Her last performance

The time has come for the last performance.  I think Hadley was glad, pretty sure Els was "gladier".   She doesn't do really well sitting still, I know that is shocking.  We have decided to take next year off from performing and just focus on tumbling.  Hads seems more interested in karate, so we are going to let her take a little break, work on getting better and see if she is still interested.  If not, we are good, she is off the couch, if she is...we shall see.

 

 

The Trampoline was not meant to be

 

So you might remember Hadley got a trampoline for her birthday....despite my reservations, she got one.  Well.....it didn't last long and one might take that as a sign.  Rain, storm, wind, trampoline flying through air.  Yep, that's just the way it happened.  Even though we had it weighted down.  So it has sat in the yard a warped mess and the girls looking at it longingly.  We have now ordered a replacement, it hasn't been assembled yet.  Thank goodness the play set sits where it does, so that the trampoline got wedged.  Otherwise, pretty sure it would have tumbled it's way all the way to the pond.  The good news is we will have a replacement canvas and padding, once the weather wears them.  So focusing on that positive.

 

Just a regular Saturday Night with Els

We just recently moved Els to a big girl bed. Her first attempt to stall bedtime last night was to tell us she didn't have her pillows around her bed in case she fell out of bed. About 5 minutes after Wayne Harper placed the pillows around her bed, I heard a loud thud. I go in to check and I see a Red Head in a heap of pillows and BIG dimples. That's when Hadley tells me, "Uh Mom I just watched her throw herself out of bed." Ellison, tried to argue with her and say she fell....but I'm pretty sure the dimples gave her away. Oh me.....

I'm ready for my close up

I got a certain little Red Head's school pictures back.  Can you spot the Red Head in this class picture???

 

 

Umm she made sure to get the sandals in the picture.  It was 40 degress outside that morning, but she insisted on wearing the sandals, because they looked cute.  I have to say, she does look pretty cute.

Oh ME......

So if you came here for pictures of the girls, you might want to come back tomorrow.  I'm blogging this because I don't want to forget the six days that I wasn't allowed to talk....or the surgery that blew up my face.  I had a gum graft and it didn't go as expected.  I had a little more swelling than normal, which turned out to be an infection.  It has not been a pleasant experience.  Needless to say I may forgo the other three surgeries I need and just opt to let them fall out and get partials. 

 

The surgery was on Monday.  The below are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday after the surgery.