HAPPY EASTER 2009!

Her very first curls!!

All my sweet Easter girls with their baskets! (and yes, she is taller than me now!)

It looks all sunny and warm but it was FREEZING!!

Some Easter love from the boys.

Every year at Easter it seems I manage to capture the classic "personality pose". This year, even the dog's personalities are showing!

Happy Easter from the O'Steen Family!

ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

This was Hannah's first year at the Ballet Academy at MCPA. She had done some classes when she was younger, but now she is getting a little more serious about dance. Today she participated in the Achievement Awards where she was able to perform a little bit of what she has been learning this year. This was a HUGE accomplishment for her, because her very least favorite thing in the world is to perform in the spotlight..... alone. We shed a few tears leading up to the show, but she conquered her fears and went out there and did her very best. We are SOO proud of our little brave ballerina.

Hannah's best buddy Madison.

My brave girl.

Hannah and Madison look up to the Burnham girls - they are great dancers (and wonderful friends)!

A final curtsy.

Applause for Hannah for doing so well on her written test of ballet terms.

DADDY DAUGHTER DANCE

Well, its that time of year again!! I have about ten thousand (well, maybe a BIT of an exaggeration) dance pictures to edit! What a dream night it was for all those little girls! It was a magical wonderland! Here are just a few pics from the evening. I have been a bad blogger lately, I admit it. I have been so very busy researching homeschool curriculum and ideas, along with regular life stuff. But I'm still here - and trying to NOT be on the computer!! :)

ANOTHER GORGEOUS SENIOR!

You can see the rest of his pictures by entering the password "taylorcross".

THE SLUMBER PARTY

Hannah was finally allowed to have her very first sleep over party! The week long birthday celebration continued well into the night Friday evening. She chose just a few of her very closest friends, these girls have been friends since they were just babies!

She received some sweet little gifts from her friends (thank you CHRISTY!!)

And you just can't ever have enough Webkins apparently. She received a total of TEN Webkins from her friends this year after it was all said and done.

The girls enjoyed some good ol' fashioned GIRL time doing things like making facial masks out of oats and honey...... (what was I thinking?) But oh, how soft their skin was!

Of course, a slumber party is not complete without ridiculous amounts of junk food.

And to top off a perfectly girl-filled evening - some polish on those precious piggies! I do believe her first official slumber party was a success!! Not sure it was best to do it the night before her big pool party (for my sake, not hers - she loved it!), but we all had a great time!! Pool party pictures to come!