Our dancing girl!

Today was Anna's dance recital. She did an AMAZING job!!!!! I have a video from our camera and repeatedly tried to upload it to this blog, but it didn't work.. so Will is going to have fix it first. In the meantime, here are some pictures. Anna's Kindergarten teacher Miss Browne came to see Anna, which was just so sweet. We also had Grandma, Dori and Kayla watching too. After the recital, we all went to too-jays for lunch. We are so proud of our girl.

Here is Anna's official recital picture:

















Grandma brought some recital gifts..

















Here's Anna and Miss Browne!

















Here we all are at Too-jays. Miss Browne's boyfriend "Mr. Bob" joined us too!













Anna is already signed up for dance next year. She'll be taking tap and jazz along with most of her class from this year.

Another post coming after this one, with some long awaited pictures I've been meaning to share!

Love, Holly

Happy Mother's Day!

First, Happy Mother's Day to all those out there that are mommies (that includes mommies to dogs, cats, birds, fish and any other living thing that I can't think of at the moment!).

What a nice day it has been with my wonderful family! Today when I woke up Anna and Aiden came up and delivered cards to me, along with some carefully selected earrings that Anna picked out for me. She wanted them because she knew they matched a dress I just bought. She did really well!!! I wore them today along with the dress so that she knows how very much I love them. :)

Will gave me a beautiful silver and svarski crystal neckace that I LOVE and can't wait to wear, along with a gift certificate to shop at one of my favorite stores: Platos Closet! YEYYY!!! We got my mom her long awaited "Life is Good" shirt from Synergy!

We met up with my mom and Jerry at Hollywood Bistro for brunch. Dori and crew are in NY this year with Steve's family. We had a nice brunch and then headed over to swim at my mom's place. My mom, as a gift to me, let me "shop" in her Mary Kay stock!! Whew hew!!! That was AWESOME!!! :)

And now the pictures....

Here we are arriving for brunch!













Here is a KISS from me for all the wonderful Mommies out there!













Here is what I did on MY day! ahhhhh.....













Me and the kiddos in the jacuzzi!













and of course me and my mommy!














My mother's day festivities actually started with a Mother's Ice Cream social at Aiden's school, and then last Friday a Mother's day brunch in Anna's Kindergarten class. I took some video...

and here's a picture:














I definitely feel loved and appreciated! :)

So my Kindermusik Spring session is finally over. I just went over all the rosters and organized and we had 150 registrants this past session..which is completely baffling to me!!! So onward to Summer session which begins Mid-June. Will and I also have a new project we are cooking up! It's very exciting and I can't wait to announce it! In the meantime I must keep it hush hush (which if you know me is NOT an easy thing for me to do!)

I'm so excited also because Will and I are starting to think about our Vegas trip coming up in September for our 10th wedding anniversary. YEY!!!

Anna's dance recital is this coming Saturday. Her dance picture is precious. I actually have a lot of fun "professional" pictures that I want to share (from Nick Hotel, Thomas Day, Recital and Kindermusik), but they need to be scanned in...and we just got a new printer, so I have to figure that all out. I hope to do all that soon!

I hope this entry finds you well and happy. If you are reading, don't be a stranger. Leave me a comment or email me at hollyl@cfl.rr.com!

Have a perfect evening,
Holly

Mom's weekend and more!

We been having lots of fun lately! :) After Aiden's train day... life has been going by so fast. crazy fast! But here I am with some pictures to share...

Anna's school carnival was a couple weeks ago.. I got this cool picture of her on a pony!














Aiden and I met up with Dori and kids last week at Leu Gardens. It was a nice morning!














Will and I went out a week or so ago, and snapped these pics before we left.



















The next one was from Anna's perspective.















After a lot of working and craziness my annual mom's weekend came up. I went this past weekend with my girlfriends to the Ron Jon Resort in Port Canaveral. We had a blast.. and here's just a sample of the fun. :)

Here are the girls by the pool.















Here I am all dressed up for dinner. Next pic is in the lobby, and the last one is at dinner with our waiter Rado (who had to deal with 6 girls getting drunk and loud!!)















We had a blast!! This was our 5th mom's weekend and we had a GREAT time. It was by far the best one we've ever had.

This week is the last week of the Kindermusk spring session. I will have a 1 month break on teaching classes which I really need. There is still LOTS of work to be done in preparation for summer classes but it should be a bit more relaxed. Anna doesn't have much longer of Kindergarten which is baffling to me. The kids have been signed up for swim lessons and camp.. so summer is just around the corner! I can't believe that!!!!!!

Okay, MUST get some sleep tonight.. so going to bed.

Love, Holly

Day out with Aiden

Hi everyone! Long time no post. heehee..

So, last week I had the pleasure of spending the day with my amazing son Aiden when we went to A Day Out with Thomas (the tank engine). One of my Kindermusik mommies invited us along and I was actually available. I'm SOO glad we went!!

I had to drive us almost an hour away to a town called Tavares. There were tons of trains to play with, bounce house, entertainment, hay maze, tatoo station (temporary of course!!), ice cream and SO much more. We finished out our day with a ride on the train. Aiden was in 7th heaven. I was too just to see the HUGE smile on Aiden's face! Here are some pictures!

Here is Aiden as we arrived. He was VERY excited. Thomas is behind him

















Here is he playing at the train tables. He love it there. It was hard to convince him to move on to other things!!













Time for a Thomas temporary tatoo!













and some yummy ice cream!

















and.. the hay ball maze!













Here is Aiden walking with his friend Samantha (one of my kindermusik students!!)!













Here we are, riding in the train. Aiden absolutely loved being the train. He kept saying, "I'm riding Thomas!!" It was SO cute.













And of course we had to stop at the gift shop. Aiden picked this t-shirt!

















What a great day it was!

Love, Holly

Spring Break Happenings!

Well hello there!

Yes, I know, I've been SO bad about posting. Please forgive me, but just as we thought everyone was healthy again, ANNA got a VERY high fever, so back to the doctor we went AGAIN and she was diagnosed with Mono! I wasn't even aware a 6 year old could get mono, but apparently they can! It took a good week for her to feel better and we are just hoping it doesn't relapse since mono can come and go for a long time. We'll see...

Anyway, thankfully Anna started feeling better just before her Spring Break. I earned a 2 night stay at the Nickelodeon Hotel by doing Kindermusik there during their Noggin month last September. We decided use the pass this past week while I was off from Kindermusik and the kids were off from school. We had the BEST time! Here are some pictures: We took the kids to the Nick Hotel's character breakfast. We met Spongebob Squarepants, Patrick, Dora the Explorer, Diego, Little Bill (?) and Squidward.





Anna took this pictures of Will and I. I think it's good!














They have lives shows also! Here is a picture of the Dora and Boots show, and we also took the kids to the nighttime show which is run similar to the old Nickelodeon game shows like Double Dare. At the end, a kid got big time SLIMED!













We spent a TON of time at the pools. Lots of fun fountains, and slides. Anna was a little fish, Aiden a bit more cautious. They have a Nick Workshop where Anna did an art project.



































I really like this the next picture. It shows the large slide structure at the Lagoon Pool. See the big orange bucket at the top? At 4:45pm each day, anyone that wants to can stand underneath and get SLIMED! Good fun!!

















We did buy one of the hotel pics of all of us with Spongebob but I have to scan it in. We had such a great time this past week. It really felt like a vacation which we all needed DESPERATELY!!!
Now to negotiate another gig with the Nick Hotel, so we can do this again next year!

Before Spring Break but after Anna's mono fever broke, Anna had to dress up in her recital costume for pictures. I took this before we left. Doesn't she look absolutely precious???

















This weekend Will's parents are here visiting. We have kept so busy because I did a Kindermusik party today. Since it was at a park, everyone came along. I did my gig and the rest enjoyed the playground. Then this evening, Will had a video gig shooting a festival to be delivered to the local news stations. We just got back from that, and he is in the process of editing and then he is off to deliver tapes. Tomorrow should be calmer though today was fun!

I'll be back soon.
Love, Holly

Here we go!!! The big catch up!

Hi!

Well, just as soon as I promised to post, Aiden got a fever! GEESH! Are you kidding me??? Turns out it was a weird virus with the only symptoms being a fever and a bit of fatique for 24 hours or so. I can say that as I post this, everyone is healthy. Let's hope it stays that way!

So.. since I've missed out on lots of posting.. I'll just update what is going on NOW and them back post a bit..

Tomorrow Anna is going on her first big field trip of the year to the Orlando Science Center. Will is volunteering as a chaperone so that should be lots of fun. I asked him to take lots of pictures! :)
Last weekend we met up with Dori and crew, and Rachael and crew at the Oak Haven Farms strawberry patch. I took the kids there last year. It was a lot of fun, and the kids had a blast. Here's some picture highlights!




































































We also recently took the kids to the Orlando Repatory Theater to see Blue Clues Live. They both loved it!


















Both kids are doing great in school. Anna is excelling in her reading. Her teaching has her on a 1st grade reading level so she continues to be challenged. We are of course VERY proud of her! Aiden LOVES going to A Kid's Gym. He just smiles from ear to ear when we drop him off! I also still take him to Kindermusik each week. I just love being a "Kindermusik mommy" once a week in the midst of all the craziness! Lately, Aiden has really been into puzzles! He's able to put together 24 piece puzzles. We are still working on peaking his interest in potty training, but are not pushing the issue. (though Will and I are definitely ready to move away from diapers already!!!)

There is a pretty lake in Downtown Orlando called Lake Eola that we like to go to once in a while. It has a sidewalk all the way around it, playground, cafe, gardens, ducks/bird feeding area, swan paddles boats, ampitheater, etc. It's very charming, I have always liked it down there. Anyway, while I was suffering with the vertigo, and SOOOO sick of being in the house - we decided to go down there. We snapped a few pics...(but of course!)


















































































Okay, well there are many pictures from February that I never got to post..but I think we are are back on track now, at least for March! I hope to be WAY more on top of things now.

L, Hol

Feeling GOOD!

I'm finally feeling human again! So... I promise a post WITH PICTURES this weekend!!! YEY! Holly's back! :)

C ya soon!
Holly

SICKY SICK SICK!

Oh my gosh. It's been so long since I've blogged! Right around Valentines Day our whole household got SICK!!! First it was Will, then Aiden, then me, and then Anna. We had what was probably the flu, mixed with Strep for Aiden, Ear infections and Bronchitis for me. YUCK!!! It's been a lousy bunch of weeks, and we are all finally coming out of it. I'm last, as just as I was coming out of my bronchitis, I got vertigo! I'm really dizzy... So... this is the reason for the lack of blogging.. but I really hope to post some pictures tomorrow (Monday), and get back on track!!

Hugs to anyone that reads this!

Love, Holly

Bear Hugs!

Happy Valentines Day!!

My Boy is THREE, and as CUTE as can be!

I had EVERY intention of posting right away about Aiden's birthday...but then, alas...I got sick. I was fighting a pretty nasty chest cold that pretty much hit me on Monday. So, here I am, a week late, but excited to share the pictures!

Aiden is very into trains right now, so we decided to have a Thomas the Tank Engine Party. We found a company who brought over 2 train tables and a ride on train. Our friend Paul made an AMAZING cake, and everyone had a great time. :)

And....here are the pictures!











































































Many more pictures were taken of course, and close family and friends were there! :) So much fun!

We have been taking lots of pictures this month.. so another post will follow soon. Right now, Will and I are sort of obsessed over teh new HBO show "In Treatment", and I MUST go watch an episode right now!!!! heehee...

Love, Hol