My Prima Ballerina

Riley started ballet last Tuesday. She was so excited to get dressed up in her pink leotard, tights and ballet shoes. She loved having her hair up in a bun, she was pretty amazed that it all fit into a little ball on top of her head. She's so cute!! In class they're learning the basic stretches and starting on positions. They're also practicing their skipping. I'm so proud of her, she's one of only about 4 girls in her class that can actually skip. At yesterday's class, the teacher, Ms. Shields, was telling the parents to take notice that the 5 years olds get it when it comes to skipping and the 4 year olds just need more practice. Riley announced "I'm 4 and I can skip." She was so proud!! Her teacher also informed me that skipping is a sign of intelligence, something about the coordination that it takes to skip. She has yet to learn her ABC's by sight, but she can skip, she's one smart cookie :)!! She asks everyday if she has ballet, she wants to go more than once a week.

Stampin' Up! Online Ordering

Just in case you haven't made your way over to my crafty blog, just wanted to let you know that as of yesterday, online ordering is officially up. Just go to my Stampin' Up! website www.bethanyschouest.stampinup.net and look for the buy now button in the upper right hand corner and there you go.

A crafty blog!

I just started a new blog specific for my Stampin' Up! business and other crafty endeavours. You can see it at http://stampwithBethany.blogspot.com. I'm going to try and keep it updated daily, but probably more realistically several times a week.

Busy Busy Busy

I finally get a chance to stop and take a breath. Today has been crazy. Why does it seem like we lose time when we have a long weekend? Anyway, we had a great Labor Day weekend. Reggie and Fran came in from Columbus. Peyton and Reggie played golf with some of Peyton's coworkers on Saturday morning. Reggie, Fran, me and the girls went to the outlet mall on Saturday afternoon and did a little shopping. Sunday we went to the beach. We were only there for a little over an hour and me and the kids managed to get sunburned, Ouch!! Monday, Reggie and Fran took off on their own to explore downtown and then we went to Olive Garden for dinner. This morning started off with getting Ethan ready for school. Reggie and Fran went with me to drop him off so they could see his school and meet his teacher. Peyton took off today, not feeling up to par, and I got some mums for the yard and dog stuff for Brody. Then picked Ethan up from school. Riley started ballet today. Her first class was from 4-4:45 and she wanted me and Peyton to go with her, so we all loaded up and went to ballet with her. I took some pictures that I'll upload tomorrow. She's such a cute little ballerina. Tonight was support your school night at Chick-fil-A for Ethan's school so we headed there after ballet. Riley was so funny, we asked the kids if they wanted to go there for dinner and Riley said "yes, this ballerina sure is hungry." She's so animated. Now we're home and getting ready to head outside now that it's cooled down to plant some flowers. I can't wait to crash in my bed. Here's to staying in my jammies until 10 tomorrow!!!!