stegasaurus

schuss

I think she's ready for the giant slalom.

out of order

I worked backwards through the photo downloads, so chronologically this page makes no sense.  For the most recent posts, scroll to the bottom.

Or come to think of it, maybe it does make sense--if you haven't seen any of these yet.  Whatever.  Enjoy!

christmas recap

...including the last-ever documented photo of Sadie sucking her thumb.

the event of the year

How many no-more-thumbsucking parties have you been to?  Well, let me tell you--they are quite an event, at least in this household.  After an elaborate series of progressive bribes, beginning with candy at week 1 and toys at weeks 2 and 3, the four weeks of no-thumbsucking culminated in a party at Bouncing Off The Walls, complete with pizza and cookies for all 10 attendees.  Not a small deal at all.  Unfortunately for us, Sadie decided to stop sucking her thumb exactly a month before her birthday, resulting in TWO parties the same week.  Oh well---a bribe is a bribe.

backlog

When I downloaded pictures from the camera last night, there were 779 of them.  It took 2 hours to go through and remove all the blurry/dark/crummy ones, and I still have almost 400 left.  Needless to say, I'm not going to attempt to comment on them here.  Christmas, beer tasting, no-more-thumbsucking party, birthday, and Valentine's day---whew.  Here are some from Sadie's birthday party at the Pottery Lounge.

sledding

 

Ok, it's just a drainage ditch, but it's still pretty fun!

ballet class circa 2011

I can picture the main studio at Civic Ballet Company in every detail:  the barre along the third story windows overlooking Penn Avenue, the gray marmoleum flooring that showed years of scuffs from tap shoes, the 30-foot-long wall of mirrors in which we'd critique every tendu and plie.   But by far my most distinct memory is the whirr and scratch of a record going round as we waited for the next song to begin.  That's right--we danced to classical music on vinyl.  On a record player.  

Note now Sadie's RAD-trained teacher queuing up music with a remote.  To an Ipod.  Oh, how times have changed.  

I do, however, love everything else traditional about this studio, right down to the required level-specific matching leotards and annual theme performances.  This June's recital will be Peter and the Wolf at the Tower Theater, in which the pre-primary ballerinas will be frogs.  Ribbit!!

number four

We celebrated with a small group of girls-only at the Pottery Lounge this year. First time ever that the parents dropped off and left. All in all, a huge success!