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My beautiful, almost 5 year old is performing in her first Spring Concert this Saturday! She is a butterfly using a selection from Alice in Wonderland. Obviously, she and her classmates are 4 and 5 year olds. Most of them are first year dancers, second year at most. Knowing all this, I was expecting some cute turns, a plie or two, and maybe a tendu or so. Well... her little class has rocked it on stage during tech week. I can't see into her classroom at the studio, so this was the first time I had seen them dance. I was genuinely impressed! ha Their dance only consists of a few turns, plies, posses', and tendus; but their legs are straight and their toes are pointed!  As a dance instructor, this is no small feat (pun intended, wink)! HA Way to go level 2's, and way to go Miss Tessa! They are learning so much from you!

With all the girly-ness happening around the house this weekend; I thought I would add a few fun things about Graeme as well. Recently, I have been coming face to face with boy-ness. ha I think I have mentioned how aggressive Graeme has gotten recently. Some of this new-found aggression has been the physical kind that we have had to begin disciplining. The majority though has just been in a behavioral way; like running through a room dumping toy baskets and kicking balls as hard as he can! ha So, I have been intentionally trying to see/foster the areas of this "boy-ness" that I love. I DO NOT want to break his masculinity; but I do want to direct it to be a respectful, gentle, and loving masculinity.

Anyway..... I LOVE how FIERCELY protective he is of his time with Daddy. G and A share a love of oatmeal, like no other I have ever seen. One morning they sat down at the kid's table to eat breakfast together; and now Graeme calls it their "breakfast date." He threw a literal temper tantrum the other morning b/c I suggested we all sit together at the big table for breakfast. This was NOT ok. Ceilidh, Jane, and myself were/are NOT invited to the "breakfast date." HA

He and Andrew were wrestling the other night b/c it is just fun to do; and we were trying to wrestle some energy out of him before bedtime! Ceilidh asked to join (she HATES to be left out of things), and Graeme promptly told her, "No, Deedee! It's too dangerous for you!" HA He also takes every opportunity he can to use the word penis. Yes, I wrote it. Ha He loves to run around naked, makes sure I snap his "penis strap"on the car seat, and has even thanked Jesus for it during prayers one night! HA Oh man; he keeps us laughing!

*I can't take pictures during the actual performance b/c of distraction/director makes money from the professional photographer (wink); so I got a few at the dress rehearsal last night. I can't wait for Saturday... she is SO excited!

So sweet!

Such a supportive little brother! wink

He didn't weigh enough to keep the auditorium seat down! ha

Look at those straight legs! wink