Showcase Night

Last night was my showcase (which is when we perform on stage in front of all the families) for my CYT (Christian Youth Theater) Wiggles class. We learned about puppets, costumes, acting, singing and rhythm sticks. It was a great class! Mrs H was a great teacher and I had fun learning with Annie, Egan and Charlie. I am a little sad that the class is over now, but Mom says I might get to take another class in the fall. Anyways, last night was the showcase and we did a great job, if I do say so myself! It took a long time to get started - something about the microphones were messed up. Then, just as we were waiting patiently, part of Jolly Holiday came blaring over the speakers. I thought this was SO funny! Then, the theme music started and we walked onto the stage. I wasn't nervous our anything! I was a little confused on what to do since I missed the dress rehearsal (if you didn't know, I was sick with the pukes), but I think I did pretty good. I could see Mommy (using the video camera) and Daddy (holding baby E up high so she could see) in the audience. After our song (Spoonful of Sugar) was finished, I took wiped my forehead, looked at Mom and told her that was hard work! Then we used the rhythm sticks that we decorated to bang out a beat and say Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. That sure is a big word and real hard to say!

I really love it that my cousins and a couple friends are also there. They did a great job, too. I LOVED the song that Mitchell and Kathryn performed. I was trying to snap, swinging my arms in the air and swaying Mommy to the music. It was great! What a great night! What a great class! I love CYT!
Here are some pictures of me before (at home) and during the performance (thanks Mrs Mick!) and a link to watch my video. You won't want to miss it!

Video - Erin and the Wiggles performing for CYT Showcase May 2010

Oh, Baby E says she has her own performance she'd like to show you. Here she is with a toy in her mouth and look NO HANDS! She is such a ham!

The Bee's Wing

I love textures! I love to touch fuzzy things, rough things, shiny things - especially shiny things. But, I have a small problem. I am stronger than I realize. I was playing with my favorite texture book and oops! I pulled the bees wing off. I was a little surprised at my own strength and carried that wing around for a long time. With Mommy's insistent urging, I even resisted the temptation to chew on the wing. Mommy tried to tape the wing back on, but I snapped it off within seconds. Here is a video of me and "the wing". :)

E2 and the poor bee's wing video link

Baby

Ok, I'm the baby. I'm used to getting all the attention. It turns out - I love it! I love getting the attention and having everyone tell me how super cute I am and how big I'm getting (although I am sure there will be a point in my life when people telling me that I'm SO big won't be a good thing). But you know what - Sissy does some things that steal the attention away from me. She has this game thing she plays called baseball and everyone is watching her and all these other big kids. Not one single person is even looking at me - let alone telling me I'm adorable. A girl can only let this sort of thing go on for so long before she has to take action. So I decided to be impress everyone and start crawling - like real crawling on my hands & knees (not to be confused with grovelling). Not only did I start crawling, I crawled and crawled and crawled (thru the grass even). I was SO far away from Mommy! It did make me a little nervous, but I was out to impress. Mommy came and rescued me but then started looking at Sissy again. Ugh! So, I decided to start standing without holding onto anything! Man, that took some work - in fact, too much work. It was fun, but it made me super nervous to just stand there. So, I decided to start making noise. That'd get attention! The only attention it got was Mommy's and she packed me up and took me home (and left Daddy & Sissy at practice). Man, that didn't work out.

Sissy has a "showcase" next week for her fancy Mary Poppins class. I'll have to figure out how to turn all that attention onto myself. I won't be able to take it with everyone telling her how wonderful she is and completely ignoring me. Maybe I should start walking and really impress them all. :)

Love to all, E2

What a fun day!

What a fun day today was - even though it was a little rainy and cold! It started off with my first baseball game. We weren't even sure that we would have the game, but it turns out that you CAN play baseball in the rain. I was pretty cold by the end of the hour, but it was SO much fun! I hit the ball and even got the grand slam! It turns out I picked a great number because since I am number one, I get to bat first one inning and then last the next inning. When you bat last, they treat the hit like a grand slam and you get to run all the bases. The only problem with that was the friend that was in front of me has some pretty short legs. Let's just say that she isn't quite as quick as I am and I had to slow down and not pass her. That was SO hard to not pass her and run fast like the wind across the home plate, but I was patient.

Later in teh day, I got to go to my friends birthday party. She turned 5 (how wonderful it would be to be 5!) and had some friends over for a princess party. We made pins and magic wands, we got to play freeze dance and pull the strings on the pinata, and of course, some yummy cupcakes! Best of all, I got to have a huge butterfly painted on my face. I was SO beautiful. Everyone at Chipotle thought I was so cute when we stopped in to pick up dinner. When I got home, Baby E just kept looking and laughing at me. She must have thought I was stunning as well! She has good taste. :)

Well, I am getting a chance to play Wii, so I had better get to playing before Mom changes her mind. Love to all! ((hugs)) E1

 

Conner Prairie

I think I told you this once before, but I'll tell you again... I LoVe CoNnEr PrAiRiE! It is so fabulous! We went there today with some of our very good friends and had a great time! We even got to see the balloon up close and it is even more humongous than I thought! So cool! We went today to see the sheep get their haircuts. And boy, they sure needed them! They were all poofy and after they got a good haircut, they were so soft!! You know what else was there? BABIES! Not just Evelyn and Kyle - animal babies! Lambs, baby goats (they're called kids) and baby chicks. I got to pet all of them, except for the lamb who was just born on Tuesday (she was super duper cute, too!) and the baby chicks. I heard Mom say that chickens have a lot of germs and she didn't want it to poo on my hand - and I thought that was pretty good advice, so I didn't even ask to hold them. Then we got to see the loom house (where they make blankets out of the sheep wool) and the Indian wigwams. Then, I went into an old pilrgrim kind of house and a guys was in there talking about skin - animal skin! It was SO interesting! We did get to go inside and play for a little while with the pretend fruits and veggies, but then we had to go home. I was good and didn't cry or anything! I must be doing a good of obeying - maybe I'll get a treat for being so good? Here are some pictures from our super fun morning! Love to all! ((hugs)) E1

Wagon Ride

Mommy decided to pull out the wagon and see if I can sit up in it for rides. Well, I am almost 10 months now so Of CoUrSe I can sit up in the red wagon and go for a ride. I'm so good that I can even ride over the bumpy yard not holding on - or better yet, turned around backwards and gnawing on the seat back. That's right. I've got skills! Here are some pictures of Sissy and me in the wagon today. Mommy thought I should try out this hat - I hated it. I pulled it off everytime she turned around. I tried to gnaw it to bits, but she kept catching me and taking it away (putting it back on my head). Hopefully she isn't insistent on this hat thing, although it sounds like she is. She said I'll miss out on so much fun - like splash parks - if I don't wear my hat. Not sure what those are but they sure sound fun -I LOVE TO SPLASH! I hope you are enjoying your spring days - we sure are! Although, they aren't quite as fun as they were last year at this time, when I was cozied down snug in my "cocoon". ((hugs)) E2

Video Time!

This is a very funny video of my baby sister and her super funny faces! She is always hollering (which you hear in the first part). Mom says it is because she is cutting teeth, but I think she should already have about a thousand million teeth as much as she hollers - and she only  has 2. Hmmmm, doesn't add up to me. But, after her brief hollering spell, she starts trying to get the camera and making all of her other happy and funny faces. She keeps us laughing, that's for sure (yes, that's me laughing in the background).  ((hugs)) E1

Video of E2

Picture time

Nothing is Safe

I have learned a new trick and this one is wOnDeRfUL! I can (sweat and grunt and toot and then with all my might) pull myself up!! I can get to way more things now. Daddy, Mommy and Sissy all think their stuff is safe if it is on the couch or Sissy’s desk. Not now dearies – I can reach it all! Nothing is safe! Remotes, books, pens, drinks and even the dear sweet polly pockets. You know what else I can do? I can get open those funny boxes Mommy has that have all the toys inside. She just put all of Sissy’s new duplos in one and I dumped it over and used my SheRa strength to get it open. Yeah baby! I am surrounded by beautiful, candy-colored duplos!
I am a little confused though. Mommy and Daddy seem to be happy when they see all of my new tricks – like crawling (like an army soldier) super fast or standing – but they also seem to put up stuff that make it more challenging. I am not sure if they think I just like a challenge or what, but they put up a gate from the living room to the kitchen and they put up all kinds of things to block me from crawling down the hallway to Sissy’s room and the bathroom (my favorite places to be). Today, Mommy even scooted the ottoman in front of the hallway and man, there is no getting through that thing. I even pulled myself up and stood there and I can’t even get over it. Guess I gotta do some more push-ups and get my strength up so that I can muscle that big thing outta my way. I’m one determined little girl.


((hugs)) E2

Flowers

We were at the store the other day and Mom had picked out some cute little flowers (she called them pansies). They were really pretty, but just one problem. They were purple and orange. Purple and orange are OK colors, but not my favorite. My favs are Red and Pink - obviously. I told Mom I really wanted some pink or red flowers. She assured me we would have lots of pink flowers really soon and you know what? She was right. The tree right in front of our house is COVERED in pink flowers! It is so pretty, especially first thing in the morning when God shines the light of the sunrise on it. How lucky we are to have such a magnificent tree right in our own front yard!
((hugs)) E1