Sewing day.

When mommy was sick, Gaummie came with her pre-sewn material to finish sewing dress-up scarves (for all 9 granddaughters). She taught Kimberly and Natalie how to push out the corners and then turn them right-side out. They learned the proper way to stitch the end closed too. Finally, Kimberly ironed them to make the scarves look professionally finished! The dress-up scarves turned out beautifully. Thanks mom:)

Time to dress up!

Can you say "beauty queen" three times... Well, today Natalie, Courtney and Kimberly decided to dance first. Then they thought it would be fun to dress up "on top" of it:) Of course, then they had to come down to model for me and have a "photo op"! WOW...it is sooo wonderful when everyone plays NICE together.

New York visitors

Meredith is having fun at the wishing well with her cousins. While Aunt Amy, Genevieve and Elliott stay in the van to catch-up on their quiet time/ sleepers.

Inside the Hershey World Plant, we see numberable workers boxing and "shaking" their Hershey Kisses for snacking later! Ms. Katia, William and Isabella (Kimberly's pen pal) came with our cousin Meredith to take the chocolate tour and then try the sample at the end:) It was a fun, exhausting morning had by all! Please come again...

"Once upon a Lily Pad"

At the end of the school year, we got to enjoy a fun play by the Nitrauer Knight's First Graders. They did English and Spanish through out play. It was fun to see our little actress having a wonderful time with her classmates! She really worked hard.

Natalie got the lead part as Freddie the Frog. She borrowed her cousin's bath towel as part of her costume. Natalie did a great job memorizing her lines and singing:)

Kimberly's birthday dress.

Gaummie surprised Kimberly with this beautiful spring dress for her birthday. It even came with her favorite kind of sleeves! How pretty.

Teaching the ART of babysitting.

Natalie enjoys helping out with Chris (4 1/2 months old) when she gets home from school. It's been such a joy to see how grown-up MY girls have become while helping out with other children:) This job has given me the chance to teach MY children the "how-to's" of babysitting first hand...and they get paid. WOW!! What a great deal for everyone! Courtney has really taken a liking to "babysitting" too. She takes it very serious. Courtney is reading her coloring book to Gabe (almost 4 yrs.) and Kaylie (almost 2 yrs.) after their nap time.

"You Make Me Feel Like a Star."

Kimberly and Natalie had such a great experience this spring learning to dance. They couldn't wait to get a copy of their song to bring home and practice!

Natalie and Kimberly pose on picture night prior to their first Jazz Recital. You can't tell they are thoroughly eating up all the attention:)

They had the best time dancing together these last few months!