Skye's week

this past week was all about Skye - and what a full week it was! it began with Skye's violin spring concert. quite an affair - there must have been about 80 children on the stage at one point. it was held at Middleton High School auditorium, a large space and i think Skye was daunted by the sheer size of it at first. she looked small and yet grown up, all at the same time. but she played well and we celebrated afterwards by going out for ice cream.





on tuesday, it was Skye ballet recital. another semester of dancing over! after the summer, Skye will start Ballet I and Claire will start her first ballet lessons. for this recital, the girls dressed up as the lilac fairy from "Sleeping Beauty."




and then thursday was of course Skye's birthday. she turned a big 7!! Phil's parents came in the afternoon and took Skye and Claire to the zoo and then we had sushi for dinner, a favourite of Skye's. she asked me to bake her a pineapple upside down cake. not the most attractive looking cake, but it was delicious!!


then saturday was Skye's party. i couldn't even think about hosting a party at home, so we decided to go to Badger Gymnastics and the girls had a great time.


i am exhausted after all the craziness of the past week. i was extremely thankful for a nap today, mother's day! :)

i love Ingrid Michaelson!!

when i started getting ready to go to Ingrid Michaelson's concert last week, i couldn't remember the last time i did something like this. it's hard to get up the energy to get out of the house at night after hustling with the kids all day. but the concert was SO worth it! i went with 2 other mums - between the 3 of us, we have 7 kids! :)

here are some photos from our evening out and if you want to listen to some Ingrid Michaelson, you can find her music here.

the concert was in an old venue, the Barrymore theatre. it was quite cool - they have glowing stars in the ceiling, so you can pretend you're out under the starry sky listening to some good music. there were 2 openers for Ingrid Michealson - David Ford and Newton Faulkner. both were really good! i have to say though, David Ford was cuter, but i like Newton Faulkner's music! :)

here's Ingrid Michaelson!


with David Ford :)




with my friends, Emily and Lainie

Spending time with Claire

here are some things Claire enjoys doing while Skye is in school:



and today, we went to Claire's music class with Music Together. we had a GREAT time! Claire really got into the music, dancing, wiggling her boote and watching the other kids. she's doing so much better this week with big sister away at school. i'm sure she'll just get better with each week.