Awards Ceremony

Yesterday afternoon, Sarah's class had another awards ceremony for the completion of their second nine weeks of school. Luckily, Bryan got off from his call shift in the NICU just in time to see it too! Sarah was so excited that Daddy was there!

Sarah being silly behind one of her prizes! Now she's smiling for the camera! This was her award for excellent citizenship!

(I don't know why the little girl seated in front of her is glaring at me though!)

Just like last nine weeks, Sarah received awards for her academics, citizenship, and attendance. Bryan and I are so proud of her!

Dancing Videos!

Here are the two videos of Sarah's dance recital. I'm terribly sorry they're sideways, (it's from how I was holding the camera!) Either way, she's still adorable!!

Sarah's tap performance!

Creative movement and ballet!

Dance Performance

Yesterday was Sarah's last day of dance class. Luckily, Bryan was off, so we were both able to go see her performance. And for the record, she was wonderful!!

First, they showed us their gymnastics skills.

Here's Sarah, just hangin' out!

Carefully walking across the balance beam. The double bars.

After their ballet and tap performances, all three students were awarded these medals. Sarah was super-duper excited to receive it!!

Famous Artist

Earlier this week, we went to a local restaurant for dinner because Sarah had artwork featured there! She was one of 22 first graders whose masterpieces were chosen for display, and we had to go see it! (Besides, we chose to go on the night that kids eat free, so it was perfect!)

Sarah's Artwork

When we arrived at the restaurant, Sarah kept asking if people there were going to want her autograph, but unfortunately none of the staff or patrons requested it. They'll regret that one day! : ) Bryan and I are very proud of her and her creation!

Shoes

While this may seem like a normal, (albeit cute!) shoe, there is something special about it. This morning, Sarah tied it for me! She can now officially tie shoes!! Hot dog! I attempted to teach her while in Kindergarten, and even though she's a genius, (no, I'm not biased), she never quite grasped the concept. Then, I meant to teach her over the summer, but with moving and unpacking and life, I forgot. So, this weekend, we did it! I am so excited--especially because it will come in handy as my belly gets bigger! Haha! And as we were leaving school this afternoon, she told me that she even tied her friends' shoe twice today, because he doesn't know how to yet!!

Lunch Date

Yesterday, Bryan and I surprised Sarah by bringing her lunch to school.

Sarah and me outside the cafeteria

We didn't tell her we were going to bring her Chick-fil-A and eat with her, so I still put her lunchbox in her backpack that morning. I even put a juice box inside to make it feel heavy! But, Ms. Zarate said that as soon as they got to class, Sarah opened up her lunchbox to see what I had packed her, (her teacher also said that Sarah has never done that before! Haha!) When she only saw the juice box, Ms. Zarate said she got so sad that I forgot to pack her lunch and didn't want to have to eat what the cafeteria made! Luckily, I had told her teacher the day before that we would be surprising her, so she just played along! Sarah was so relieved to see us standing there with actual food when her class arrived at the cafeteria! We had a good time eating with her...only next time, I may not surprise her!

Cool Gift

Our best friends, Darbi and Michael, got Sarah all sorts of beauty gifts for Christmas, and this towel was one of them. Sarah loves using it to wrap her hair up after bath time! I thought it was so cute, I had to take a picture!

Baby Update

This morning, I had another prenatal check-up, and it went great! The baby's heartbeat was 154, which the doctor said was perfect. I was really excited to hear that the baby was healthy. The doctor also said that my lab work from 5 weeks ago came back fine. Bryan unfortunately able to go since today was his first day of his NICU rotation, but I called him afterwards with the update.

New Skates

A few days ago, we took Sarah out on her new roller blades! She had a ball!!

Bryan held onto her the whole time, but by the end, I think she was getting the hang of it!

This was the only time she ended up on the ground, but because Papa Bear was holding onto her, she went down slowly! While on the sidewalk, she said, "It's fine, I'm good!"