Wednesday, April 21, 2010

A new park, ice-cream, and ballet shoes

We had a wonderful fun-filled day.  We started out the day by meeting some friends at Taylor- Brawner park  for a little playtime and a picnic lunch.  This was a new park for us, but I'd heard wonderful things about so we were excited to go.  

Handley was having so much fun that she didn't want to leave.  Harper enjoyed herself too.  She acted as if she was about 5 the way she tried to climb on the steps to the GIANT slide.  

Charlie and Davis had better things to do, but I was able to get a quick picture of Handley and her friend, Grace, before we left.  (It looks like Handley is trying to choke Grace in this picture, but she really was just giving her a hug and being sweet.)
After a quick stop at home for Harper's nap it was off to meet Avery, Dylan and Tiara for an afternoon of fun.  First stop - BRUSTER'S for ice cream.  I was hoping Handley would still meet the height requirements for a free kids cone and she did! 

We all enjoyed our ice cream, but I think Harper loved hers the most!  She got mad when it was all gone and time for us to leave.
Next stop was a shoe store for real ballet shoes!  Handley and Avery will be taking ballet this summer, along with their friend Annabelle, and they are all so excited about it.  You should have seen these two nuts in the store running around, trying on shoes, and just being silly.  
When we got home Handley tried on her ballet shoes again and practiced dancing around in them.  She loves them so much she didn't want to take them off.  Ever since we went into the ballet studio to register for the class earlier this week she's been asking when she gets to go back.  I told her ballet would start in a couple of weeks and she responded dramatically with, "it's just so long to wait" (which, by the way, has become her new response when she is looking forward to doing something fun and wishes it were happening sooner than later.) 


Since I grew up dancing, I just can't wait to see Handley twirling around in her ballet class.  I hope she loves it as much as I did.  

4 comments:

Jason, Erin, Ella, and Colin said...

I love the last picture. It would be very cute in black and white framed in her room:) Nothing like the first pair!!

Jennifer said...

Yea! So excited she will be in ballet...brings back so many memories!! :) You guys are going to have to let me know when the first recital is, it will be so cute to see A, A, and Miss H on stage together!

Atkinson Family said...

The last picture is absolutely precious!!! I am so excited about this ballet adventure. The girls look like they are already dancing in their sticker picture. Thank God for little girls!

Julie, the mama said...

BALLET??? Soooo exciting! Those girls are going to have so much fun, and I don't think it is a stretch to say that their mamas will love it every bit as much!