On her way to her first day at her new high school:

We were waiting in the long, car drop off line (still on the road waiting to turn INTO the school) in the rain. Luckily, it was the actual first day of school for this year and being a new building with a lot more students than it’s previous incarnation, it was like there were a lot of new students. She had a great day while at school.

I find it hard to fathom that June will conclude today for this year. It went by way too quickly. I suppose that is only because we were way too busy? Never.

The weather here in Michigan has been really wonky the last two days. Chilly. Like barely 70 degrees at the END of June kind of chilly. Certainly not swimming weather, that’s for sure!

Tomorrow is supposed to be a tad warmer and then Friday we should be back to where we ought to be for this week.

Other news includes that Alex had her second voice lesson today. She’s loving it. I love that she loves it. Phoebe plays with the lady’s little boy and one of her daughters while we are there, so it’s all good. Me? I played with my iPhone. Told ya. It’s all good.

Today I took Phoebe to get her ears pierced! It is part of her birthday present from us. She has wanted them done for a few years, but this was the year.

She grinned from ear to ear pretty much the entire time we were at the place.

She didn’t cry. She didn’t wiggle. She didn’t roll around on the floor writhing in pain. She merely said, “Ow!” quietly, almost as an afterthought.

Afterwards, we met up with Ray and had lunch. Phoebe was still grinning about it. She didn’t even argue when I said that she was getting the plain little balls for her first earrings. Even after they showed her all the fancy, pretty little ones that were colorful or sparkly. I did promise that she could get something prettier or sparkly (or both) for her second pair when she’s allowed to change them.

Today was Phoebe’s birthday party with our families. It was a nice time for everyone. :) We were also surprised with a visit from Rob, Kira, Henry and Lilly who were in from Colorado for the weekend.

The big news for today is that Alex has started voice lessons with a most fabulous lady! I am so excited to see, well, hear what she does with Alex over the summer!

Afterwards, we girls went to the bank, had a late lunch, stopped at the fabric/craft store and headed home.

Exciting, right?

This weekend was the dance recital for the studio we attend. It’s always a wonderful show that is amazingly well put on. Recital for our studio consists of two days and three shows. Not every class or dance is in every show. The younger kids and the more beginning classes have only one performance between the three shows. The older and more advanced, the more performances.

This year was Phoebe’s FOURTH year in ballet. She has advanced a level every single year (so far) and loves it. She started out in pre-ballet and moved through beginning, level A and this year, level B. Prior to this year, she had only one performance. This year, she was in two. Phoebe did an amazing job and we are very proud of her. The only thing, really, is that when in her dance, they do a turn, she does two or three instead of one. She says that she can’t help it, that she just loves to spin. We joked (a bit) that while she was advanced to level C for the next year, they’ll probably be choreographing more spinning/turning in the routine, just for her. (No, we don’t really believe that.)

Alex decided that since she loved the dancing she was doing while in Oklahoma! last fall, that she wanted to take dance classes also. She was already in the musical theatre class at the dance studio, and she added beginning tap and beginning lyrical (she wanted ballet, but this was all there was available by this time in the year). When it came closer to the end of the dance year, she also signed up to do the opening and closing shows for the recital (which meant all three shows, just for that part!). She also did extremely well and we are very, very proud of her as well. She advanced to level C of musical theatre and lyrical and to level A in tap.

Three super busy weekends in a row are now over! (Two Cinderella Kids performance weekends, followed by recital!) Phew!