Dance recital

Emma had her dance recital today.  She was great in it!  Here is a picture of her costume:

Here is her tap routine to Dominic the Donkey (Emma is the front row, third from the right side of the screen):

Here she is doing her ballet routine, Shining Star:

Fun Times

Emma got to have an extra special fun day today.  First she started the day by helping daddy make a big pancake breakfast (and Sarah helped too):

 Then she went to Home Depot for some daddy/daughter time (but we forgot to send the camera for pictures of that).  Then she went to her first ever movie in a theater (Frozen) with mommy:

It sure was fun; Emma did great and ate Popcorn, Twizzlers and Reese's Pieces during the movie (mommy was a sucker).  What a great day for everyone!

Fun pictures

Here is an update on the tree.  Mimi and Papa came to help the girls put on their new 2013 ornaments.  Here is Sarah & Mimi:

And here are the girls playing with their new backpacks.  They came with stuffed animal buddies you buckle on to it:

New stuff

The girls each got some wall decals from Mimi & Papa and mommy struggled to put them all up today.  Here is the result of all the struggle:

A huge Minnie for Sarah's room (turns out Minnie came in about 5 parts which were really hard to line up and she is really huge):

 And princess for Emma.  She has the castle and then ALL the Disney princesses lined up on her wall:

Thanks Mimi & Papa!

Check-up

Sarah had her 18 month check-up today.  The doctor said she is doing wonderfully!  She is finally lower on the weight scale then height scale; of course, her head is still huge comparatively (it holds all those brains)!  Here are the stats:

Height: 32.5" (50 percentile)
Weight: 23 lbs, 9 oz (45 percentile)
Head: 18.8 in (80 percentile)

Tree

We put up the Christmas tree on Sunday. Emma had lots of fun helping.  Sarah has mostly had fun helping us take all the ornaments off the tree. 

Random weekend pics

Some random pictures taken at Mimi & Papa's:

The morning Cheerio party in Mimi's bed with all the girls:

 The cousins all playing together (sort of):

 Turns out Sarah LOVED the scooter that Emma has at Mimi & Papa's house.  She spent all weekend standing on it trying to make it move: