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What a cute little ballerina!

We learned today that Kate's ballet recital will be on Thursday, May 28th at 9:15 am. I know that day & time makes it hard, if not impossible, for most of you to be there, but for this age group they try to keep it during their normal class time. The studio thinks, and I agree, that the girls are too young for a full-fledged recital in front of tons of people, so they opt to have their "recital" in a much smaller, more familiar setting -- the studio. The performance (if you want to call it that) will be short and the girls will display some of their new-found ballet skills. But, even more important, especially to the girls, they will dazzle us with their beauty in their "Sleeping Beauty" princess costumes. Who can resist this cute little ballerina?

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WE NEED TO TALK

Kate and I had a wonderful day today. I admit, I was a little worried because Justin is out of town tonight (we miss you Daddy!) and generally, after so much together time, we have a rough evening. But, from start to finish, Birdie was a trooper and so much fun to be around today. I am so lucky to be the mother of such a bright and sweet little girl!

A couple of funny quips from today...

-- After nap she wanted to go to Tietze Park, which is her favorite park right now. While swinging on the "big girl swings" (I do it MYSELF!) Kate looks over to me and says, "Mommy, we need to talk." After an inital giggle, I responded, "Oh yeah, about what?" To which she replied, "Mary and her little lamb. Where did they go?" Oh, Sue Berry, you crack me up!

-- After an early dinner at Jason's Deli tonight, we came home to play before shower and bedtime. She wanted to play doctor with her two monkeys, Carlos and Fredrick, who both had earaches. We sat in our "car" (Kate's green chair) and drove to the doctor, reassuring both babies along the way. When we got to the doctor, I asked Kate to tell me the doctor's name, and she said "Dr Seuss!" We both had a good laugh over that one!

FINALLY!

Ok, ok....I've finally done it....I've started a blog. Justin claims I'm a "cyber junkie" (which couldn't be farther from the truth, by the way) but, since he put it out there, I figured I might as well go with it. I really just want to create a space where I can document life with our very entertaining daughter, Kate, aka Bird Susan.

Let it be said right here, right now that I am not a comedianne (but Kate seems to be!), nor am I a stickler for grammar (but Justin is; so I'm sure he will be horrified by my posts). So, please don't come to this blog with any expectations other than to hear more about Kate. And remember, I am her mother so I have a completely biased opinion of how cute, funny, and utterly brilliant she is!

I will try to update as soon as possible, but please don't hold me to a strict schedule. But, who knows...maybe this will be as addicting as Facebook!

So, since this blog is and will be almost entirely focused on Kate, I should at least tell one funny story to get us started on the right foot.

A little background...One of Justin's jokes with Kate is that her feet smell like cheese. Ask her at any time what her feet smell like and she will happily report, "CHEESE!" Wierd, I know, but she thinks it is hilarious. So, the other day we are driving to dinner and Justin and I are talking about who knows what, but much to Kate's dismay, she is not actively involved in the conversation. She made several attempts to interrupt, but when we didn't stop talking, she finally announced --in a very matter of fact tone -- "Grandma smells like cheese!" As you can imagine, that came at us from left field, and we came close to having to pull the car over because we were laughing so hard. And no, Grandma DOES NOT smell like cheese.