Camping and my little ballerina!

Ahhhhh, camping season is BACK!!! We took our first trip to a favorite state park for Memorial Day weekend. The kids got the Friday before off from school as they didn't use a couple snow days over the winter. So we packed up and headed out Thursday evening. Drew brought a friend from school with her for the trip. Below, are a few of the many kids roasting marshmallows on Friday night. Friday was cool and rainy all day and everyone needed jackets in the evening, but the weather turned beautiful as the weekend progressed.

The weather got warm and dry enough by Sunday that the kiddie pool and water guns came out!

Even with the crummy weather starting the weekend, everyone managed to have a blast as usual! We're looking forward to our next trip! As hinted in my last post, we finally finished off Luci's room. She is now the happy resident of her very own ballet studio! I found these decals on ebay and they are just perfect!! They look black in the picture, but are actually brown.

These cute curtains match her new bedding set.

Well, the green desk kind of throws off the whole color scheme in her room, but she only just got this desk at Xmas, so I wasn't about to go get her a new one! She'll have to deal! I took a bunch of her old dance costumes from recitals past and actually hung them on the walls and her closet door! They add a nice touch!

Luci has her own personal ballet barre!

This antique 3/4 bed was given to us many years ago and it has been collecting dust in the attic. But it is a perfect fit in her new room!

The barre is slightly higher than it should be for her height, but she manages to stretch those beautiful legs up there anyway! Both girls have once again decided to attend the Rebecca Kelly ballet camp this summer, and yet again, I have a wedding to shoot, so I'll miss the recital just like last year...I am SOOO bummed about that!! But I have blocked off 2 weekends in July 2012 so I won't book another wedding around the recital again!!! I'd rather watch my girls dance than make money! Ha ha!! Anyway, Luci loves her new room as she is totally focused on ballet right now. And I love that she loves it, too! I wasn't a great candidate for it as a kid, so my parents didn't encourage it in me, but I love ballet as well. I would love to bring the girls to a real ballet performance, just to see their faces! Someday....

Today's Quotes:

“Everything is beautiful at the ballet... “ ~from “A Chorus Line”

“Ballet is a dance executed by the human soul.” ~Alexander Pushkin