Daddy Daughter Dance

John's got another girl he loves...she's petite and blond and has a great sense of humor. 

Recently he asked her to a dance...She was sooooo excited and we planned out her dress and hair.  She chose the "twirly pink dress" and the "heart hairdo" for her special night out...

John doubled with our good friends that live next door...they got all snazzied up...or as Bella likes to say, "Isn't daddy hamse?"

We had to take one group photo before they left...don't they look fantastic together?!

I heard they had a great time...did the tango and twirls and lots of dips and running around like crazy 3 year olds do when they dance...

And at the end of the night they snuggled up together all tuckered out...

(now feel free to let out a collective "Awwwwwwww...." at how cute this picture is.)  :)

Our little dancer....a story.

Once upon a time there was a little girl named Bella Boo who loved to dance.  So, her mama signed her up for dance classes.  She was SOOOOO excited!  On the first day of dance clase she even got to see her best friend who was ALSO signed up for dance class.

While the children liked the class just fine and they learned how to do dances like "walk like a penguin" and "stomp the alligator"...the mama did not like the teacher and decided to only put her in the class for one month.

She did learn this cool move...

Which when I asked her to do it again with her eyes open I got this great photo...

Ha ha...I guess I got what I asked for.  And that is the end of our very short story.

Now there is a second story about a little girl who loved to paint her nails...  First she painted her nails with her daddy...

And then she painted her nails with her mama...

And she got very sad when all the nail painting was done.

But agreed to cheer up for a picture as long as mama put it in Black and White.

Oh the simple things that make kids happy.  And that is The End.  :)

Happy New Year 2012!

Yes, I'm incredibly late in this post, but they DO say better late than never.  And I'm never a no show...just usually late.  I blame my father for that character trait since my mother has a cardinal rule that if you aren't 5 minutes early you are late.  I can admit right now that I am rarely 5 minutes early.

Anywho...for New Years we had our best friends here in Vilseck who also just happen to be our neighbors come over with their daughter...who also happens to be Bella's best friend.  And then of course our family "unit" which is how our neighbors describe us because we always have our friend Christina with us.  She's a single soldier that we adore...

So...we all had a great time on New Years.  Playing games, setting off some simple fireworks and waving around sparklers, grooving to Just Dance on the Wii.  Yeah...it was a partay!

The girl's celebrated New Years at 9PM GMT+1.  We adults celebrated all the way until Midnight.  Party animals we are! 

PROST!

Sparklers!

The whole group minus John who was taking the photo.

My virgin Pina Colada.  It was delish!

Alyssa's "midnight" toast

Bella's "midnight" toast!

Christina and Kim's "midnight" toast.  :)

Just Dance on the Wii DANCE PARTY!  Woohoo!