Busy Weekend and star of the Week.

Life has been a little busier lately so I'm getting kind of behind on documenting. Last weekend was a really busy weekend. McKenna has her first performance in just over a week called the Festival of the stars where they get to perform for their family and friends all the piece's they will compete with in festival. McKenna will be in 4 group numbers and a duet. I do have some extra tickets if anyone wants to come watch. The show is March 19th at 1:30 at the Yates. Tickets are $8.

We started Friday with parent/teacher interviews with Hayley at Kindergarten. The teacher, parent, and child attend and we see what our child has been learning and how much they are improving. Hayley is doing really well and is especially doing well with her writing and reading. She loves to write and is always writing at home. McKenna had dance from 1:30-3:00, and then we packed up and headed to the farm for my Father in-laws 60th birthday party. Our cousin's were in town from Utah for the weekend so it was extra fun and special. We had so much fun partying and visiting with family. We stayed over night and on Saturday while the rest of the family stayed at the farm McKenna and I headed back home for dance, and then McKenna's birthday party. After the party we headed back to the farm to play with cousins one last time before they left for home. We watched Moana, which is definitely one of my new favourite disney movies, and then went to bed. Our cousin's left first thing in the morning and we got up, packed up and headed out too. I didn't take any pics except a last minute one right before bed the night before the kids left. Poor Emma could barely keep her eyes open because they were so tired.

They played hard all weekend and always have the best time with their cousins. They live way too far and we don't see them enough.

Sunday we went home and then over to the studio where the girls were having their jazz mock exams in preparation for the real exams. We ended up being there for a couple of hours. McKenna came out feeling very overwhelmed and discouraged. She didn't feel ready. I had misplaced the definition list they were supposed to be studying and kind of forgot about it. My friend texted me the list and we got to work practicing. During Hayley's mock they decided that the three little girls taking it were not quite ready and cancelled the exam. Hayley is young enough that it didn't even phase her. After the studio we headed to Costco and then back home to make supper and get ready for bed. I was definitely exhausted after a weekend like that. Thankfully I had Monday to rest and get caught up on some things.

Playing who has the button dance style while waiting for the mock exams (stretch those legs)

During the week I practiced with McKenna until she was confidant for her exam. She had her exam yesterday and came down and said it went awesome with a big smile on her face, so that is a win. We went on a cupcake date with friends to celebrate.

McKenna was star of the week so she got to take some of her favourite things to share with her class. H and I made her list, which makes me very happy. Its always fun to visit her class.

I have some pretty awesome daughters

I always feel bad because she is so quiet and a little shy when she is speaking in front of the class and I am always speaking and answering for her to break the awkward silence. I need to work on giving her the freedom to learn and grow in that area. Sometimes its so hard to just step back and let our kids figure it out. We just want to step in and help them but its really good for them to learn these things on their own, even if the learning process is hard.

And just like that I am almost caught up on blogging. Next will be a house update. Lot's of exciting things going on there. Happy weekend friends :)