Fun in the park

We had a great time at Prince's Island Park today. For the summer months there are street performers at the park. Both Princesses were picked to help the Magician. Princess Belle with a card trick and Miss Cinderella with a magic ball trick. The magician told Miss Cinderella that if she caught him touching the balls that she could pick a prize - either a balloon animal or a $5 bill. Of course she picked the money! Smart girl. In the end he gave her the money and the balloon. But Miss Cinderella didn't really understand the concept of the money as it was meant to get the crowd going to give him money for his performance. So at the end of the show she wanted to keep the money. It was quite the discussion and she did end up giving him the money back but with the promise that we give her $5. Oh boy!!

I was so grossed out as the Magician blew up a skinny balloon to about 3 feet long and then proceeded to shove it ALL down his throat. I have no idea where it went but it did go down. I could hardly watch it.

Both Princesses were a bit sad as neither passed their swim lessons. Interestingly enough nobody else in the class passed either. The front crawl is always the hangup for both of them as they both do a very looong slide glide and have trouble maintaining the pace. Definitely we will have to practice this summer.

A good deed

For the second time in her life Princess Belle has grown her hair out and then cut it off for donation. She has decided that she will do this until she is a Grandma and doesn't understand why everyone doesn't do it! I'm sure this will change once she becomes a teenager and wants to have highlights. We are so proud of her. She loves her new do and for right now it is perfect for the summer.



In other news the Princesses have just finished another great year at school. For some reason since our March break the time has flown by. It went so quick. Today I had the pleasure of going to lunch with Princess Belle's awesome teacher and another lady who was a superstar classroom volunteer for a great lunch. The weather today was perfect but the mosquitoes are crazy this year - lots of water and now some really nice weather is a recipe for really hungry blood suckers.

We finish our swim lessons tomorrow and I am excited and after we plan to go to Prince's Island Park to see the summer street performers again. Looking forward to it!

What a Crazy Weekend!

This weekend was the Princesses dance recital it was a bit crazy. While applying mascara all I could think of was Toddlers and Tiaras! But in the end they looked great on stage. Oh I would love to show you the pictures but alas pictures are not allowed. No sirree, but you can buy the video for a mere $37.00. Both Princesses were in the Saturday show and then Princess Belle was in the Sunday show. The day went forever...seriously it was a 8 hour adventure. We dropped her off at 1:00 for a dress rehearsal and then she stayed until the show started at 6:00! The show was great but it really did seem like a James Cameron production as it finished at 9:00. Like I say it was a loooong day, I was tired! The next day my mom was having day surgery and so I had to be up very early in the morning to take her. Man I wished I could have slept in but I did manage to come home and sneak a nap in before the kids came home.

We have been having crazy wet weather here - I love all the mushrooms in my yard. The Princesses are having competitions to see who can find the biggest mushrooms. At least the rain is better than the snow! I am sure that we will be able to mow the lawn soon once all the rain stops. The one upside to this is the teenagers behind us won't be on the trampoline at awful hours. I was woken up at 2:15 on Saturday morning and couldn't figure out where the voices were coming from. Maybe that wasn't worded right it kinda makes me seem a bit crazy so maybe we'll just move along!

My Super Wal store officially opens this weekend and I know this makes me a shopping loser but I am excited. It will be great to have everything all in one store. Very convenient...plus I love all the new stuff they have. I only wish that they still had fabric. Speaking of fabric thanks to my mom (who can sew anything) I have a great new faux roman blind hanging over my kitchen sink. It makes looking out at the rain a little more tolerable.