Big girl princess 5 years old, girlishy Ali.....

Oh my little girl.....or as she like to be known, Big girl princess 5 years old, girlishy Ali. She started calling herself that on her birthday last year when she turned 4, and I never thought it would stick around more than a couple weeks but her little name has made it an entire year and she is a princess! This year was Ali's first friend party "Fancy Nancy" and she was talking about it for a month. As much work as it was for me I must say it was definitely worth it after seeing her that day! (Just for the record I think some one should have warned me about all the the work that goes into these cute little girl parties!) She had a blast, of course with a few dramatic moments in the mix.

Ali is our little sweetheart! She loves to snuggle and she has to have her hands on your face and her cheek smooshed up to your cheek and she holds on tight. She only wants to wear things that are fancy, so she will either be in a pettiskirt or a skirt or a dress everyday! Unless of course I force her to wear shorts or pants which will inevitably results in tears and pouting, unless of course she thinks it's her idea. She i such a silly girl and loves to joke and laugh with her daddy. Ali is a little hard to win over at first, but once she likes you you're in for good and will be referred to as "my best friend" she has lots of best friends! Ali has been taking dance for the last year and really surprised me by how good of a little dancer she is.... I thought she wouldn't want to dance at her recitals in front of so many people for being such a shy girl (when she was 3 she told me that she doesn't like people) but she really busts it out for everyone hitting her moves and smiling all the while! She just had her 2nd recital the theme was peter pan and she danced to Ugg-a-Wugg dressed like Tiger Lily. Recently Ali and Brody have been taking swimming lessons together and are both doing a great job, they are in the same class and have been so cute and so nice to each other at their lessons (what a relief to know that they really can be nice to each other) holding hands in the line and the hole bit, Ali was really looking after her little brother there and it was great to see. We love Ali so much and are so happy that she is part of our family! Drama and all =)

Just Dance...

My sweet little Ali just had her first ever dance Recital! She did not want to get up and get ready for her dress rehearsal at all, but as soon as we got there and she saw that her little dance friend was all fancy she was ready to go home and get her hair curled and dance make up on (which is mostly lots and lots of glitter) She did her dance to the song "When Santa Got Stuck Up The Chimney", which I had never heard of before, it's a cute Christmas song that I think is more popular in the UK. She did such a great job on her dance she remembered MOST of what she was supposed to do, and tried to smile while she was dancing. She had a big cheering section with lots of us yelling and whistling for her and she was so happy that lots of her family could come and watch her! Everyone spoiled her with flowers, Jed and Charma brought her a cake, Shawn and Nikki made her a paper rose and a little present box, then after all that she got a huge Lollipop from Santa! She had such a great time and we are so proud of our Big Girl!

Waiting for the music!

Action shot

Wow, she can strike a pose!!

Ali and Erin After the show.

Summer!!!

I LOVE SUMMER! I really can't wait to spend coutless hours outside with my family doing absolutely nothing, but enjoying ourselves!

Have you ever seen any one having that much fun?

Happy Birthday Ali! Ali turned 4 a couple days ago. She is such a great little girl! Ali is always a great helper and big sister, she is so sweet, every day she tells me how much she loves me and is very generous with hugs and kisses! She also just finished her first year of pre-school, which she loved every day of.

On her birthday we had lots of friends and family over to celebrate with a flag cake which she helped me make. She had a blast running around with all of her friends and cousins. The morning after her birthday I was talking to her and I told how she is so big now she is 4 yrs old. She said "I know Mom I'm a big girl princess 4 years old!" So that's what we call her now, big girl princess 4 years old.

She loves riding her new bike and she has had so much fun with her new toys that I have really enjoyed the last couple of days of her and Brody playing so good! Although I really don't like polly pocket shoes!

to text or not to text

So...Today Ali decided she wanted to go to Callie's and I explained to her that is not going to be possible (since Callie decided to move herself half way across the country!) So she said that would like to sleep at grandma's. She looked at me and said "can I tex mess your mom?" I said "you want to take your shoes to my mom?" "NOOO!" she said (as she rolled her eyes) "I want to tex mess her!" as she pointed to my phone. Oh now I get it! My 3 year old has decided she is ready to start texting!!

A new room...

Brody and Ali are getting so big. Callie and I recently replaced Brody's crib with his "Big boy bed" and raised Ali's bed too, it is "So Tall" just like her. The kids were loving it. They "helped" and then they jumped on their "new" beds to brake them in.

Since I moved Brody into Ali's room, I decided to make it a little bit boy, and not all girl. So he has a little space of his own. I put up his curtain on the window by his bed, and also hung some cowboy decorations up above his bed.

Fancy girls!

Erin was invited to a Fancy Nancy birthday party and when it was over she came to my house with all of her dress-ups and Erin helped Ali get all fancy!













They had so much fun putting clips in their hair!

Ali

Daddy"s Little Princess-Ali is so full of it(attitude). She is deffinately daddy's girl, only she calls him honey. She tells me My honey is for me and Brody is for you. She knows what she wants. She talks a lot and loves spening time with her brother and cousins. We Love our Little Princess.

Brody

My little Man-Brody is a year and a half now and growing up so fast. He is wild and crazy and into everything. He loves teasing his big sister. He is so fun to be around with his easy going attitude. He is also talking so much. he does a pretty good job getting his point across.