Tap Tap Tap

Here are the tap class pictures I promised. She's so cute.

Sage is on the first row, furthest to the left. She is the smallest in her class, as usual.
I love this one. That's Sage's friend, Lydia.






Miss Grace

Friday Night

This is how Friday night went for us. During the night, Sage started to come down with a cold. I didn't really know this until the next morning when I was fully conscious. But she woke up at 12am out of, what I assumed, was a dead sleep, screaming,

"I HATE my room being yellow! I just hate it! I can't even look at it. It makes me SICK! I don't know WHY Kevin (my brother) painted it like that! I told him not to. I hate yellow! I am sick! It makes me have a fever! Now I can't go to church and go to my class! I look at it, and I just get sick!"

I went in her room (from midnight to 2 am actually) and wiped her eyes. Whenever she gets a cold, her eyes run and it drives her nuts. I don't blame her. However, I'm almost positive that the color of the room did NOT cause it. The next morning though, when we were both fully awake, I asked her, "Sage, why were you sick last night?" Her reply, "Because I looked at my walls and they're yellow and I don't like yellow." There you go.

Ballet Fun!

Yesterday was parent day at dance! This means that what we've been (sometimes) hearing about and getting our kids ready for on a weekly basis we finally got to see! It was SO fun. If I had any ability to dance, I'd totally be a dance teacher for little kids because it has to be the most fun job ever. They are so adorable. Of course, they were a little out of their element with moms sitting in their class. Some kept running over to mom, some were showing out...one needed to be taken out and beaten. I am so impressed with all that they've learned though. The kids know the real terms, and the teachers take each child individually and work with them and let them have the floor alone at times. I sat in ballet (only one parent per class), and Travis sat in tap. The pictures below are from ballet. I was as far away from Sage as I could be in that room, so the pictures I took were no small task, but I think I got some really good shots. I'll post the tap pictures separately. I know they'll make you smile. Sage was SOOO cute, and honestly, really good!

Stretching...isn't that hilarious? They did one stretch where they were "watching tv," and she asked each child what they were watching. Sage, of course, was watching 'Hannah Montana.'

Look how serious Sage is.
I love this one.

This is during individual work, where they were SUPPOSED to sit against the wall. You can see how that went. To their credit, they usually sit on the bench where we were sitting, so I tell myself that, normally, she'd be doing what she's supposed to be doing.
Mid-air!
This is where the teacher said, "Sage! Hop across the floor on one foot!" She skipped all the way across and all the way back. She skipped VERY well though. :)

Working with her in front of the mirror.
Look at my baby.
Can you stand that?! (I'm going to be such an obnoxious mom.)
This was during partnering, and just look at that face. She's having a blast!

I think that's pretty good! She was matching her teacher.
This is "circle time," and apparently, they get this as a reward. I think they probably get to do it every week, but Sheila tells them to behave so they can. Sage talks about this a lot.
And a group picture. I see a star!

Picnic at the Park

This past Saturday, our entire music department (which includes all campuses, some I wasn't even aware of), media, and pretty much anyone who wanted to attend met at Oxford Lake for a huge cookout. There were a lot of people there, but umm...the pictures of Sage are more fun. A few random, funny things about her right now: She had ident-a-kid cards made at school, which is just an ID for her where, God forbid, something happen and I'd have a photo ID with her name, picture, weight, height, etc. She weighs 29.5 lbs, which is the exact same amount she weighed at her 3 year check up, which is almost one year ago. She also informed us at bedtime that she no longer likes her name. She said, "Sage is old. You can be Sage. I am Victoria." Victoria is our friend Jennifer's daughter's name. Travis just said, "Goodnight, Victoria." Whatever works to get her to bed. She's also very into shadows, which she calls "tattoos." We have a fountain in our foyer that has a light in it, and she'll run to it at night and say, "Let's make tattoos!"
Sage in a good mood.

Holly and I probably not up to any good.
This is where Sage had had enough and wanted nothing more than to go to the playground. We were all the way on the opposite side of the park from it.
Cool bridge, sad face.

Finally at the swings, of course.

More at the Mall

Here's some pictures that we took at the mall on Friday at Santa's arrival. When I was growing up, this was a huge deal, and I wished that our mall did something better than what they do. The mall in Louisville used to and still does a big parade with Santa at the end, but it's a little different here. Last year, he just kind of pulled up in a carriage. This year, they tried to do it a little better, I guess. The sign said, 'Santa's Arrival at 6pm,' so we sat down about then. Little did we know that the Salvation Army would play one verse of about 50 different Christmas Carols. Not that it wasn't pretty, but by the time you just started enjoying one song, they were done with it. So when they finished, I thought, "Okay, this is it." Noooo, some weird lady with a Christmas tree on her head read what I THINK was "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" based on the pictures that came up behind her. Other than that, I'm not sure because we couldn't understand a word of what she was saying. Then after 30 min of that, Santa just came up on the stage and said, "HEY kids! We're going down to the other end!" And...that was that. It was still fun though. Maybe it will improve more and more each year. Either way, Sage WANTED to see him, so that's an amazing improvement.

Sage doing what she does when you take her picture.
Listening to the music
Cute girl
That was kind of my reaction to the whole thing too.
Weird lady being interrupted (thank God) by Santa.
And there he goes.
We'd hoped this would suffice for a picture rather than waiting in the line.
They do make it snow at regular intervals, which is really fun.
Waiting in line
What Santa gave us. Sage said she can talk to Santa in those glasses because he can't see her.

Santa's Knee Replacement

If you happen to see Santa walking around with a cane on Monday, you will see why below. He is here already! It was weird to hear him say, "Merry Christmas....well Happy Thanksgiving." We knew he was coming tonight, but I honestly didn't expect Sage to want to sit with him. However, she remembered last year that Daddy sat with her, so she wanted to do that again. When we got up there, they said to me, "You can sit too, Mom. Just sit right here on Santa's knee." I said, "Ummm, I don't know if Santa wants that." I tried not to hurt him, and he didn't seem to lose his breath so I guess it was ok. While Sage didn't speak, Santa told her that he was going to be there for a long time, so she could go home and make a list for him and bring it back. As soon as we walked in the door, that is exactly what she did. :)

Just Plain Cute

These are just some recent pictures that I thought were adorable. Nothing more special about them than that.

Isn't she adorable?
I love this one.
She'd live in that skirt if I let her.

Why She Should NEVER be left Alone

Travis and I were downstairs getting lunch ready when I heard something that bothered me: silence. If you have small children, you know this is never good. As I made my way up the stairs and called her name, another warning sign: "Mommy, don't come in here yet." Two strikes are already against me and I'm not even in the room yet. When I went into my room, this is what I saw. Sage had made her own makeshift halter top out of 2 pairs of her panties. I couldn't help but laugh out loud. Check her out. Oh, let's not forget the shorts over the leggings...the leggings she RIPPED last week by putting them on herself. That is why the left one is significantly shorter. It's been slowly unraveling.
Not only had she created this great ensemble, but she also found some red lipstick and an orange marker and colored all over her face.
Isn't that beautiful?
To top it all off, the shorts were on backwards. My little fashionista.

For those who wonder...

what 10 weeks looks like, this is it. I know, not really exciting yet. I can tell a little difference, but you have to start somewhere, right?