Dance Rehearsal

After the birthday party, this is what Walker did...

And this is what Lainey did. :) Dress rehearsal for dance!

Lainey and her team are performing a dance called "Superdocious." It's a twist on the song Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious from the movie Mary Poppins.

waiting for the music to start

Lainey has to do a cartwheel while holding her umbrella. Tough move!

This is a more experienced group of girls; they are performing a very slow, lyrical dance. It's a challenge because the girls have to move very gracefully and skillfully and that's hard! 

And this is the other more experienced group of girls performing their routine. 

After dancing, the girls had to have their pictures taken. :)

This one is not afraid to strike a pose.

three of Lainey's friends: Emiliana, Ava, and Lauren :)

And, here's a video of the girls' rehearsal! :) In the beginning, Lainey is in the back row, third from the left. She moves over, though, to the right side of the stage at some point, though!

Happy Birthday to Walker AND Lainey!

This year, instead of having two separate birthday parties, we decided to give Walker and Lainey one big birthday party. Since most of their friends are the same anyway, we (well, I) thought this was the best solution! Walker turned three in February and Lainey will be five in April. So March seemed like a good month to host a joint birthday party. And what a crazy, chaotic, fun time it was. :) Thank you to all who were able to celebrate with us!

Lainey, Walker, and Grace on the bounce house slide

We rented out the gym at our church. Perfect idea because we had access to the church's scooters and basketballs as well as their tables and chairs and sound system. :) 

It would have been unusual if Walker hadn't shed a few tears.

Still crying. It was his party after all! 

The favors...sidewalk paint!

Lainey was so happy to see Collin. She ran up and gave him a hug. And of course, this totally embarrassed him!

(Avery, Anna, Lainey, Kaitlyn, Ainsley)

Lainey was so happy to have her friends all in one place. She had her school friends, family friends, dance friends, old friends, new friends, and her cousins. She and her friends ran around singing songs (currently, the soundtrack to the movie Barbie Princess and the Popstar is on repeat in our house) and chasing boys. Well, mainly chasing Nolan (Avery's brother). You know, typical 5-year-old girl stuff. (Mark my words...we're in for it with this little Lainey.)

Nolan is desperately trying to run away from this pack of girls.

The little boy right behind Walker is Kasen. He's Walker's best friend at school.

And I'm including this picture because it tells a funny story (please pardon me for being tacky). See this woman on the scooter? She was our party crasher. She and her granddaughter (I'm guessing that is who the little girl was) attended our party, ate our pizza, had our cupcakes and drank our drinks. It was so bizarre. And kinda sad. We were all just so confused. We think she must have thought it was a church-sanctioned event...yet the cupcakes and the singing of Happy Birthday didn't seem to convey to her that it wasn't in fact a church-sanctioned event. Ha! It'll always be a funny story to tell.

The night before the kids' party, we hosted a couples baby shower for our friends Jenny and Chad. It was a lot of fun and it is always fun to be with friends. Cheers to baby Cole!