In the Spotlight

I'm feeling like a bad blogger mom, because one of my kids seems to get more blog time than the others, (and mom has to be fair in everything!) So this one's for my girls.





This week, the girls in Bailey's school class earned enough AR points for a swim party at her teacher's indoor swimming pool in her house. Yes, she is pretty much the coolest teacher EVER. Not to mention she also has a room full of Webkinz, just like her students. It's going to be hard to get a teacher any better than this! Bailey loves school and reads a book a night thanks to this wonderful teacher who motivates her.



Since I'm spotlighting my girls, here's the pictures I took several months ago when I said I was going to take something that showed "personality". Beautiful Bailey is at her most favorite place, a horse barn. And just love the expression on Avery's face, it is one of her many quirky ones. Some people talk with their hands, Avery talks with her eyebrows. She wanted to visit the painted horses, and she thought this one was the prettiest!






This weekend, Bailey had her monthly horse clinic where she is fortunate to get instruction from one of the best English riders, who is from England. This instructor has ties to our valley and likes to visit every month, so the 4-H program benefits from that. We affectionately refer to these clinics as "Equestrian Boot Camp" because this instructor is very disciplined and runs the clinics like a drill sergeant. But the lessons Bailey learns from her are so essential, and she cannot wait for them.

And Avery had her big dance recital this week, which was very entertaining. She's the one who wadded up her white gloves and decided to carry them. She also had a wardrobe malfunction with her skirt hitched up the whole time, due to her spinning on the floor while she awaited her turn.

Although she's not much into the dancing part of it, she really enjoys the spotlight on stage and would rather make people laugh.

Honestly the most exciting part of this for her was the fact that we got these costumes the day after we got back from Disneyland, and she said "It's Minnie Mouse's dress!!