Juggling it all...

But definitely one of our sweetest ones yet! It was almost off to a rocky start. Luckily "Santa" had just barely finished wrapping presents and setting them under the tree when at 11:50pm on Christmas Eve little Miss Sammy walks into our room and scares us to death. We were nearly caught red handed, but luckily we were just finishing up on wrapping presents for friends and family. However, she was so disappointed to have just missed Santa (wink, wink... and our hearts are still pounding at this time because we knew we just dodge a HUGE bullet). Apparently she had be trying so hard to stay awake to hear the reindeer on our roof... how sweet is that!! So after a big glass of water and one midnight trip to the bathroom she was back in slumber land. Only now when she woke in the morning there was no big present reveal... it was more like... yeah, I saw all that last night, no biggie. What a little stinker! Of course... of all the $$ presents the kids received this year... i

Miss Sammy had her 2nd dance recital with Miss Annie's dance class. I was beaming ear to ear watching her dance her heart out. She was absolutely beautiful, graceful and completely poised. I'm so glad she enjoys dance class and can't wait to start up the next session.

That's right... breaking news... Miss Samantha is 2-wheel bike rider! Adios training wheels, hello freedom! So it all started almost 2 years ago on her 4th birthday; thanks to my GREAT dad, Sam had her very first bike! This year in trying to pry from her what she wanted Santa to bring her, she promptly announced she want a new bike. Well the Mr. and I stopped dead in our tracks. Wa-wa-wa-what??? Of course being very curious as to why she would want a new bike since she hardly rides her current bike, she so matter-of-factly replied (in a very even, calm tone) "I want a bike with 2 wheels." The biggest smiles came across our face, for we knew we just saved ourselves $$ and because this was it... the time to teach her that training wheels come off and VIOLA! new bike. And so, with that the big guy took her outside and began the series of 2-wheel bike lessons; which were beyond hilarious. Mostly because Sam understood every concept and with every lesson you could see the