Talent Show

Maddie sang "Jesus Take the Wheel" in her school talent show yesterday. I was very concerned about how she would do. I was worried that she would mess up and be upset and I was worried that she would chicken out at the last minute. Boy did she prove me wrong. I asked her just before she went on stage if she was nervous, her answer "Not Really." OMG...I was so nervous for her and she was just playing with her friends without a care in the world. Once she got on stage she did look a little nervous, she had some dance moves that she added just before we left home for the show that she ended up not doing. :) I am so proud of her. She is a very brave girl. I can say without a doubt that I never would have done something like this.

You will need to pause the music at the bottom of the blog to hear her in the video.

Happy Birthday Maycee!

Happy Birthday to our precious, silly Princess Maycee!! Maycee, I can't beleive how fast you are growing up. Our little baby is already 5 years old! It can't be 5 years ago already that you were giving us a little scare in the hospital. You are such a sweetie and so affectionate. We love you so much! Happy Birthday, Maycee! ♥ Mommy

And Finally here is a slideshow for Maycee. She has been waiting patiently for her turn since Maddie's end of Kindergarten slideshow.

Untitled from april varney on Vimeo.

Yesterday was Maycee and Maddie's birthday party. They had lots of friends and family there and had a great time. Pictures to come later.

Today Maycee had leftover cake for breakfast and we will be making cupcakes together later today per Maycee's request. She actually wanted to make them for the party, but I'm pretty sure that nobody at that party wanted to be subjected to my horrible cooking/baking skills so we went with a storebought cake :)

Maycee gets to pick dinner like Maddie did, but it's gonna have to wait because we have a makeup football game to cheer at tonight (dependant on field conditions), cheer practice Tuesday, homecoming parade Wednesday, and Cheer practice Thursday. Poor baby's gonna have to wait until Friday for her special dinner.

It is also Grandaddy's Birthday today. Maycee was born on his birthday. Happy Birthday Grandaddy, I hope you have a great day!!

Practicing the "Hula" Cheer

I didn't go to practice with the girls yesterday. I've been sick and Carrie offered to take them with her so I wouldn't have to sit out in the heat. (THANKS CARRIE)

Anyway, apparently they learned a new chant and they love it. They were wearig Guy and I out when they got home yesterday and started back up as soon as they woke up this morning. It's even stuck in my head now.

While I was cooking dinner tonight I got this video of them. Ignore the wardrobe they just got out of they bath :)

Don't forget to pause the music player at the bottom of the page so that you can hear them.

Hula Hula Cheer from april varney on Vimeo.

Kindergarten

Untitled from april varney on Vimeo.

I know I've been gone for a while, but Maddie finished Kindergarten on Friday. I can't believe it. The time has gone by so fast. Anyway this is a slide show I put together for her of all the fun she had this year. It includes music, so go to the bottom of my blog and pause the playlist or they will both be trying to play at the same time :) You have to push the play button in the box and if you click on the symbol in the bottom right, before the word VIMEO you can enlarge it.

Cheer Extravaganza

This week was a very busy week for us. Monday started the book fair at Maddie's school which I worked at every day except Thursday, Tuesday was the PTA meeting, Wednesday morning was Muffins with Mom, and Friday was lunch with your child day. Add in 2 cheerleading practices, 2 days of bringing Maycee to preschool, my week to drive carpool for Maddie, and 1 playdate and I worked harder this week than I ever did at Portrait.

It was all fun though.

Thursday, the one day that I didn't spend at Maddie's school, I got a call from the nurse about 2pm that Maddie had been stung by a bee. The nurse said she was fine and didn't even cry. They were just letting me know. I asked if she was sure she was calling the correct parent because I couldn't imagine Maddie not crying. I can guarantee if that had happened at home it would have been major drama. Maddie is our little Drama Queen.

Last night was the end of season Cheer Extravaganza for the girls cheerleading team. Here is a video of their performance. Maddie is all the way on the right of the screen and Maycee is just to the left of her. Maycee was the youngest on the team, and you can tell. She tried her best and had a great time though.



Maycee, Maddie and Addison

Ashley, Adam, Mom, Guy, Dad, Maddie, Addison and Maycee


After the Extravaganza we went to eat at Posados. Kaleigh had them sing Happy Birthday to Guy. This is the picture of him wearing their 'special' hat. Doesn't he look so excited? I know it's a bad picture, but I had to use my camara on my phone....sorry!

Maycee Reading & My First Video

Okay this is my first time to post any video on the internet. Actually it's my first time to get any home video on my computer at all. We bought a video camera that was supposed to be able to link to the computer before Maddie was born, but we never could get it to work. A year ago when it broke, we bought a mini dvd camera. After much frustration and 2 computers, I am proud to say I actually posted a video on you tube!!!

Anyway, this is Maycee reading Green Eggs and Ham to her baby dolls. I wish I could have recorded her a little more, but she saw me and stopped.