Here are just a few of the shots my friend took of Charli.
I Just LOVE how she captured all her little baby faces and that fabulous chunky baby bod!
And as for the hat............
I bought it from my friends store and thought to myself that I really ought not spend that much on a baby hat (even though I was supporting the girl who made it and my friends store). The hat goes with everything (you can even switch out the flower), and it's been great in these Winter months. She just happened to be wearing it to keep warm that day and I'm so glad my friend asked to use it in the pictures since it has become a big part of her babyhood and will go down, I'm sure, as one of our most cherished keepsakes of this special time.
Well Avery's First Grade class read Flat Stanley and were asked to do their own flat project. For those of you who haven't encountered a Flat Stanley project, you probably will at some point. It's become an Elementary right of passage so to speak. In the book, Stanley becomes flattened by a bulletin board. His parents take advantage of his newly flattened form and ship him off via the mail to see different people and to go to different places.
We sent Flat Avery to her Uncle Justin. Justin was kind enough to take Flat Avery along with him on his second dental missions trip to Uganda to provide dental care to HIV positive children.
Flat Avery on a gorilla trek with Uncle Justin
Flat Avery on the Equator!
Last year while on his first dental missions trip, Justin met someone very special. Joni!!!!
So I'm going to take a cue from all my Mormon friends (you know who you are ;-) and give this blogging thing a try. I must admit this is NOT the best way to be spending my time right now so I can't guarantee I'll stay current, or keep it up at all.
Theme of the day???
BALLET! more specifically the Prix De Lausanne.
Don't know what that is? Neither did I until recently. A girl named Anisa from the girls' studio was chosen to participate in this years competition. It's been held annually for the last 30 some odd years in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is an international, six day competition for up and coming ballet students ages 15-18. There were approximately 45 boys and 45 girls chosen to participate this year. I think Anisa is only 1 of 4 Americans. Some of the alum include Darcy Bussell, Alex Wong (of SYTYCD success), and even Natalie Portman's baby daddy Benjamin Millepied.
The goal is to be one of the 20 finalists who will compete live, on Sunday, for one of a handful of scholarships or apprenticeships. But the truth is, just being asked to participate is such a huge deal that it will get them all very far in their careers.
It has been a lot of fun checking out the video blogs and pictures each day from the competition so I thought I'd share them with you. Mainly the ones featuring Anisa because you've got to route for the home team! Speaking of which, I find it kind of funny that this "Super Bowl" of ballet coincides with our actual Super Bowl. At least the times won't clash seeing as how the finals start at 3 pm Central European Time which I've calculated to be about 7 am here.
So here is the link to the official website if you're interested:
Here is a pic of Anisa and Avery at Nutcracker this past year
Here are some pics of her from this week's competition. She's #313 in the orange leo for the first 3.
Here are 2 of the Video Blogs. One features a French participant who is part of Anisa's group so you get to see her a lot in the background. She's the one with AMAZING extension.
With the excitement of this weeks competition and being stuck inside for 2 days due to the sub-zero temps, the girls decided to start gearing up for the Prix De Lausanne 2022
