Pretty Ballarina

Katie had her first ballet/tap class at Miss Kristy's Dance School. She has been looking forward to this class for the past two weeks. We went two weeks ago and bought her the ballet outfit, ballet shoes and tap shoes. She has asked me everyday since then when she is going and she wants to wear her ballet outfit everyday. So this morning I told her we were FINALLY going to her class and she couldn't wait to get out the door. The class is an hour long and she paid attention the entire time and listened to her teacher. There were only two other girls in her class so she gets a lot of one on one time with the teacher. I was able to watch her through a window and every now and then she would look back at me with a big smile and wave. Here are few pictures from today.

Weekend of Animals and Paint

On Saturday we took that girls to the Tulsa Zoo. The weather was so nice on Saturday. It has been in the 100's almost everyday but on Saturday it was overcast and was in the 80's so it was a wonderful day to go to the zoo. This is the first time we have taken Katie or Bree to the zoo. Katie was very excited to get to see all of the animals. She kept running around yelling out all the animals she would see. Bree would just wave at them all and say "hey". The zoo was very nice they have a lot of their exhibits inside which is nice so you don't have to be outside the whole time. The girls loved the monkeys the best, but the most memorable moment was when we got a front row seat to a polar bear. The exhibit they have for the polar bears allows you to see him swimming in his habitat. They have a big glass wall and he kept swimming right up to us and just looking at us. Katie loved it but Bree got a little scared. He had some big ole teeth, which I think she wasn't to fond of. Overall we had a great day and enjoyed it. Below are some pictures from the day.

The other first this weekend was for Bree. She is all about doing whatever Katie is doing so this weekend I let Bree dive into the some paint. Katie loves to paint and draw so Katie was painting away when Bree started pointing and grunting so I put her in her seat and let her go. She had so much fun. By the end of the night she had herself covered in paint. Thank goodness it is all washable. :) You can see her all painted up below.

Polar Bear that scared Bree

Bree waving at the animals

Katie with the giraffe

Bree having fun with her paint

Chris' Birthday

Yesterday was Chris' 32nd birthday. If any of you know Chris, he is not big on birthday's so it makes it hard to find things to do for his b-day that he will enjoy. The guy doesn't even like deserts so he doesn't even find enjoyment in a birthday cake. So to say the least it can be difficult. So we kept things pretty low key by just taking him out to eat to a local steakhouse called Angus Inn. The one thing that Chris does love is a steak, so I knew I couldn't go wrong with that. We had a nice dinner and then came back to the house to give Chris his gifts. The girls gave Chris a black UT hat and UT sticker for his car. The black UT hat has funny story behind it. When I was in TN with the girls Katie picked out this hat for Chris for his b-day. At the time I didn't tell her not to say anything because I just figured she would not think about it again. Since we have gotten back to OK she has mentioned this black hat to him about four times. Chris not know what she was taking about and just thought she was making up a story just blew it off. Last night when he opened their gift, or I should say when Katie and Bree opened the gift for him. He finally realized what she was talking about. She told him "see daddy, there is the black hat I bought you." It was very cute. Chris did enjoy his birthday, he was happy to just have a low key day. I told him to enjoy it because when the girls get older and want to do more on his b-day he is just going to have to go along with the activities. Here are a few pictures from the day.