Graduation Pics

There are lots of good stories but in an effort to provide proof that I did in fact graduate...here are the pics. Here we are onstage. Me, Erica, James and Rachel!

Sara, my advisor, talking about my achievements.

Funny faces.


The actual hooding.

Danny and I.

The whole family!

A Little Tease...

Now you may ask yourself...what in the world is going on? Why are you posting this picture?

Well one of my friends at school graduated this year as well and her sister is an amazing photographer studying at Syracuse. So we decided to have a little photo shoot. We dressed up the girls and Megan followed them all around campus for about 2-2.5 hours snapping pictures wildly. We went from longboards (skateboards) to pinecones to fountains (see above) to cartwheels and somersaults!

Soon...very soon there will be a whole host of new professional candid pictures to admire!

Maya and Teacher Rachael

This post is dedicated to Sparkplug Dance and Teacher Rachael.

Maya has been taking dance for the past couple of years with Sparkplug. It has been a wonderful experience for not only Maya but for the family as well. We have met lots of great friends at dance class and Maya has learned some great skills!

Teacher Rachael and Maya have a very special relationship. Maya listens and responds to Rachael and Rachael fosters and encourages Maya's energy and physical creativity without quashing her spirit!




Sparkplug is awesome and Teacher Rachael is awesome!

Stealthy Take-Over

These days we have a lot of monkey-see, monkey-do. Finley loves to do whatever Maya is doing whether it's the good, the bad or the ugly.

One of her favorite spots is:


SURPRISE!
If you click on this picture and look at her forearm you will see some of Finley's artwork! Seriously!


And sometimes we find her wreaking a little more havoc!


Fin is busy, busy, busy. She is a force with a sense of humor and more than enough hugs and smooches to share.

Some of her favorite words/phrases right now include:
"insert any noun" is heavy! --repeated over and over and over
"Look at me!"
"Mayyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaa"
"I go to work"
"Maaaayyyyyyyyyaaaaaa"
"Maaaaaayyyyyyaaaaa"

Paparazzi!

Sometimes it's hard to be a rockstar!
Especially two in one car! :D

Rainy Days and Bathtubs

Last month we decided that Maya would go to half days the first 2 weeks of June in an effort to help her slowly wean off of a school schedule and help start the moving transition. Of course it's been raining for what seems to be weeks on end and this morning Maya declared that she would rather stay at school until 5! So...so much for our plan of tapering.

Yesterday afternoon I worked on some grading and Danny took Maya to go pick up Fin. They made a bit of a stop to take a look at the river and splash in the puddles...not to mention burn off a bit of energy.

Maya "Singing in the Rain".

Lots of fashion for puddle stomping!

The mural under the bridge.


Finley had her own kind of splashing to do...in the bathtub. She has grown up so much in the past couple of weeks. Her language has exploded and she is often speaking in full sentences these days. Some of her favorites include: "Mommy/Daddy wake up!", "I need help, please", "I want that" and "MAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAA"!

She has also gotten a bit of a fro going. She went from being our bald baby to being a chia pet really.

Here she is perfecting the "slow burn take" in the bathtub.

What?


No way, Jose!

Well....maybe....

GOT YA!!!

Starting on June 14th both girls will go down to care on Tuesday/Thursday full days at the Co-op until mid-July. We will see how it all works. Hopefully we will start our big moving adventure about the same time.

Damn Little Sisters

Oh Maya is a good trooper!

She still loves to dance and perform and have an audience...except when it is her sister!

I can already get a feel for the battles in our future!