Edie's Dance Recital

Well. Today is the bid day! I have been practicing for this dance recital for months and it all boils down to today. Outfit: check. Food: check. Routine: down pat. This is a little stressful. I can't believe Lily is so happy. I'm a nervous wreck.

OH MY GOODNESS!!!! This is where we have to perform? It looks like a whole nother town in here. I hear it seats around 400 people. Oh good, there is my friend Katherine!

"Yeah, and I was Like; Mommy, no problem, this will be fun. Relax."

Alright, let's go!

Just so you know, I'm the 4th one from the right.




Edie made us so proud!

Speaking Of Birthdays...Lily Turns 1!

Mommy made some great cupcakes for today. I couldn't figure out why. There were doughnut holes stacked on top of each other with vanilla icing and little scarves of candy ribbon, with white mini chocolate chips for eyes and candy corn for a nose. Then she sprinkled them with blue sprinkles. What a low sugar treat for the heck of it. Oh! I get it. Today is a special day! Today I turned 1 year old! It has been a long road but I finally made it. I have learned a lot in a year. I can eat with my hands. I can walk about 6 or 7 steps! I can even wave and say bye-bye. I can say Mommy, Daddy and Edie and clap my hands when they walk in the door. I received lots of nice presents in the mail from people I'm just realizing are related to me and even our neighbor Selma brought me a cute stuffed dog. Just when I thought things could not get any better, Mi-Mi brought over a giant birthday eclair! We even used Edie's 1st birthday candle on top!

I was a little sceptical of the massive eclair. Everyone had to coax me into trying it. I'm glad I did though. It sure was good!

Edie's Friend Turns 5

My friend Katherine turned 5 the other day and I got to go to her party! A lot of my friends from school were there and we ate a huge cookie with candles on it. Katherine is the one in the pink cowboy boots.

After getting pumped up with sugar we went to make our own teddy bears. It was really cool. We picked out a bear skin and stuffed it ourselves after implanting it's own heart. We all picked out 2 hearts and put 1 in our own bears and 1 in Katherine's bear too. Then we named them and stitched them up. Uncle Gene would have been proud of me. Then we bathed them under pressurized air and picked out clothes and accessories. When we left, they gave us birth certificates and everything.


We even got to sing a little song.

THANKSGIVING AT THE CABIN

I heard there were bears around here. I'll just use my handy-dandy "BINOCLEARS" to scope them out.

Here is Daddy, standing proudly near the fanciest "1 holer" in Highland County.

Posing for a quick shot by the pond.

The cabin was cozy and comfortable as always. Opa and Su-Su really keep it up well. Soon enough though, Opa will have to pass the torch in the maintenance department and let Daddy and Uncle Gene do the work.

Mommy was looking cool on her ATV excursion. Daddy was eating her dust.

Opa showed me how to correctly choose and use a walking stick. He's really smart when it comes to sticks. He must have done this before.

Su-Su and Uncle Gene were listening to my holiday reading of "Dickens"

"Mommy, what's that smell?"
"I don't know honey. Is it coming from in here?"
"Mommy, what's in that hole?"

Hey, where did everyone go? Hello. Hello. A little help please?

Opa took me in my 1st cave. It was quite a relief that there were no monsters in here. We brought our sticks just in case.

I'm going to cover you up Mommy. Then I will jump on top of this big pile of leaves.

Looks like Opa got Daddy and Uncle Gene working after all.

Me and Su-Su went for a spin in the cart behind Opa on the ATV. It was so so fun!

Uncle Gene really enjoyed seeing his nieces. And we love him to pieces.