Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Karate belt - ceremony 11/30/12


Sadie did it and got her orange belt!!  Way to go Sadie!!!

Karate belt - sparing 11/30/12


Sadie sparing with Hayden.  Pay no attention to the moms telling them what to do in the background!

Karate belt - sparing 11/30/12


Sadie sparing with Sheridan.  Even though Sheridan is way littler, she's pretty feisty so you never know.  Sadie got her though!

Karate belt - stranger 11/30/12


For this he grabbed them like a stranger would and told them to get out of it and run.  Every other kid got caught a 2nd time.  Sadie was too quick.

Karate belt - kick 11/30/12


He told them to block after their kick or they may get hit with the clapper. Sadie pulled a karate kid move on him to be sure....

Karate belt - kick 11/30/12


Doing some kicks...

Karate belt - punch 11/30/12


More karate punches

Karate belt - punch 11/30/12


Sadie had her Karate belt ceremony.  Here is her doing a couple punches.  Very serious.

Mommy song - 11/23/12


This pretty much never happens so I made her do it over so Andy could tape it.  "Mommy's the best mom ever!"  (I think it was because I gave her fruit snacks or something)

Thanksgiving Prayer - 11/22/=12


Sadie had the honor of doing the Thanksgiving Prayer she learned in school.  I think Andy cut the 1st line off but that's ok, she did great.

Princess ball - 11/17/12


Sadie and Gracie (and the dads) went to a Princess ball.  Looks like they had fun dancing!  (the mommies went out to dinner) ;)

Thanksgiving feast - 11/16/12


The kids got to choose one person to serve their thanksgiving feast too (Sadie choose Daddy of course).  The kids made or help make everything they served and prepared their guests plate to serve them.

Thanksgiving assembly - 11/16/12


After their singing, the Pilgrims and the Indians did a little gift exchange.

Thanksgiving assembly - 11/16/12


Sadie did a great job singing in her assembly.  What a cute little Pilgrim!!

Soccer drills - 11/10/12


Sadie actually participating in some soccer drills, for the last game....

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Sadie Boo Boo 11/2/12



Sadie doing her Honey Boo Boo Child special juice impersonation!

Halloween karate fight 10/30/12


During the halloween party, the girls got to beat all the boys with their "moves".

Halloween karate fight 10/30/12


After karate, the kids all had a little halloween party where they made up some fight scenes.

Last swim lesson 10/27/12



This is Sadie's last swim lesson for the season (unless we can convince her teacher otherwise).  This is her 2nd IM of the lesson, after soccer so she is a bit tired but did awesome!

Fall Festival 10/26/12


Sadie had an awesome fall festival at her new school.  They sang some songs and did a couple poems and then played in the school yard.  The girl in front of her the whole time is Tori Spelling's daughter, Stella.  I tried to get a view around her....

Milli's 1st birthday 10/4/12



Milli turned 1 years old!!!  They were at the Milli's trainer for boarding that weekend and the trainer gave her quite an elaborate party, complete with hats and a cake!!

Karate sparing 10/2/12


Sadie & Sheridan sparing in Karate.  Pretty funny and cute!!

Karate Kick 10/2/12


Sadie is loving karate and just got her 2nd stripe!!

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Individual Medley 9/29/12


Sadie's started doing individual medleys in swimming!!  Her freestyle breaths are getting really good and here she is starting to breathe out on both sides (without being asked).  We have only 2 more lessons of the season.  I'm thinking this is more her sport than soccer!

Crazy cheer - 9/21/12



Not sure what kind of cheering this is supposed to be but it was entertaining!

Football game - 9/21/12


Sadie and Sheridan love going to her brother's games to cheer with the cheerleaders.  This time they got all dressed up!  They will start cheer in January with both mommies as the coaches!

Photographer - 9/8/12


While Sadie wasn't playing, she wanted to take some pictures.  She actually did a pretty good job!!

1st soccer game - 9/8/12


Sadie started soccer!  Her shirt is huge but it has since been pinned.  She doesn't really like it, she mostly likes the snack at the end....

Singing at football game - 9/7/12


Sadie and Sheridan went to her brothers football game to cheer him on.  They had a great time singing and dancing!

Karate with Nate - 9/2/12


Andy thinks he is the Karate Kid and is showing Nate a few of his moves in a "battle".

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Butterfly - 8/25/12



And she's got it!!  That's my girl!!

Butterfly long - 8/28/12


Sadie has been practicing the butterfly and doing it the full length of the pool!!  Now she's working on the breathing transitions...

Annie dance camp - 8/17/12


Sadie missed school one day to do a little Annie class at her dance place.  She had lots of fun and they selected her to sing while the others did their twirls.  Wish she would've focused a little less on the tutu!!

Chicago Trampoline - 8/11/12


We rented the same house as last year in Chicago.  It was great to see everyone.  Sadie had a great time playing with Uncle Steve and Daddy joined in on the trampoline (this is definitely over the weight limit!)

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Butterfly 7/31/12



And we start to put it all together!!!

Butterfly arms 7/17/12



And now we add the arms to the Butterfly!!

Dolphin Kicks 7/17/12



Sadie is now learning the Butterfly!!  Here she is starting her Dolphin Kicks!!!

1st concert 7/14/12


Also while the Texas cousins were here, Sadie got to go to her very 1st concert!  It was Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney and she loved it!!!

Disneyland - Bow & Arrow 7/13/12



We went with some of the Texas cousins to Disneyland when they were in town.  After meeting Merida from Brave, you can shoot a bow & arrow.  Sadie did pretty well!

Cape Cod - Chickens2 7/4/12



Sadie was not so sure about the chickens when they fly.  She also got to get a couple eggs out of their nest.  Pretty cool!

Cape Cod - Chickens 7/4/12



We went to Aunt Pam's house for the 4th.  Sadie got to chase the chickens!!

Cape Cod - sprinkle pool 7/2/12



We went to Cape Cod to visit Noni*.  Sadie (and obviously Andy) both had some fun with the little sprinkle pool!

Sunday, July 8, 2012

Ariel's Grotto 6/27/12


Sadie went to her best friend Sheridan's.  Sheridan is much littler than her so it was a bit harder for her to fit under this table!!

Freestyle 6/23/12


We watched a few Michael Phelps videos to see how quick he does his breaths!  Now she's got it!!!

Ballet show day 6/22/12


Sadie moved into a new class with older kids.  She is doing great.  Every few weeks they do a little show to show off what they've learned.  This is swan lake!

New Somersault 6/19/12


Sadie taught herself to do a somersault during her time in the hot tub after her lesson!

Breast stroke 6/19/12


Sadie is mastering the breast stroke.  I little fine tuning and she's got it!!

Fathers day at school 6/15/12



Andy loved all the songs!  Glad he was able to go!!

Fathers day at school 6/15/12



They are getting good at singing these songs!

Fathers day at school 6/15/12


Sadie's class had Dad's and Donuts for a Father's day event.  They sang a couple songs too.  So cute!!

School birthday 6/11/12


Sadie's class all sang happy birthday to her!  It was really cute!!

School birthday 6/11/12


Sadie got to celebrate her birthday at school.  Before cake, they had a little dance party!

Sadie's 4th birthday party 6/10/12



Happy 4th Birthday to you Sadie!!  Where has the time gone?

Snow White reading 6/10/12



Snow White came to Sadie's birthday party.  The kids loved her and she sang songs, played games and read part of her story!

Backstroke 6/9/12


Sadie doing the backstroke!!

Water slide 5/19/12



Andy & Sadie went down this huge water slide in Daytona.  I think Sadie would've liked it a bit more had she been on her own.  I think the water was a bit much in Daddy's wake!!

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Turks - Grover tuck in - 5/26/12


We also had a tuck in with Grover!!

Turks - Character breakfast - 5/24/12



The girls doing the freeze dance with the characters!!

Turks - Character breakfast - 5/24/12



We went to a breakfast with all of the Sesame Street characters.  Then they individually came to all of the tables.  They loved it!

Turks - Zoe tuck in - 5/24/12


The daddies sang twinkle twinkle with Zoe for bedtime!

Turks - Zoe tuck in - 5/24/12


The girls were tucked in by Zoe.  She surprised them with a little doll!

Turks - Fashion show 2 - 5/23/12


The 2nd part to the fashion show - beach wear!  Last year it was on the stage which was much better but oh well....

Turks - Fashion show - 5/23/12


Sadie & Gracie did a fashion show with some other kids.  This was the resort wear part.

Turks - dancing 5/23/12


Sadie and Gracie did an impromptu dance party in front of our rooms!

Turks - Surprise Abbey tea - 5/22/12


At the kids club the kids surprised Abbey with a Tea party!

Cheering for Lakers - 5/14/12


Sadie is a natural cheerleader!  Too bad the Lakers didn't actually make it!

Mothers day at school - 5/9/12



This was the cutest ever and Sadie actually sang (and loudly!)

Ballet recital - 5/6/12


Sadie's ballet recital (her 2nd)!  They all did great and she loves to be on the stage!!

Hip Hop recital - 5/6/12



Sadie's first Hip hop recital!  They were so cute!!  Then she also had ballet!

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Dancing to Buck Cherry 4/25/12


This CD was in the player right after the Annie soundtrack.  When I tried to turn it off, Sadie said "Mommy, don't turn it off!  We're having a dance party!"  The best is her comment at the end about Milli!!

Watching Father of the Bride 4/17/12


Sadie loves being a bride so it was natural to have her watch Father of the Bride!  Its cute how excited she is at the end when they say I Do!

Learning Frog kick! 4/17/12



Swimming is back in full effect and Sadie is doing awesome!  She is now learning how to do the breast stroke!!

Easter egg hunt2 4/8/12



Sadie did a great job finding all the eggs!!

Easter egg hunt 4/8/12



The easter bunny left some eggs for Sadie in the courtyard!!

Monday, April 2, 2012

Sadie Reading!!! - 3/14/12


Sadie is doing so good with her sight words and has realized she see them all over the place now!!! She gets so excited!!

Ballet show week2 - 3/8/12


Such style and grace!

Ballet show week - 3/8/12


Finally a show week without Sadie pouting! She did good when she wasn't obsessing with her tutu!

Milli watching sight words - 3/7/12


Milli is a smarty but apparently also wants to learn to read!!

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Dancing lift with Opa 2/16/12


Sadie got pretty fancy and tried doing lifts with Opa. Maybe I should have her watch Dirty Dancing!

Dancing with Opa 2/16/12


Sadie had fun dancing with Opa in the foyer (which is where she holds her princess balls)!! I think she wore him out!

Oma mystery reader 2/13/12


Oma came and was the Mystery Reader at Sadie's school! Sadie was so surprised it was someone SHE knew!!

Vday party at school 2/10/12


Sadie did a great job singing at her Valentine's day party!

Trampoline with Oma 2/8/12


Sadie managed to convince Oma to get on the trampoline!!

Sadie cheering for Superbowl 2/5/12


We went to our friend's dad's house for a great super bowl party. Sadie had fun cheering for the game!

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

What does Mommy say? 1/29/12


Really? Things seem a little skewed in this video.
I do say that a lot but Daddy should not get off that easily....

1st Piano/voice lesson 1/28/12


2nd half of her Annie song....

1st Piano/voice lesson 1/28/12


Sadie had her 1st piano and voice lesson. She really loved it!!

Snow day - sledding w/ Daddy 1/25/12


Daddy also loves snow day!

Snow day - sledding w/ Sheridan 1/25/12


Sadie's best friend Sheridan was scared to go sledding so Sadie volunteered to go with her. After that they went several times together....

Snow day - sled wipe out 1/25/12


Sadie had a snow day at school (and it was 75*). She had a great time sledding and dramatically wiped out....

Skateboarding Rapunzel 1/21/12


Sadie has taken a liking to Daddy's skateboard. She is pretty good too...now she needs to learn to push with her feet....

Ice skating 1/16/12


Sadie moved to the one bladed skates (although they were 2 sizes too big) but did pretty well with them. She even tried without the walker.

Ice skating 1/16/12


Sadie did great ice skating again this year!

Hip Hop at Western town 1/7/12


Sadie found a stage at the Western town that she practiced some hip hop moves on!!

Riding bike 1/1/12


Sadie wanted to show Auntie Kimmy how good she is getting at riding her big bike!

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Sadie baseball 12/31/11


Sadie starts baseball this weekend for 5 weeks since soccer is over. She is pretty good and actually a little better without the tee.

Rapunzel 12/31/11


Sadie thinks she is Rapunzel pretty much every day. Here she acts out the first song from the movie!!

Cousins dancing 12/27/11


The cousins dancing to the Curious George theme (which Sadie and I also do every morning)!

Singing Rapunzel doll 12/25/11


Sadie loves her new doll. Thankfully there is an off switch to her (the doll anyway)...

Tinkerbell dress 12/25/11


Sadie managed to get 6 dress up dresses/outfits for Xmas!! She was VERY excited!!

Calli opening present 12/25/11


Calli loves to open presents!!! Milli still doesn't know what to do! She'll learn....

Pogo stick from Santa 12/25/11


Sadie got the pogo stick she asked Santa for!! It was the ONLY thing on her list!

Rudolph marching band 12/22/11


Sadie was in such the spirit that she made Daddy do a marching band thru the kitchen!

School holiday party 12/22/11


Sadie sang so well at her school holiday program! She wasn't pouty for this one!!

Soccer medal 12/17/11


Sadie did great at her first soccer class! Now it's on to baseball!

Gavin from school 12/12/11


Look out Jack! There's some competition!!

Santa visit 12/6/11


Sadie loved her visit with Santa!