I had my dance recital!

I recently had my dance recital and danced to three songs! I was very excited. Here I am in my costume:

















I also got to wear makeup, but Mommy wouldn't let me wear eyeshadow.













Sasi came to watch me dance, and Grandma came to the recital again this year.




















You can see me dancing to one of the songs here, at the dance rehearsal:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7Oyiygs4hY

It was a very eventful spring! I went to the Festival of Nations in Saint Paul with Mommy. I found this cool headpiece to wear at the China booth, and a toy cat that I've named Buster. We made sure we stopped at the Dutch booth for a treat before going home.

San Antonio

Hi from San Antonio!













One of the highlights of my trip was the visit to a safari.














There was a petting zoo as well.













A playground in the middle of February!



And a Children's Museum!

Now I am back in Minnesota. I love snow!

These Are The Days

Flower girl

One of my highlights in November was to be a flower girl in a wedding. Laura and Chuck got married. Saskia was a teen usherette. We got dressed up in pretty clothes.



There were a lot of us flower girls.















And five teen usherettes.









Sasi and Leah have been friends for over ten years.



Here I am entering the stage.


Are Laura and Chuck coming yet?












I was announced to the audience and had to raise my hand.



















The happy couple.














What a fun day!

My Fifth Birthday Party!

I'm a Minnesota Twins fan!

A few weeks ago I went to a Minnesota Twins game with Mommy. I wore my new Twins shirt and was really excited to go to a game at the new stadium.
















I got some new necklaces to wear to the game!
















Mommy gave me a ring pop to keep me occupied until the game began--it turned my tongue blue!!
















We had the best seats ever!! Auntie Diane and my cousin Austin came to the game, too!
























I've stayed at Auntie Diane's house a couple times and like her a lot.












Mommy was so busy taking pictures, I was able to sneak some of her French fries!













I didn't want to pose with Mommy, though. Maybe next game!

Soccer is My Summer Sport

In the summer months, I play soccer through the YMCA. Sometimes Papa is my coach, when he's the coach I call him Coach Edwin instead of Papa.

Papa always says "no hands in soccer!!" but here it's just practice so it's okay.

Instead of a net, we try to kick the ball between two orange cones that look like this.

My soccer shirt is really big on me ... one time I even forgot to wear my shorts and Mommy didn't even notice until I fell down a couple times. Oops!!

Here I am with my teammates, waiting in line for a drill.

Sometimes it gets crowded when we're all trying to dribble our soccer balls at the same time.

Sometimes while I'm waiting in line I like to talk to Noah ... he and I became good buddies during Thursday night soccer.

It's always good idea to take a break before the game begins, a soccer ball usually makes a good seat for me.

In this picture I'm going after the ball ... Mommy says it's okay to try to take the ball away from the other team.

I can get really fired up for soccer and I've improved a lot since I started playing last year!!