Another week gone by...

I cannot believe how time flies we are so busy. Another week has come and gone, and by this time next week our baby will be three years old!

My Mom and Aunt Sharon came to our house last Wednesday night and stayed until Saturday afternoon. We had a good time exploring the area on Thursday and Friday while the children were in school, and they got to watch Kindra play volleyball on Thursday and Anna play football on Saturday morning. We were supposed to go to the varsity football game Friday night, but there were some storms moving through the area about the time the game was set to start so we didn't go. I didn't feel comfortable sitting on metal bleachers during a lightning storm, or sending Anna down on the football field to play while it was storming. The weather was different every day they were here...typical fall weather I suppose. Thursday it was cloudy with a high in the mid 50s. Friday it was hot and stormed. Saturday it was around 70 with such a beautiful blue sky. The leaves are really changing in the Northwoods, and it is so beautiful! Hard to believe in just another couple of months everything will be covered in snow until May!

Amaya had her very first dance class last Tuesday. When we arrived, her tap shoes had already come in that we ordered the week before at open house. We hurried upstairs to try them on, and you should have seen the look on her face when she stood up and took her first step in them! Her eyes got so big when she heard the tapping sound it made, and she had the biggest smile on her face. A few stomps later, and we had to take the shoes off until time for her class! She did such a great job in her class, and even tried to go back in with Noah for his class. She is the youngest child in her class, Dorinda put her in a class with children who are turning 4 and 5 this year...but this is the first year dancing for all of them. By putting her in that class, we could keep all of the kids on Tuesday night. Amaya did great though, other than being smaller than the other kids, you couldn't tell she was any younger. She memorized Noah's dance last year, so I was confident she would be fine with the older kids.

Noah has a really interesting dance class this year. It's made up of 5 boys and 3 girls! I can't wait to see what sort of dance they do for recital, I'm sure Dorinda will come up with something to showcase the boys. And Anna's classes are interesting this year too. There are only 3 girls in her ballet class, and only 4 in her tap class, compared to the 10+ that are normally in her classes. This will hopefully allow them more one on one time with the instructor, and maybe more difficult dances. Anna is counting down the days until she turns 10 and can take poin classes, I bet she'll be great at point...she has such strong legs!

Ok I'd better run. Enjoy the pictures. I am leaving for Mall of America with the children Thursday right after school. My mom is flying into Minneapolis late Thursday night, so we will share a hotel room with her on Thursday.  Unfortunately, Pavan is on call Thursday so he can't come with us. He will fly to Minneapolis on Friday morning to meet up with us. My dad, Margaret, and Grandmother Rigsbee are driving to Minneapolis on Friday and Pavan's parents are flying in on Saturday. We always have so much fun at Mall of America, it's the perfect place for a family reunion and birthday party!

More later,

Rebecca