Week 13

Lainey // You love sitting on everyone's lap but mine. :) However, you love sleeping in the same bed as me (a rarity). You use me as your human pillow. You snuggle and cuddle and practically sleep on top of me. Basically, this boils down to me not sleeping at all. (This happened Friday night in Fort Worth when we stayed with my uncle Dan and aunt Nancy. I really hope she doesn't catch strep throat from me!)

example #1

example #2

Walker // Your funny sayings at the moment: 

-"I'm nervous about holding the ball. Because it's heavy." (He was acting shy at a bowling birthday party...this was his reason for being slightly uncooperative and sitting under a table.)

-You say "distonished" when you actually mean "disconnected." 

-You once made the comment that a bird "teleported" to the fence. You mean flew. The bird flew to the fence. Things cannot teleport. Except on Minecraft.

-You say the word "fuwh-tee" instead of "thirty." :) And we love it. I think we all say "fuwh-tee" now. When you catch yourself saying a word incorrectly, you stop and think about it and then try to say it correctly. I think you'll get there. The "r" sound and the "th" sound and all of the "s" blends are still hard for you to pronounce correctly. :)

Lainey's First Solo

A big deal for a six-year-old! Her first solo! Performed to "My Boyfriend's Back" (a modern version). 

Sassy!

This might be the only "sassy face" she can make. But she used it a couple of times! Before yesterday, she told me she could only make "three sassy faces." One looked like this - the other was a smile - and the final one was something in between. :) 

So proud of the sweet girl! First overall in her category for her age (she might have been the only one...but  trophy's a trophy) and second overall for 8 & Under girls. :) I was more proud of her, however, for showing genuine happiness for her friend who was the first-place winner. She showed good sportsmanship and a good attitude. This could be because she's six, and this is her first solo competition, but I'll take it. :)

Lainey, Morgan, and a trash can

Morgan got first place in her category for her age, as well. 

Posing in the splits. Why not? :)

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Some pictures that I took outside after the solo competition, before her group dance. She wanted me to take pictures of her jumping. :) Haha!

Last shot of the trophy. Then it went into the car. :) 

And P.S. - She had a run-in with a stone earlier in the week. She was playing on the stonework that circles our trees out in our front yard...and one was loose...so she fell. That's what the mark on her belly is from! (It's just below her the lining of her top.)

Lainey's Group Dance

Lainey's group dance performed to the song "Ay Caramba." The girls were full of personality and looked like they were having so much fun up on that stage. :)

Lainey is the character "Lola."

This picture makes me laugh really hard. This is Lainey with her precious and adorable "little sis" Emily. Emily is awfully talented and a sweetheart. But I love Ms. Tammy in the background as well as my good friend, Christine. Oh, and little Eva there at the top. :) Ha! 

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This photo of Lainey and Emily was taken while I was searching the auditorium for my lost phone. For an hour and a half. :-/ But I found it. In a side pocket of an auditorium chair. To make things more interesting, when I got home from the competition and was putting away our things, I inadvertently threw my camera card (yes, my camera card holding all my pictures) into our recycling bin outside. Where it stayed for two hours before I found it. To make me feel a bit better about my total absentmindedness, I did get diagnosed with strep throat last night at CareNow. I felt horribly for two days - and I'm sorta glad to know that I'm not losing my brain. I'm just blaming my aloofness on the strep! What a day!

This is the sweet card Emily made for Lainey.

Their trophies! The girls also got recognized for having "best technique" in the competition! :)

A cute shot of the group taken by a team member's mom, Laura. Such a great group of girls!!

Another great picture!

This is a picture of the younger group of girls - the Bitties. They're hilarious! And adorable!