February 11, 2008

It's been a couple of weeks since I last wrote. We've had some fun things go on in our house since then. A week ago, my parents came for a visit. If you ask Rachel what the best part of Grandma and Grandpa's visit was she will respond, "CRAB!". One of her very favorite meals is snow crab at Red Lobster. Grandpa wanted to treat the kids to something special and a trip to Red Lobster was their choice. Of course I didn't mind that one bit. The rest of that weekend was pretty relaxed; I enjoyed the down time and visiting with Mom and Dad.

Matthew had a couple big events this week - a birthday party at a local swimming pool, his first "meeting" with his baseball team, and . . . drumroll, please . . . NO MORE TRAINING WHEELS! I came home tonight and Matthew as riding all over the neighborhood WITH NO TRAINING WHEELS! I was so excited for him! We are finally officially out of the toddler years! The next big milestone will be starting Kindergarten in August.

For the girls, they had a very special date with Dad Saturday night. It was the annual "Daddy Daughter Dance" at the school.



This is like Prom for elementary! They painted nails (hands and toes), dolled up hair, and dressed up in new dresses from Wal-Mart. They had a blast getting ready for the event. They were part of the lucky few who got there early enough to get food and enjoy time "dancing" (Dave would call it running around the gym) with friends. Dave was commenting on the difference between this year and last - last year both girls stayed pretty close to Dave and wouldn't socialize with very many people. This year, they were all over the place. They had friends everywhere and were having a blast being butterflies!