Enjoying our last day with Grandma Rudy

Celebrating Annabelle's "half" birthday at school

The "half birthday" celebration continues at home.

Planting paper whites - our tradition for Annabelle's half birthday

Annabelle iceskating

Nathaniel and I in a box!

Annabelle preparing for her Nutcracker Ballet party.

Painting sets for the Nutcracker performance.

Set One of Annabelle's Nutcracker

Set Two: Land of Sweets

Crowns for all the ballerinas

Annabelle's Daisy Troop at Daisy Day.

Annabelle using our new computer as a desk as she writes her Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators contest story!

Annabelle read this book by herself!!!

The big day finally arrives - Annabelle's Nutcracker!  Annabelle saw the Nutcracker over the holidays and became obsessed with it!  She had a group of friends from school over and they did their own performance of it.

Bouquets for all the ballerinas!

Costume Fittings

Warming up with a real ballerina!

More exercised with our visiting ballerina

Me reading the Nutcracker story to the girls.

The Nutcracker performance for all the parents.

The cast...

Annabelle and I prepared all these treats for the Donut Man Film Festival at our church

Donut Holes for everyone!