Ella, but it sure would be nice! She is a little more stubborn (okay she is a LOT more stubborn) but she really wants to be a big girl.

We are on day 3 of panties and today was great. We only had one accident the entire day. Very successful I would say. She still isn't telling us when she needs to go, but it will happen soon. And can I just say....without this being interpreted as perverted....that her little bum looks so darling in those tiny pairs of underwear.

Ahhh...I am just imagining our future days of being completely diaper free. What a wonderful time that will be!!

FREE Avent Sippy Cups

Avent had a full page ad in the Ottawa Sun today.

If you call 1-800-843-2174 they will send you out a FREE BPA-free sippy cup.

It takes a few minutes on hold, but worth the wait I figure!!

They will ask where you "saw" the ad, but it doesn't matter where you live.

Crest Spinbrush Giveaway

Arm & Hammer and Crest Spinbrush have 3 gift baskets to giveaway on Canadian Parents.

The baskets include: 2 Crest SpinBrush for Kids,2 Crest SpinBrush Pro Select, 2 Arm & Hammer Complete Care Gel, Hand towel, Face towel, Soap Dish, and Toothbrush cup.Approximate value: $70.

To get an entry you must blog about it in April and send an email to tracy.keheler@rci.rogers.com with “Crest SpinBrush” in the subject line. Make sure you include the url to your blog post.

I Did Win Something

I was started to get a little discouraged that I didn't win anything in the Bloggy Giveaways. With several hundred giveaways open to Canadians, I thought for sure I could win something.

Well I did! Here it is from Rebecca :

It includes 6x6 album, 24 sheets of patterned paper, some alphabet stickers, die-cuts, floss, and some ribbon. How nice! I am excited to have some new supplies in my house.