6 Years Old!

Barbie Pary

The night before their friend party we had a family party. I went all out with the Barbie/pink theme and served pink slush drink, cakeball/strawberry/marshmallow kabobs  (I forgot to take a picture of the ones I made, so this is a sample from the website I got the idea from)  I know we served other things, but I can't remember since that was over 6 months ago.  I really need to blog more often so I don't forget things.  It was a lot of work to get everything ready for 2 parties, but was totally worth it.  I think the girls had a good birthday.

  They wanted a  Barbie theme, and I really wanted to make the doll cakes like my mom made me when I was little.  I am by no means a professional cake decorator, but I think they turned out okay.  I tried to personalize them for each girl. (notice the brown haired barbie for Kaitlin & blonde for Cadence)  The first thing we did was play put the sunglasses on Barbie, then we had a treasure hunt, opened presents, and ended with a lunch of stacked strawberry jam finger sandwiches, the kabobs shown above, watermelon and strawberry slush drink.  

I also made a big one to cut for everyone.

Those attending included Maddie, Mia, Alix, Maylee, Madison, Ruby Savannah & Mylie

 We played pin the sunglasses on Barbie then reused them on ourselves afterward because the looked so funny.

 I thought it was a really good look on Steve.

Spring Dance Recital

The girls danced to Stupid Cupid for their spring recital.  When they got on stage their dance teacher had to adjust their positions.  When she got to Kaitlin she picked her up to move her and accidentally poked her in the eye with her paper (we didn't realize what happened at this point though).  We thought she was just embarrassed from being moved and  was crying because of that.  We all felt so bad, but she pulled it together and the audience cheered for her.  I was really proud that she could overcome that.  I went backstage as soon as the dance was over to check on her and found out that not only was she poked in the eye, but when she rubbed her eye she got glitter from her costume in it also.  We had to go to the bathroom and rinse her eye out with saline.  The glitter was stuck to her face and was really hard to get off.  The both did and excellent job dancing and were so excited to get their trophies.  

Kindergarten Graduation

The Kindergarteners did a wonderful program full of songs and all the things they learned.  The girls got to do a dancing part.  They were a monkey and a Lion and did a wonderful job!  After their program, we all went back to their classroom and they were given their certificate from Mrs. Williams along with a little graduation bottle of bubbles.  She even made graduation hats for them to wear.  They looked so cute and all grown up.  After passing out their certificates we had some cookies got some pictures around the classroom and with Mrs. Williams then went out to lunch with Grandma and Grandpa

 Kaitlin as an elephant,  too bad there wasn't a bear part for our little "Kaitlin Bear"

 Cadence as a monkey

 This classroom decoration describes our girls perfectly.  I call them my opposite twins, but they are very alike in many ways also.

Mrs. Williams was an excellent teacher and the girls learned so much!

Kindergargen Field Trip to Hogle Zoo

 I was able to accompany the girls on their first field trip.  We rode the bus to Hogle Zoo, had a few hours to see the animals and have lunch then we rode the bus home.  It was fun and I was  glad I got to go with them.  

Easter Dresses

2011 Christmas Dance Rectial

Yep, I'm still playing catch up I kind of use this as a journal also, so I try to get a little bit of everything in here.  The girls dance studio Showcase USA held their Christmas  recital at Lehi High school.  The girls were so excited to perform and watch the other dancers.  They danced to "I'm gettin' slippers this Christmas".  Their costumes were Pink and Purple Christmas pajamas, and their Thing 1 and Thing 2 slippers.  I think I was more nervous than they were.  I was afraid that they would get up there and be too scared to perform, but they did great!  Kaitlin especially loved watching the other dancers.  Cadence stayed  back stage after their performance with her class and just had a lot of fun socializing.  They both said it was really fun to dance in front of an audience.  I think we've had a little break through in dance.  I wasn't sure if they were going to like it, but they seem to now.  I think they like the attention.

Disney Cruise

I know it's pathetic that's it's December again and my last post was about December, so let's try and get caught up.  I really thought I would have more time to get things done once the girls were in school all day, but life has just gotten busier.

We went on a Disney Cruise in January to the Mexican Riviera with my parents.  It was one of the best vacations ever!  If you like eating, relaxing and shows than a cruise is for you.  They had an awesome kids club and my girls wanted to stay there all the time, so Steve and I even got some time to relax without worrying about the kids.
Here's a few pictures from our trip

At port waiting to board the Disney Wonder

the girls with Grandma & Grandpa

A not so happy Cadence and Kaitlin with Pluto.

Exploring the ship

What's better than watching Disney movies while you lounge at the pool?

Swimming in Mickey's Ears

Kaitlin on the Mickey Slide

Cadence on the Mickey slide

Our Room.  The couch turned into a bed and another dropped from the ceiling for the girls to sleep in.  We even had a balcony which was nice to have so I could still get some sun while the girls napped.

The girls with an Ariel statue

 Cute Cadence

  The front of the ship

Cute Kaitlin

The pool and deck area

Kaitlin as Wedding day Ariel

Cadence as wedding day Ariel

 Our formal dinner night

 Me and my dad

Grandma & Grandpa

Us and Minnie

Our waiters were amazing and always kept us entertained.  They made hats out of napkins, always knew to bring the girls a mickey ice cream after dinner and even cut the kids food for us.

 Steve's pan hat

Grandpa's cup hat

Grandma's Minnie bow

Kaitlin doesn't like to look silly and was mad about her bow.

Cadence liked hers.

We got to meet Characters everywhere we went!

The girls loved the Mickey Ice Cream bars!

 Messy Mouth 1

Messy mouth 2

The were so happy to meet Ariel they were in awe!

Our first excursion:  Las Caletas!

This excursion was amazing!  We could have stayed there a couple days without getting bored.  The kids got to do an amazing adventure hike including, rope bridges, rope climbs, zip lines, donkey rides, monkeys, ducks etc.  Even though we enjoyed the beach and meal, watching the kids have a blast on their adventure was my favorite part.  

 Taking the ferry to the beach

 hiking to the kids zip line

 Kaitlin always does this "drugged up" look for pictures.  I'm not sure what she is doing but it's funny.

 Cadence on the zip line

Kaitlin zipping by

Our house keeping staff was also awesome.  Most nights we had little towel animals decorating the room.

Our next excursion was the floating island at Cabo San Lucas.

We met at a booth near the Nowhere Bar.  The sign is hard to read, but near the bottom it says:

"No one under 21 years of age and no girls over 95 pounds allowed"  

Needless to say they had a whole wall of pictures of bikini clad drunk girls. 

 The girls on the Floating Island. AKA a boat, but they did serve lunch, drinks, and provide us with snorkeling, kayaks, and a ride to Lovers  beach.

The girls exploring near lovers beach

Grandma snorkeling.  Grandpa stayed on the ship that day.  It was time for him to go home.

My idea of snorkeling is to go waist deep in the water, put a mask on my face and hyperventilate as I look at the amazing fish.  I wish I was brave in the ocean, but I'm just not.  One day.....

Steve taking the kayak back to the floating island after me and the girls ditched him for the beach.

Land's End.  Once you go around this peninsula it gets cold and you are on your way home :(

We had to cut our excursion short to make it back to the ship in time.  Our nice guides found a friend with a flat boat to take us back to shore so they wouldn't have to take their entire Island back.

 The last day at the pool.  The ocean swells that day were so large that the swimming pool turned into a wave pool.  One side would be completely empty while the other side rose 3 feet in depth.  It was pretty crazy.

The girls in their bed for the last night.  They swapped beds each night so they could both have a chance on the top bunk.


We had so much stuff to carry that we put the girls to work at the airport and made them pull their own luggage.  No, we aren't actually that mean, they really wanted to help and we thought the teamwork was cute.