Sadie and Mom (everyday) Date: Doing Sadie's Hair

Sadie's BFF from school has very long princess hair that Sadie has admired from day 1. As Sadie's hair has gotten longer, we've gotten a bit more creative with her hair than just doing a basic french braid, 2 braids or a pony. Thank goodness for youtube videos and for the fact that braids are all the rage right now, because I wouldn't be able to do any of these without it. My general requirement is that they don't take more than 5 minutes to do after combing out beacause that can take forever! Here are some of the highlights:

Two-strand crown to a twisty side braid:

Pretzel knotted buns:

Two braids, pretzel crossed in the back:

Single french braid, low and to the side:

Braided bun pony:

Side fishtail braid:

Waterfall braid to pony:

I'll post more pics as we continue to play with her hair. Her hair, while in the mid-back still needs to grow about 2-3 more inches for me to do all of the things that I want to do with her hair. She loves getting her hair done up and loves getting compliments from strangers.

Barnelopet

Sadie participated in the "Sons of Norway" Barnelopet (which means kids race). Sadie would tell you that "it isn't a race, everyone wins!" Which is true, everyone does, in fact, get a medal. But, it is a race in the fact that you get a racing bib, they say "go!" at the beginning and there is a finish line.

Sadie, by the way, puked all the previous day, but she did not want to miss the big race. Eli missed it because he threw a tantrum about skis and then decided he didn't want to go, which was fine with me because I was home sick with tonsillitis.

Back to the race, you can tell it was a balmy day as a lot of the kids were just skiing in their snowbibs. Dennis said that as soon as they said go, Sadie got a determined look on her face and took off like a rocket.

The race is about a kilometer in the trees so the parents couldn't see how the race was going, but Dennis said as soon as she came around the corner and could see the finish line, she picked up speed to pass 3 more kids at the end. She crossed the finish line and said, "Dad, I'm too tired to go any further..." They celebrated with a pizza party.
She was happy with her performance and said that she "is really starting to get good at gliding."
We also just bought a used pair of skis from a friend so they'll be able to go anytime they want!!
Way to go Sadie! We're really proud of you!!

Happy 40th Birthday Dennis

40 looks good on you. Hope the next 40 are just as good as the first...

Festival Recital 2012

It was recital time once again for Eli and Sadie. This was the "festival recital" and all of the students played duets or as a group. Eli and Sadie's ability group played Frere Jacque on the xylophone, hence Sadie's beret. I think it was great for them to play as a group because it really helped their listening skills and the importance of a steady beat and timing. This was actually the best that they played it as a group so they were happy with their performance. Enjoy!