Our graduate

We have another graduate in the house (can I get a whoop whoop!?). Maggie Mae is officially a kindergartner (well, almost, she "still has a lot of summer vacation to go" as Maggie says). Her graduation was just fantastic. We were so proud of the way she stood up on stage and sang her little heart out. She was very serious and would not wave or thumbs up or anything like that during her performance (unlike the little boy next to her who gave his mom a thumbs up no less than 8 times). She was so excited to read her yearbook that when we went to the courtyard to visit B at her popsicle party, she went off by herself and sat and "read" the whole thing. She has had someone read it to her cover to cover at least 2 times now (and all the descriptions of the 55 kids graduating). She really blossomed this year, and it just warms my heart to see her so confident and so comfortable with her surroundings.

...She has grown up so much this year. She loves to practice her writing. She loves to color. She adores her friends and wants to have playdates all the time. She is always ready to go somewhere and will do whatever you need to help get out of the house. If you can't find something, don't worry, Mags can. If you say something like "gosh, I wish the basement was clean; it really makes me upset." There is a good chance she will be down there in the next 10 minutes cleaning it She makes both her and B's bed in the morning. She loves to "read." She is loving soccer and is still a fish in the water. She liked dance a lot but is not sure she wants to do it again, she may want to focus on soccer (she cracks me up!).

Today she was put in time out for something (I honestly can't remember) and was crying very loudly. Chris peeked in to check on her. She was still crying loudly, but as she was also hanging the clothes that bridget had thrown on the floor. She then went on to organize her closet and clean up her room. That's my girl!

Memorial Day Weekend

What a wonderful weekend we had. Friday night at the Smiths the kids played great. Saturday we picked up Chris and Ryan and grilled ribs and made s'mores (and burnt a hole in our yard!). The girls absolutely love when Ryan comes to town. They have been so excited all week and were counting down the days and hours until he arrived. They all went with Sean to pick him up at the train station. I just wished he lived closer. Hopefully he can come spend some quality time with us this summer.

Sunday we went to the pool (B is quite the fish. WCU swim lessons paid off). It was too cold for Maura, she just sat (and whined) by the side of the pool. The Cioccas and my parents joined us for another BBQ... so much fun had by all. Back to the pool today, and O'Reillys came for dinner. We tried to put the girls down early for bed, but they fought the fought and caused havoc for about two hours after we put them down. Overall it was a great weekend with lots of friends, family and fun! Hoping for many more like that this summer (I can't believe Maura has school tomorrow!).

Two wheeling

Mags is officially riding a two wheeler as of May 12, 2011. And guess what is even better... I taught her! Well, she was ready to go, but I did give her a push!

Tiny dancers

Today was B and Mag's first dance recital. I have to admit, they were adorable. I am amazed at their ability to just get up on stage and dance in front of all those people. They were not nervous at all. Mags was just so excited to be doing the dance with all her friends. In fact, on the way to the dress rehearsal (which was less than fun) Mags and her BF Eva were having the most adorable conversation about how time just flew by this year.

Me: Girls, can you believe it? Your dance recital is finally here.

Eva: I can' believe it is finally here.

Mags: It seems like it was just a little bit ago that we started dance class.

Eva: And now our show is here. Time goes by fast when you are having fun (or something like that).

It really was adorable, this conversation. I love listening to the two of them talk to each other. They have deep conversations about seatbelt laws, God, and ice cream flavors. I love it.

But back to the dance recital. Mags was one of the first ones to go. She really was not nervous just full of excitement. When we got back stage, I started to get a little nervous because some girls were crying and nervous. I wanted to stay away from them. Mags did not even notice. She went right over to her friends and started being silly. B did notice. She got a little clingy. She is not one that likes to be left alone, or just left in general. She wanted me to hold her for a bit, then color with her, but I did get out after a few minutes. I have to admit, I was a little nervous I would not see her on stage, but she was there and she did great.

Mags was very into her dance and was very graceful. HEr and Eva (really the two I was focused on) knew the dance very well. Mags also told a friend or two what to do a few times! Her class was one of the better classes (in a totally unbiased opinion... but really even the family behind us with out a child in the class, was commenting on how well they did.). They all knew what to do and where to go. This was not the case of all the classes. And Mags was great. B's class was amazing for the little ones. They also knew what they were doing and were able to sneak peaks off the side to see their teacher and follow along. B got a little distracted at the end and kept walking when everyone else had stopped and started the next move. The funny thing is, she did the same thing at the dress rehearsal and went to the same spot... maybe she planned it that way!

I was a proud mama today. Glad to see my cuties with the confidence to do what they did!