tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19741808219532926122024-03-05T10:23:19.289-08:00The WinterbottomsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091422077240997161noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974180821953292612.post-73573039711759320622014-02-19T12:48:00.001-08:002014-02-19T12:48:39.093-08:00Roos N More Fundraiser<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Friday afternoon I took the girls to see Chloe's friend Megan. She's been sick since December and was even in the hospital recently. Chloe had been asking to see her ever since she got home. After playing for awhile Megan's mom had asked if we wanted to join them at the <a href="http://www.roosnmore.org/">Roos N More</a> fundraiser downtown but it was unfortunately during the Polar Plunge that Etta was participating in. So she said Chloe could join them. Needless to say Chloe was more than excited at the prospect of having an afternoon out with her friend.<br />I told her she was going to get to pet some animals and she kept saying she was excited to pet some bunnies. I didn't want to tell her anymore so she'd be super excited when she got there. I knew Roos N More would have more than just bunnies.</div>
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She got more than just bunnies! Actually now that I think about it I'm not sure if she got to pet bunnies! She couldn't stop talking about all the fun she had with Megan and her parents which puts a smile on my face. Plus it was a great cause. Hopefully Roos N More raised enough money to open their facility up to the public once again. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091422077240997161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974180821953292612.post-57109387838557149942014-02-19T12:29:00.002-08:002014-02-19T12:29:52.122-08:00Polar Plunge 2014<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.sonv.org/events/our-fundraisers/polar-plunge-las-vegas-0">Cinderella has a Polar Plunge</a>
team every year and this year Etta wanted to participate. She
understood that she was going to raise money for kids to participate in
the Special Olympics but I think that's about it. But I did explain she
will be raising the money by jumping in a cold pool. She didn't seem
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want to thank all of our family and friends who supported Etta (my mom, grandma, Eric's brother, and aunt and uncle).
She raised her goal of $125 which pays for one Olympian to compete.
Plus she got an Adult Small (about three times her size) sweater and a
free lunch. She is very proud of that sweater. After registering she
got to meet Miss Nevada. </span></td></tr>
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I even talked a friend of Etta's from gymnastics to participate as well. She's done one before where they actually had to cut ice out to get into the water. Needless to say our Polar Plunge was more like a spring plunge since it was in the high 70's. I wish I had brought my swimsuit too! <br />
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It was so nice the Cinderella team was in the water at least an hour before the plunge. Of course this water wasn't as cold as the main pool but the kids had fun splashing around for an hour.<br />
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Here is the team before the Parade. Oops missing a team member.<br />
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Etta promised to do a belly flop into the pool to earn her last $25. I think she forgot about it when she had to stand poolside for 5 minutes until the clock struck noon. As you can tell, she did not belly flop! She swam across the pool and when she got out I made her belly flop in which was not recorded. Claire's mom was recording while sitting pool side. Of course when everyone jumped in the water sloshed over the side getting her wet, hence the shaking video camera.<br />
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She is now telling me she does not want to do that again next year since the pool was too cold. Hmmm, wonder if she'd sign up to raise money but be a 'chicken' and not jump in? The highlight of her day was when we won a raffle. She considers it hers since I let her put 10 tickets into whichever prize she wanted to win. Of course this was one of them. Looks like we are going to see the dolphins at the Mirage, paint some pottery, and eat some sandwiches now. <br />
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I love that Etta is getting active in the community and learning to be a good citizen. Now if I can only talk Chloe into doing it too!
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Etta had a local Cinderella pageant this past weekend. What made this pageant really special is that her best friend from first grade came to cheer her on. After taking pictures with my cell phone I realize my phone takes really crappy pictures but I just don't have the patience to carry around my nice Nikon.<br />
Etta loves to interview but I heard she was pretty fidgety while sitting through interview. Good to know so we can work on that. <br />
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All my pictures of casual wear and party dress were too blurry to add to the blog so I'm going to skip right to her talent routine. She changed her old routine a little to add a couple of new skills. She bobbled on a few things and she ended a little early (she always rushes when she's nervous) but over all it showed what she can do.<br />
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She didn't win the Overall Mini Miss title but she did win the Talent title. One of the judges came up to ask where she takes contortion and mentioned Etta was her first choice pick which really made Etta happy. <br />
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Here are the contestants, State, and Local title holders.<br />
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The little girl in leopard print won the tot Overall Title and I helped her prepare for the pageant the two weeks before hand. She's so full of personality and super cute.<br />
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Sunday is normally contortion practice but the contortion classes and Kung Fu classes were going to perform at the Chinese New Year Festival just across the street instead. Etta was excited when she was given a little routine to perform with another girl her age with similar abilities. They performed twice that day and enjoyed getting up on stage in front of everyone. Sorry the video is from behind stage. I would never have made it to the front of the audience in time to video it.<br /><br />
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If you happen to wonder, the girls are in bunk beds which was one of the options at the hotel. Last year we did the two queen beds and I remember a lot of knees and feet in my back throughout the back (and those weren't Eric's). I was more than happy to comply this year with the bunk bed request. At first, the girls wanted to sleep on top together but they wouldn't stop talking. So, I moved Chloe to the bottom and Etta got the top.<br />
We woke up bright and early for a day at the parks and we started out with Disneyland. Everything I had read said resorts guests and three day park hoppers got a magic morning so when I showed up of course they said that excluded Military. REALLY. My face might have turned the color of my hair. I told them that I could open their website and show them that three day park hoppers got in one morning and hour early and they let us in. I'm still pissed about that. <br />
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We started out with Etta's favorite, Space Mountain. We then headed to Chloe's favorite, the Matterhorn, but it wasn't working and by the time it was working later in the morning the line was over an hour long. The girls did want to do rides we skipped last year due to lines. Yep, that included Dumbo, Alice in Wonderland, Pinocchio, and Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. The girls even let us take them on Pirates of the Carribean which they both road at our feet last year!</div>
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Our lunch hour was outside rather than inside which is tough on us pale people (perfect location to watch the fountain show). Our table ended up being the first table that the princess stopped at. The girls didn't do much talking, more staring than anything. But, we got some great pictures of the girls with them.<br />
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The most convincing princess of all was Snow White.</div>
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We kept hoping that one of the princesses from Frozen would be there so we could check that box off and not have to wait in line at some point in the trip. Oh well.<br />
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Since it was later in the day by the time we were done we didn't get a chance to ride Cars' Racers which is my favorite but we did ride CA Soarin', Goofy's Sky School, Grizzly River Run, Maters' Junkyard, and the Swings. I told the family that this year I was going on the Tower of Terror with or without them and the girls agreed to go. Let me just say I was surprised. Of course it was night time by the time we went on it and let's just say they were scared! You can tell by the next picture.</div>
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However, they went two more times during our trip there and have to show you their faces in the next two pictures.</div>
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Yes it's a scary ride but they learned to cover their eyes during all the scary stuff and then enjoy the drop.</div>
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The next morning (Superbowl Sunday) we started out in California Adventure and it opened at 8am so we got an early start (yeah fast passes for Racers). At first the lines were non existent so we hit Goofy Sky School again, then did the Toy Story ride for the first time (which was tons of fun), the swinging Ferris Wheel, and a couple other rides. Eric told me to try California Screamin' as a single seat rider and I basically walked right on. For an upside down roller coaster it was a smooth ride.</div>
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Last year the Grizzly River Run was closed for repairs but we got to ride it this time. We didn't realize how wet you can get on it but luckily one passer byer gave us a Disneyland poncho which we covered both of the girls with. We still got wet. The second day we were smart enough to put in our rain jackets too so we stayed dryer but still managed to soak our pants and shoes. The wait was usually only a few minutes and we road this more than any other ride. Here's Chloe after conquering the ride yet again.</div>
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We hopped back over to Disneyland later the second day and rode some more rides. This time the girls wanted to look cute during the Space Mountain photo. I figured I'd surprise them too but then I covered Chloe's face. Oops.</div>
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Eric's parents drove up from Oceanside to have dinner with us Sunday evening. We had some Italian delivered to the hotel so the girls could swim in the heated pool and hot tub. They were in there forever and had a good break away from the park.<br />
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Our third and final day was Monday and both parks didn't open until 10am! We decided to split the day between the two parks again. We got in at 9:45am (15 minutes before it opened???) and I went straight to where the Frozen Characters meet and greet. I got in line for when they opened at 11am. Eric and the girls met up with me at 10:30 in line and met both Anna and Elsa at 11:45am. Now, if you are planning on going look to see when they arrive and plan accordingly. By the time we were done the wait was about 3 hours long. <br />
One of the girls that met the princesses before us (maybe 4 years old) sang Let It Go to them. It was quite impressive. My girls however just wanted to say hi and get their pictures taken with them.<br />
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Before leaving Disneyland we were going to ride Space Mountain one last time with a fast pass and it was closed with problems. Go figure! We did find a Fix It Felix Jr game in the store near the ride and had fun with that. Plus, Etta decided to spend all her shopping money on Infinity for our Wii U. Something the whole family could enjoy.<br />
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We had a great three days at Disneyland and have no desire to go back for at least another year. That's exhausting!</div>
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Where has the time gone? I still remember most of my pregnancy with Etta as if it were last year. I can't believe she's gone from a 4 pound baby to this little lady. She's become outgoing, athletic, and studious these last two years.<br />
Etta had been asking for an art themed birthday party so when I saw a groupon for <a href="http://socialpaintbrush.com/">The Social Paint Brush</a> I snapped it up. She was able to pick out which painting her friends would paint at the party out of many different paintings. I was surprised she picked a dancing owl since that is Chloe's favorite animal, not Etta's. Here are a few highlights from the party.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Art themed dessert: <a href="http://sweetology101.blogspot.com/2012/06/rice-krispie-treat-paint-brushes-plus.html">Rice Krispie Treat Paint Brushe</a>s, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/polkadotsaustin/7132780559/?rb=1">palette cookies</a> (I did two different kinds, with M&Ms and others with the candy melts I used on the paint brushes), and <a href="http://sheekshindigs.blogspot.com/2011/01/party-inspiration-painters-palette.html">colorful cupcakes on palettes</a>.</td></tr>
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Etta's birthday party was actually before her real birthday since she had a gymnastics meet the following weekend. We didn't want to have a conflict since you don't have the gym schedule until usually the week before so that's why her party was a little early this year. So, the celebration continued the day of her birthday and you should have seen her bound down those stairs in the morning. Here she is greeting her dad with a super grin.<br />
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Eric took the day off of work so she could open her presents in the morning rather than wait until near bedtime to open them (which is when he normally gets home). She had some amazing family presents to open and even her BFF who just moved to New Mexico sent her a gift. Let's just say this smile was plastered on her face for nearly a week!<br />
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Etta has requested to try rhythmic gymnastics which means she has to
give up something to do it. That happens to be artistic gymnastics.
We're coming up on her last week of practice and this past weekend was her
last competition. I've promised if she doesn't like rhythmic gymnastics she can return to artistic gymnastics so you may see more of these in the future. We shall see. Here are some videos of each event.</div>
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The first video is of her beam routine. This was the first time she's done a kick over on the beam and ended up with a personal best of 9.2! She placed 4th out of 10.</div>
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Next was vault one of two. This one looked better than the second vault and she scored a 9.0 which gave her second place out of 10.<br />
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I was sitting in a great spot, except I couldn't see all of the floor routine since the judges were right in front of me. Etta had just gotten her round off back hand spring and her coach said she should do it as a last hurrah. She did! However her arms were bent so the judge killed her score and she got an 8.575. She ended in 10th which I thought was crazy, especially after watching a lot of the other floor routines. But, I told Etta I was so excited she tried it and did it fairly well (ie not landing on her face!). </div>
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I love watching Etta's bar routine, it makes me realize just how strong she is and that she'll probably loose that going to rhythmic gymnastics. Hopefully continuing contortion will help. She scored a 9.4 which isn't her highest score to date but she did awesome. She also received 4th place for bars. </div>
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I'm proud of her for putting two brand new skills in for her last meet!
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After multiple attempts of blogging about Christmas I have finally been successful at uploading pictures! We were fortunate to spend another Christmas season at home and have family come to us. My parents spent an entire week hanging out with us and loving on the kids. It made for a great Christmas. <br />We went to one Holiday party up at the base Eric works at and the girls go to have lunch, make crafts, play games, and even visit with Santa. We didn't have the heart to tell the girls that Santa was Eric's boss a few years back!<br />
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Christmas Eve was amazing. Friends of ours had a Christmas party at their house and there was a surprise guest for the kids. Santa and Mrs Clause came bearing gifts. It was funny because Chloe and Etta were one of the last of the bunch to be called up and you could see how nervous they were the entire time sitting and waiting. They must have been worried about being on the naughty list!<br />
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Here are the girls with their presents. Etta got a sewing kit and Chloe got a earring holder and a new owl hair clip. <br />
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Christmas morning was wonderful. We were able to convince the girls to sleep in until 7:30am and have breakfast ready for the adults. Of course the kids have no interest in eating Christmas morning! The kids came running down the stairs to this sight. Needless to say they were so excited. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My parents spending pretty much the entire morning watching the girls unwrap presents.</td></tr>
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I can't believe it's 2014 already. Where did the past year go? I feel like time moves so much quicker now that the kids have gotten bigger. I can't believe it's been a month since Christmas and have enjoyed looking back already at all the pictures. Hope you enjoyed them too.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091422077240997161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974180821953292612.post-72460782619950989722013-12-20T12:21:00.003-08:002013-12-20T12:22:41.262-08:00Halloween Fun<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Earlier in the month our elementary school had it's annual Fall Festival. Kids can dress up and play tons of carnival like games that each of the teacher runs. At the end of the night the teachers get paid for the amount of tickets they make which means they strive for a good booth. I know Etta's teacher was raising money for a new class set of books. My mom and grandma were in town that weekend for a dog show so they got the pleasure of walking around with the girls playing while I helped run food and keep the teacher prize buckets full. A big sigh of relief to put that behind us for the year! </div>
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Our neighborhood is full of kids so of course our door is constantly being visited. Eric took the girls, our friends, and their kids around the neighborhood to Trick or Treat while I stayed home to hand out the candy. Wow there were a lot of kids!</div>
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The girls. Etta dress up as a Monster High girl named Ghoulia. And Chloe is a butterfly.</div>
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The girls finally got their school pictures. I didn't bother scanning them, it was easier for me to take a picture of their picture! So, they look slightly distorted but figured you might like to see how cute they are this year.<br />
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Over the summer Etta cut 9.5 inches of hair to donate to Beautiful Lengths by Pantene to be used in wigs for cancer patients. She was recognized by the school and received a teddy bear. She says she wants to grow it out again to donate but it's growing slowly. I'm sure it will be awhile before she can do that again.</div>
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Etta competed as a Miniature Miss for the first time at a Cinderella pageant. I possibly gave her some bad advice before the competition and I kick myself now. I told her not to talk too much in the interview since she likes to talk a lot now! She ended up winning Beauty which is basically second place and I couldn't have asked her to have done any better (from what I saw). Her talent was amazing and her modeling was perfect. Another little girl that had a great dance routine ended up winning the overall title. <br />
Etta will be helping out and performing again for the Cinderella pageant I'm directing this November 9th at the Texas Station. Hoping for a good turn out!<br />
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I've taken a hiatus from blogging and need to get back to it. I got a new phone and have been learning how to take video and photo from it and some how getting it to the computer and my blog. It's a learning process.<br />Etta had her second Xcel Bronze gym meet of the season. The first one did not got well at all and those videos will not be seen by anyone! She was determined to do better at this meet and she achieved a lot of goals.<br />Etta did an excellent bar routine and scored a personal high of 9.4!</div>
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Etta had a great floor routine and scored another personal best with a 9.275!<br />
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Etta had a great beam routine, probably one of her best executed beam routines and was surprised she only got an 8.85. Unfortunately I couldn't get close enough to record that one. She got 5th place in the All Around out of 10 girls but I was so happy with her two personal bests. Plus, she was only .35 points away from the first place winner. We have two weeks until her next meet. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091422077240997161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974180821953292612.post-15827865151762527152013-09-15T17:08:00.001-07:002013-09-15T17:08:47.980-07:00Trip Down Memory LaneThe girls have been asking me lately to tell them funny stories of them from when they were really little. It's been fun recounting certain stories. After running out of stories I told them to ask Dad what he remembers. He thought of this video of Chloe and whipped cream.<br />
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I don't have this video on our computer anymore so I had to search on my old blog to find it. You may notice it's set in Japan. Can you tell? Hope this makes you laugh like it did us.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091422077240997161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974180821953292612.post-71912279389808461902013-08-26T21:51:00.000-07:002013-08-26T21:52:10.992-07:00First Day of School!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Ahhh, school is back in session and it was a great day. Etta is in second grade this year and Chloe in first. We lucked out and Chloe has the same teacher Etta had last year. Etta has the sweetest teacher in the world and she was looking forward to her first day. Chloe wasn't equally excited, more nervous than anything. Here they are before heading to school this morning. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First grader. Don't ask me why she brought her lemurs with her to school. I'm still trying to figure out why she posed with them.</td></tr>
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It was wonderful not having to worry about lunch boxes all summer long. Needless to say the girls were so excited about going back to bentos. They picked out what they wanted and asked me to make something special. So here was their first school lunch for the year. A rice ball makurokuroske (from Totoro), steamed broccoli, apple slices. and an egg of their choice. Sigh, those took awhile. They've already put in for tomorrow request. Uggg.<br />
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It was a wonderful day off. Two hours at the gym (I have a lot to make up for from this summer!), lunch with several PTSO ladies, and a good 30 minutes of throwing away stuff from the girls' rooms. By the way, they haven't noticed that yet. This is going to be a good year.<br />
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Sometimes I'm amazed at how fast time goes by. I look back at pictures just from two years ago and see how much the girls have changed. That is also a reminder...I'm getting older! My mind tells me that I'm the same I was 15 or 20 years ago. Then I see pictures, or worse Eric looks at pictures, and it's apparent that time has not stood still for me like my mind says.</div>
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Since Etta's six birthday, Chloe has been asking for earrings. It's been easy for us to say, "You have to wait until your sixth birthday just like your sister." Needless to say, she knew what one of her presents was going to be this year. With all the craziness with Chloe's birthday party Eric and I forgot to bring a camera to Chloe's ear piercing. Lucky for us one of her earrings fell out and had to be re-pierced the following weekend. Here Chloe is getting her right ear pierced again.</div>
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Chloe's future MIL piercing her ears...yes, she has her future husband picked out.<br />
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Then this has to go and happen today, she lost her second front tooth. Sigh, she's getting big. Not only is missing both front teeth, she's starting first grade in less than 2 weeks. <br />
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Every day I look at my pretty girls' faces and think time is going by fast but days like these are the days that kick me in the bum and make me thankful for the fun days I have with them.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091422077240997161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974180821953292612.post-60367877412432350922013-08-12T16:31:00.001-07:002013-08-12T16:31:29.214-07:00More of Maui<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Most of our activities were at the resort since it's so much easier to make the kids happy when they get to pick between the beach, the pool, the slide, and the activity center. But, there are a few things that should be done with kids while on vacation. We were told by one of the ladies at the activity center that we should take the kids to Baby Beach which is near Whalers Village. We decided to make a trip to the shopping center followed by finding the locals favorite beach. Baby Beach is definitely meant for kids since a coral reef is far out and breaks the waves which makes for a nice calm beach. After going to Baby Beach we realized that the kids' favorite part of the beach are the waves. Because of that, they spent more time in the sand than anything else. But my mom was happy with the calm water; it was much easier on her brand new knee. </div>
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One night my parents had the girls do a sleepover in their room. Boy were the girls happy. That morning Eric and I got up early and went for a walk in front of all the resorts. We found that there was a locals craft sale that would start a few hours later. After breakfast we took my parents and the kids there. Of course we made the girls walk. It wasn't terribly far, but they acted like it was. Here they are running ahead of us but together. They look so cute.<br />
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One of our favorite activities during our vacation was a snorkeling trip. We took the <a href="http://www.prideofmaui.com/">Pride of Maui</a> to Molokini to snorkel around the volcanic calderas. Eric, the girls, and I were one of the first off the boat and into the water. Etta was having mask problems and didn't last long. Chloe was doing great with me until we got a little shallower before she started freaking out. It must have been too close for her even though it was a good 10 feet below us. The girls and Eric went back on the boat and I told him to meet me at the back where the slide was. It didn't take much convincing for Etta to go on it. It helped that I waited at the bottom the first several slides. It was a nice big drop into the water!<br />
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Even Eric, my dad, and I took turns. Ok, so a scream did come out of my mouth the first time down. Boy does it throw you out there quickly.<br />
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Our last day in Maui was spent keeping busy before our red eye flight back home. We stopped at the <a href="http://www.mauioceancenter.com/">Maui Ocean Center</a> which is only 15 minutes from the airport. They give a great military discount! It was fun and the girls had a good time. In particular we got to see the big tank get fed plus ask questions to a diver in the big tank. The girls loved getting high fived by the diver.<br />
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The hardest part of our trip was definitely the red eye to LAX followed by our flight to Las Vegas. I have to say the <a href="http://www.uso.org/">USO</a> at LAX was absolutely wonderful (once we found it) and made our long layover pretty easy. It took several days for us to acclimate back to Las Vegas. Both the girls ask if we can move to Maui. Not unless the military wants to send us there!</div>
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We got back from Hawaii the other night after a fun red eye and a nice long layover in LAX. It's taken me awhile to get all the pictures and videos compiled so I can share them with everyone. We were fortunate to arrive just 30 minutes before my parents plane so we hung out at the Maui airport with the girls just waiting to see their grandma & poppy. After picking up our car rentals and making a big shopping trip to Costco (we had kitchens in our rooms and that helped save some money in the long run) we did the 45 minute drive to Kaanapali Beach on the west side of the island. Let me just say, after hearing about the two shark attacks in Hawaii, I was glad we weren't staying in Wailea (the Beverly Hills of Maui).</div>
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We did spend a lot of time at our resort the <a href="https://www.diamondresorts.com/Ka'anapali-Beach-Club">Kaanapali Beach Club</a> which my parents used time share points for us to have our own room. The girls were more interested in spending time in the beach or pools than running around site seeing. We were very fortunate to have an activity center where the girls were able to do crafts during the sunniest parts of the day. You know us, very easy to burn even with sun protective swim suits and layers of sunblock. </div>
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The resort has a handful of bird on display for several hours a day. The girls always loved walking through the lobby to see and talk to them<br />
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The girls' favorite Lil' Sid.<br />
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We were on the 11th floor and had neighboring rooms with my parents. That made it easy to make meals with them as well as stop by and let them know we were coming and going to the beach.<br />
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Speaking of eating in, this has to be my favorite picture from the entire trip (mainly because it's one of the few Eric pictures since he was almost always taking the pictures). Eric is relaxing with his burger and beer.<br />
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The second day we were there a lot of activities were canceled due to Hurricane Flossie. Luckily it was mostly just wind and rain. However, the hula lessons were canceled that day and the girls had to wait until the end of the week to finally get a chance to learn some hula. After about 45 minutes, the group learned choreography for Sophisticated Hula and performed pool side for everyone outside.<br />
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I felt bad, Chloe didn't realize the instructor was across the pool so she watched Etta the entire time.<br />
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After hula dancing there was a water balloon toss. Neither of the girls had ever done a water balloon toss so it was fun to watch the process. Do you want to see what happens? Watch the video below.<br />
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The girls did another craft after getting some coupons! Chloe was set on this gecko, she had asked about it after making the anklet and wasn't going to let go of it.<br />
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I had to help with the second coat of spots. Chloe enjoyed using the blow dryer as often as she could. The activity center even glazed the gecko so it's all shiny!<br />
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Etta wanted to stuff her own animal. They were out of the koala bear that she wanted so bad but ended up picking out a turtle, a great reminder of Hawaii.<br />
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She even dressed if in a bikini and swim cover. All for a total of $20, way cheaper than Build A Bear!<br />
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Here is a little pool with a slide! Of course the girls enjoyed going down that every day.</div>
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We went to our resort's beach a good one or two times a day. The girls in particular enjoyed the waves. We found one spot that was great for Bogey boarding or body surfing. There was a lot of sand in our bathing suits every day.<br />
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You probably can't see it, but Etta is on a blue board. She often went wayyyyy up onto the beach when she got a big wave. Eric and I took turns too, it was so much fun. Below, Chloe was playing in the waves with the sand. Her favorite thing to do at the beach.<br />
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Here we are (minus my dad) in the waterfall pool. The girls enjoyed climbing up there and getting pelted with the water.<br />
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And finally, here are the girls feeding coy in one of the ponds. They got to do this twice while we were staying there and always had fun watching the fish go crazy.</div>
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Chloe turned 6 nearly two weeks ago! One reason it's taken so long to post pictures was the fact that we neglected our parental duties in picture taking. We had a BBQ & pool party for her friends and their families. The kids had fun swimming forever followed by taking turns on the zip line. After swimming, zip line, and food, everyone got a chance to eat owl cupcakes. I forgot to take pictures of the cupcakes before the party so they didn't look great by the time I pictured them. They were still cute though and the kids seemed to enjoy them, especially the eyes.</div>
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Chloe got lots of great presents. Do you notice the theme? Owls. For some reason Chloe loves owls and lemurs right now and owls were the easier of the two to pick for the party. She got an owl pillow, custom owl shirt, owl dress, owl toys, lipsticks, a stuffed horse, horse reader books, money, and even a gift card to get her ears pierced.<br />
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After the party was over we hopped into the car and went to Claire's to get her ears pierced. She's been waiting for her 6th birthday to have them done. Chloe's future mother in law was the one to pierce her ears (yes, Chloe has had plans to marry Trystan for the last two years). She was brave, no crying. Of course with all that was going on before we left, I forgot the camera next to the stairs. Sigh. Chloe spent tons of time in Claire's spending the rest of the gift card. She was so excited.<br />
Here Chloe is after getting home. It was a long day and Chloe passed out hard. Here she is with lots of her new gifts and even her new owl eye mask.<br />
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The following day Chloe and Etta went swimming with Eric and one of Chloe's new earrings had fallen out. Of course it was closed up by the time Eric found the earring on the bottom of the pool and tried putting it back in. We had to wait a week for the hole to close up and get re-pierced. I brought the camera that time, but forgot it in the trunk of the car. We are horrible parents! Luckily Pilar had her phone camera on hand and tool a picture of that ear being pierced. Once she returns to Spain, she can send me that picture. For now, here is a picture of Chloe and her pretty butterfly earring.</div>
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The girls were in need of hair cuts. Etta has been planning on cutting her hair short and donating it since I donated mine in <a href="http://thewinterbottoms.blogspot.com/2012/12/long-hair-short-hair.html">December</a>. I told her she could only after the <a href="http://thewinterbottoms.blogspot.com/2013/07/2013-nevada-state-cinderella-pageant.html">State Pageant</a> as well as the <a href="http://thewinterbottoms.blogspot.com/2013/07/aamtc-talent-competition-2013.html">AAMTC Talent</a> competition. Since she has fulfilled her obligations, it was time to take a trip to Great Clips. Chloe just needed her hair trimmed, layered, and textured to help thin it out. Not much of a change, but she's happy it feels lighter. </div>
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Her hair was just shy of 10 inches so we are donating it to<a href="http://www.pantene.com/en-US/PanteneBeautifulLengths/Pages/default.aspx"> Pantene's Beautiful Lengths</a> (which takes from 8 inches on) instead of Locks for Love.<br />
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Etta even filled out her first envelope and mailed her hair this afternoon. She knows it was for a good cause, but I can tell she hasn't decided if she likes it or not. I told her not to worry because if you don't like a hair cut, it will always grow back. It will be an awesome hair cut for the rest of the summer and especially for our upcoming trip to Hawaii!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091422077240997161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974180821953292612.post-76891353093287250882013-07-20T20:41:00.000-07:002013-07-20T20:47:02.439-07:00AAMTC Talent Competition 2013<div style="text-align: right;">
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Etta has been working pretty hard for several months on a couple of talent routines for the American Amateur Modeling and Talent Competition with the plans on just doing the talent part. The modeling is a little more free form and Etta likes structure. There are 8 different categories girls can compete in: tap, jazz, ballet, acro/novelty dance, vocals, song and dance, musical theater, and novelty (any other talent not listed). Etta wanted to do 5: tap, ballet, vocals, acro, and contortion. Eric and I basically forbade her to ever sing as a talent but she really wanted to do it. Today was a reminder why we are against singing. Unless she wants to have voice lessons, we won't be doing that again.</div>
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She actually started with tap and looked super cute. She was having headband issues during her performance and it was downhill from there. She just looked terrified and kept messing with the headband. Turns out the little ponytail that the comb was stuck in broke. Go figure. There were maybe 8 or 10 girls in the 7-8 year old age group so I was not surprised when she didn't place in tap or vocals. I omitted those videos for a reason.</div>
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Ballet was her third event and it went pretty well. It wasn't her best job on the routine, but it still looked cute. Not sure how many girls were entered in that event but she ended up with 3rd place. Here is her routine.</div>
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Her 4th event was her acro dance routine. I have to admit it was looking pretty dang good then near the end she forgot something and you could see her face go blank. She skipped to the next thing but then she ended about 15 seconds early and thought she could just fill the gap with back walk overs. So, I lost track of how many she did then she finally ended. Needless to say, even if your routine is strong, if you mess up at the end that's what the judges are going to remember. She did not place. I was banking on her scoring well on ballet, acro, and contortion.</div>
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Etta's last event was her contortion routine in the novelty group. There was a girl that did a monologue and several piano players. Etta's routine looked great except she ended early. Luckily the routine itself looked good. She ended up winning first place in that event. (oops, missed the first part of her routine on the video after placing her balancing canes on stage).</div>
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3rd place for ballet</div>
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The girl with the most amount of points (only counting their top three places) won Talent of the year. Etta wanted that so bad but it didn't happen this year. I figure if she could work on these routines all this coming year, she'll be sitting pretty for the 2014 competition.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091422077240997161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974180821953292612.post-73241413400637639252013-07-01T10:48:00.000-07:002013-07-01T10:48:17.221-07:002013 Nevada State Cinderella Pageant<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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It's that time of year again. Etta has been working hard all year long for the <a href="http://www.cinderellanevada.com/">State</a> pageant this year. She's gone to every preliminary in Las Vegas this year to have practice speaking on stage as well as with the judges behind closed doors. A lot of prep has gone into this week and she was ready. The morning after the Cameo pageant was a Getting Acquainted Party with all the girls competing.</div>
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I tried a cute new hairstyle with Etta. It looked awesome, but the hairspray I used obviously couldn't keep the curl up. Boo, I need to find something that will hold this look!</div>
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After all the interviews we had a welcome dinner followed by a bowling party. Etta and a few other tots got to bowl on the same lane and she had so much fun. </div>
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After the bowling party we headed back to the ballroom for the Souvenir Party. During interviews parents put a small gift in a bag for each girl and they each get their bag full or goodies at the end of the party. They do a lot of dancing like the Disco Cindy, YMCA, and several different group dance songs everyone would recognize from wedding parties.</div>
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The next morning the girls had to get ready for Tot Personality which I like to call on stage interview. Here are a few of the girls ready to be on stage with Cinderella.</div>
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Oh my, Etta was amazing on stage. Cinderella asked her about her favorite book and she said which book she likes the most and gave a description of the book. Cinderella asked about her favorite food and Etta said pumpkin seeds because they are salty and crunchy. Cinderella asked what she wants to be when she grows up and her answer was to be a contortionist for Cirque du Soleil. It was awesome, every question Etta came back with a great answer and a huge smile. It was probably the best on stage interview I've ever seen from her. The best part, she was excited after it because she felt she had done a great job.</div>
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After Tot Personality there was a big Fairy Princess Lunch and Party. The girls were so cute and they had so much fun.</div>
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That night was the Prince Gilbert Party. Prince Gilbert is a frog prince that is we only see at the state pageant in his true form, but we seem to always have frogs around during the year.</div>
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I love her little frog and lily pad dress, which will now be too small to wear after this year.</div>
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The next morning was modeling in a party dress. Here are several of the girls from the Tot group.</div>
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Here is Etta while she modeled.</div>
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This is the entire Tot group along with last year's state winner in the middle.</div>
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After the party wear modeling the girls had a Cindy Fair Lunch and Party. Each of last year's State winners had a game the girls could play and win prizes at. One even had a craft. It was a lot of fun. Here Etta is with one of her friends from last year who moved into the Mini Miss group.</div>
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Following the Cindy Fair the girls modeled in their casual wear. I had a hard time with her hair since we only had 45 minutes to be back in the ballroom so I left her hair straight. Hindsight, I wish I had done something different, but she still looked adorable.</div>
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That night each contestant had to turn in a garment bag with either their talent clothes or tot personality clothes and their casual wear. If they end up making the top 5 they have to recompete in those categories. After dropping off the bag the girls have a Pajama Party. Here she is all ready to go.</div>
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There was a huge game of Twister. It was funny watching the younger girls not really playing it right, but were having a great time. They also had a book read to them before the end of the party.<br />
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Here Etta is being interviewed again by Cinderella. She was asked about her favorite book again, where she liked to go in Las Vegas (great answer with that question!), and what her mom told her to do on stage (another awesome answer that made everyone giggle and give me a hard time!). Man that was a great interview and she looked so cute too.</div>
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Etta was perfect all week long and even when she competed for the Top 5. We had to have a long discussion about possibly not winning, regardless of how perfect she had been. Last year she got <a href="http://christy-sleepingbabies.blogspot.com/2012/06/cinderella-nevada-state-pageant.html">fifth place</a> and cried on stage. She was so upset. This year, she was warned she was not allowed to cry regardless of how she placed. When it was down to 1st alternate and she and one other girl was left I was so worried. I knew how much she wanted to win but she was announced as 1st Alternate. I was happy because of how she'd done, regardless of her place. What made me even happier was she didn't cry and she congratulated all the girls in the Top 5 including the little girl that did win. The bonus, she didn't cry. She still asks why she didn't win so we've had some great conversations about subjective versus objective and even compare it to grandma's dog shows. It's funny how she understood the comparison. She surely has matured and grown up this past year!</div>
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After dinner there were more awards handed out. Knowing that Etta had placed second, she would be given one of the other two crowns, either Tot Personality or Beauty, based on where the judges believed she belonged the most. Here are all the tots receiving trophies and crowns. There are crowns for Cover Girl (best picture from an advertisement), Congeniality (based on votes by all the tots on which girl was the nicest all week long), Photogenic (head shot from the catalog), Tot Personality (or talent for the other age groups), Beauty, and Overall (which was given during the Grand Finals).<br />
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As you can see, Etta was pretty darn excited about the Tot Personality crown. It's funny to think about the first pageant this year and all the pageants last year because she has struggled a lot with speaking on stage. She's either frozen in fear or been really quiet and reserved so to see her rock the stage all week long during her interviews sure made me proud. I think she's pretty happy with how she did too.<br />
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Here is Etta being introduced to the audience as the Tot Personality Winner.</div>
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A very happy Etta.</div>
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Etta has a trophy for 1st Alternate to Overall Tot and one for Tot Personality.</div>
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When we got back to our room I had wished I took her Cameo crown and sash to the ballroom because it would be have made a beautiful picture with the castle in the background. So we improvised in our hotel room. Here she is with her Cameo crown and her Tot Personality crown. </div>
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Next year she will be competing as a Mini Miss and will have to compete one of her talents instead of Tot Personality. It's going to be a hard jump into the next age group, but regardless Etta will want to do it. I keep thinking about how much she has grown the last two years doing <a href="http://www.cinderellapageant.com/">Cinderella</a>. I know a lot of you think of me as a pageant mom or think Toddlers and Tiaras when we do pageants but it's so different from that. She has come out of her shell and actually talks with other kids, adults, and has confidence in front of an audience. I'm so proud of Etta in so many ways.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091422077240997161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974180821953292612.post-21128757715408443802013-06-28T22:11:00.000-07:002013-06-28T22:11:28.746-07:00Cameo Pageant<div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The night before the <a href="http://www.cinderellanevada.com/">Cinderella State Pageant</a> began there was a Cameo Pageant. It's basically modeling in a nice dress but with a self introduction in the middle where the girl says her name age and where she is from. Etta was in the 7-8 year old group and I told her it would be hard since she is one of the younger contestants. She's been working on her modeling since school got out so I knew she could do it, it's just a matter of her doing it right on stage in front of an audience and several judges.</div>
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My mom and grandma came into town to watch Chloe for us while Etta and I would be at State but they were able to come with Eric and Chloe to watch the Cameo pageant. Man, Etta was amazing. She did everything we've worked on and was AWESOME. Million mile smile and perfect from first X to last X. I was so proud of her. I told her it didn't matter what she placed because she had been perfect.</div>
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It was nerve wracking hearing the awards being announced especially then when it got down to the final two (Etta and her good friend Sarah). Then they announced Etta as the winner. As you can tell from the pictures below she was a happy girl!<br />
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Here are the Nevada State Cameo winners in each age division. Etta has been working hard all year long for this past week. It sure started off with a bang when she won Sunday night. I know several of you want to see State Pageant pictures and want to know how everything went. I'll have pictures and type all about the past week soon. I need to catch up on lost sleep from this week.<br />
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Once I get the scanner to cooperate, I'll put their class pictures up as well. Two more weeks of dance class, and we are free!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091422077240997161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974180821953292612.post-9467478215138055332013-06-09T12:06:00.001-07:002013-06-09T12:06:26.685-07:00Dance Recital<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
A year of dance is nearly at an end. The girls had their <a href="http://bunkerdancecenter.com/home/">Bunker Dance Center</a> recital at the <a href="http://www.thesmithcenter.com/">Smith Center</a> yesterday afternoon and it was quite a production. It was about an hour and a half show with about 20 different dance numbers ranging from 3 year olds (which stole the show) to the Senior Performing Arts Company. Having the recital and the Smith Center was pretty grand, especially since this was my first time there. We had pretty good seats and one of Etta's best friends even came to watch. Etta's class was fifth on stage and she did an amazing job. She was in the center and didn't disappoint. Now Chloe I've been worried about because she just doesn't try very hard. I had a nice long talk about trying her hardest since we'll have this on DVD for everyone to see. She was awesome. She missed a couple of steps here and there but she sure did try and looked super cute. We aren't allowed to video the performance so I ordered a DVD but won't have it for 5 to 6 weeks! So you'll have to contend yourself with the videos of their dress rehearsal earlier this week (<a href="http://thewinterbottoms.blogspot.com/2013/06/ettas-dress-rehearsal.html">Etta's</a>, <a href="http://thewinterbottoms.blogspot.com/2013/06/a-busy-week-with-chloe.html">Chloe's</a>). Here are several pictures of the girls after their performance.</div>
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I should be getting their dance pictures this coming week that were taken quite a long time ago. Hope to have them up in a few days! The girls only have two more weeks of dance classes even though they finished their recital. Etta is done with dance which is great since her schedule is busy enough. Chloe has been on the fence about tap and think she's going to move on to other things. I'm just glad they stuck with it this year even when they were ready to quit!</div>
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Today was Etta's dress rehearsal at the Smith Center. They were the first on stage this morning so we left fairly early to make sure we would get there on time. You never know about accidents and rush hour traffic here in Las Vegas. Other than someone changing her hair bow, which then was askew, she looked great. I can't wait to see her perform tomorrow.</div>
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I still have two tickets to the 2:30 show tomorrow, if you happen to be interested in going just let me know!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091422077240997161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974180821953292612.post-88207160954618306332013-06-05T15:39:00.002-07:002013-06-05T15:40:16.084-07:00A Busy Week with Chloe<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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What a week. Today was the girls' last day of school and of course was a half day. Which is a good thing because all the kids were crazy. I was helping take down stuff in the hallways then helped in Chloe's class for their end of the year picnic. I find it strange that they had their graduation last week then still had several full days of school. Last year graduation was in the morning and that was it, school was over. Oh well. Even though Kindergarten doesn't do an awards ceremony they still had awards in the art binder. Chloe got an attendance award for missing only 2 days of school, Principal's Citizenship Award (which I think everyone gets), and the Library Award (from the Librarian). She was very happy!</div>
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I took the girls out of school an hour early because Chloe had a dress rehearsal for their Bunker dance recital. I let the girls have some food on the way there and dressed Chloe in the car when we got to the Smith Center. This was my first time at the Smith Center and it's pretty impressive. I was a little bummed because Chloe has been practicing her tap routine on stage left so I picked out seats on that side of the room (Etta is in the middle which made my decision easy). Of course during dress rehearsal she was at the very end of stage right. Aaaarrrgggg. We were allowed to record the dress rehearsal but won't be able to this Saturday. Instead we get to purchase very expensive DVDs of the performance. Hopefully it will be a better quality than my little recorder. </div>
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Chloe originally asked to do tap again next year but recently says she's done after this month. I've been trying to encourage her to continue but then I watch this video and notice she really doesn't care. So, I'd rather put the time and money somewhere she wants it. She has horse camp next week, let's see how she enjoys that!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091422077240997161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974180821953292612.post-69166370344736824982013-05-31T15:51:00.001-07:002013-05-31T15:51:52.991-07:00First Grade Awards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another day, another ceremony. Today was the Kitty Ward Elementary 1st Grade Award Ceremony. Etta planned to look her best so she picked out a cute dress and wanted me to curl her hair. Here she is before leaving for school.</div>
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There are seven first grade classes with anywhere from 19 to 25 students
so you can imagine how long it took to get through them all. We were
fortunate that Etta's class went first! Since our last name happens to be at the end of the alphabet she was one of that last to get called up. Mrs. Carley gave Etta the Gold President's Award for Educational Excellence, meaning she has straight A's! She was also given an award for demonstrating Responsibility throughout the year.<br />
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When I was picking up Etta at the end of the day she rushed over and told me that Mrs. Carley forgot to announce another award she earned, the ST Math award. ST Math is a computer program with math problems that she's been working on at home. She was pretty excited because she said only a handful of boys in the first grade got it and she was the only girl to get it.</div>
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Eric and I are most proud of her straight A's. She's a hard worker and enjoys doing well in school. Let's hope she keeps it up! </div>
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