The Dinosaur Hunt!

In June, my family had a cabin workday to get some things done at the cabin. My dad had an adventure to keeps the kids busy... A Dinosaur Hunt Adventure. The plan was to go search for dinosaur bones the first night at the cabin, but it had been raining for days, leaving the roads extremely muddy and it was very cold outside. So instead he handed out all the gear the kids needed to go hunting in the morning.

The kids woke bright and early. It was very cold at the cabin from all the rain, so we had everyone bundle up tight.

Grandpa has the perfect vehicle for Dinosaur hunts.

Finally the kids got out and did some searching on foot, where they found dinosaur poop!

Ashton was worried he got poop on his boot :)

Underneath the poop, we found DINOSAUR EGGS!

The kids were so excited :)

For the eggs to hatch, we needed to soak them in warm water for a couple days. It was really hard for the kids to be patient. Most of the eggs had some help cracking open.

Sydney is adamant that her dinosaur is real. She was very anxious for her dinosaur to hatch, so she helped open the egg. It was hard to see the dinosaur's eyes because it had not finished growing. The next day she had to have the dinosaur take a bath with her. The water made the dinosaur grow a little bit more, making it's eyes open up. Ever since then she is convinced that it is real, and must sleep with it every night :)

Thanks for the exciting adventure, Grandpa!

Sydney's Dance Recitals

Sydney has had two dance recitals now.  Her first one was on December 1, 2009.  I was a little worried that she would be too shy to perform, but Sydney had no hesitation.  She did a wonderful job!

Sydney and Zoe waiting to go to the recital

The Girls lining up to get started

Sydney and her friends, Lily and Emilee.

Syd's second recital was on June 9, 2010.  She was so excited for this.  She begged and begged to wear her tutu to get ready for the recital.  She would tell me "I wouldn't crawl on the floor and get holes in it.  I wouldn't!" 

Zoe had to wear dance clothes too.  I'll have to sign her up for dance next year. 

Look at that form.  PERFECT!

 I love my little ballerina!