A Story By Sydney

Last night I went into Sydney's room to give her one last kiss goodnight and turn off her lamp.  On the pillow next to her, I found this story.  It's very cute.
When Me And My Mom Turned Into A Smurf
by:  Sydney Reif

Update!

I've been wanting to post tons of pictures on my blog for a while now, but of course the card reader on my laptop broke.  Great!!  I finally got my pictures off of my camera, but I had to use an old external card reader, a rubber band and a magnet to get it to work.  Geesh! 
Anyway...
Briana had her first day of dance last week!  This year she is taking ballet & tap and musical theater jazz.  So she dances two days a week.

So far, she LOVES it.  Best part of all?  Those jazz shoes she's wearing on her feet.  She's been wearing them around the house like slippers all week!

Today was Sydney's big day.  She started piano lessons!

She absolutely loved her lesson, and came home and practiced for an hour! 

And, while Sydney was practicing her piano, Briana thought it would be the perfect time to practice her viola, so we had a very musical house today! 

While the girls have been busy with all of their activities, I have been making pillowcases! 

My mom's new store is doing a pillowcase drive for kids with cancer.  So that's where these babies are going.  We got tons of stuff like this when Sydney was in the hospital, and we loved it all, so I am really happy we can give back now.  And, can I just say, aren't those pillowcases cute?!  I love the tree fabric the most.  Might have to go back and get some more of that for myself!

Monkey Bars

Sydney has been practicing the monkey bars at school recently.  And, in typical Sydney fashion, she just took off and started doing them all on her own last night!  I'm so proud of her!!

Feathers & Monuments

Briana went with four other girls to a friend's house yesterday.  They were planning to make the Washington Monument out of rice krispie treats to share with their class.  Unfortunately, the monument didn't turn out.  But, Briana had a fun time anyways, and she came home and made her own monument to share with her class today.  It turned out awesome!

And, to add to the excitement of our day, we put feathers in the girls hair!  Briana has been dying to get feathers ever since school started. 

They cannot wait to get to school and show off to everyone today!