A Busy Couple of Weeks

So, on May 29th, we moved! We are in our new house, we love it, and we're finally starting to feel settled. We are SO close to Greg and Tisha, Ben's brother and his wife, and the girls, Brooke and Kate. We can walk to their house! It's fabulous. It was a bit sad leaving our old house and our old neighborhood. We have so many friends and memories there. Thankfully, these kids will all still go to Kindergarten together. :) A few days after we moved, Lainey had her first dance recital. I didn't get any pictures from that day. We had four more recitals the following weekend (this past Friday and Saturday) and I was able to take a few pictures of the girls. What a weekend. I think we are all exhausted! :) 

ballet

Lainey and her friend Kelsey

little tutu booties :)

precious Allyson

Camille and Elise

Bitty ballerinas on stage during rehearsal...Lainey is second from the end on the left-hand side.

Lainey's hip hop outfit. I think she has some moves. She definitely didn't get those from me. :)

We LOVED being in the same show as our friends Kaitlyn and Ainsley.

Walker loving on his circus train. He really wanted me to take a picture of the two of them. His train was able to see the show and Walker managed to only toot its whistle about fifty times. ;) Walker enjoyed seeing the performances, however (he went to two of the five shows). He did ask frequently if "Sissy [was] comin' on next" and he got concerned during the solos when there was only one dancer onstage. He said to us, "Her have no friends. Where are her friends?" :)

the three friends

Lainey keeps calling Alice from Alice in Wonderland "Allison." As in, Allison Wonderland. I'll correct her at some point. :)

Another studio (Lainey's cousin Kate's studio) was performing in the adjoining theater. Their recitals took on the Alice in Wonderland theme. 

Lainey wanted her picture with all of the characters.

We got to see beautiful Kate! Lainey looks like a hot mess. This is after recital #1 on Saturday, but before recital #2. Of course, I had to redo Lainey's hair and makeup for that second recital! Kate was taking a break between her rehearsal and her recital. I'm so glad we got to see her! She is a beautiful dancer.

I couldn't resist. So cute. Killing some time between performances. She made the comment to me yesterday, around the time that this picture was taken, that she was "so tired of not dancing." :) Lainey loves to dance and she loves that "big stage."

Cute girls at the conclusion of the final recital.

Allyson, Anna, Kelsey, Lainey

AND...this is what four recitals in one weekend will do to a five year old. :) I can empathize!