fall farm festival

i found this little fall farm festival. it was really a good time. we went with our friends christine and meghan. there were lots of farm-related things to do.
we rode ponies, fed the goats (and chickens, bunnies, geese, pigs, horses, and even a couple llamas), played in the little farmhouses, rode a cow-train, went on a hayride, got a bear-holding-a-heart shaped balloon from a clown, and roasted marshmallows. it was a hee-haw-great-time!!

my tiny dancer part II

ok - not sure how much better these are than the first ones, but the camera is much better so i/m guessing these pics are gonna be too. we can find out together. also - i/m not putting her name on these. (i/ve been trying and just don/t feel like figuring out what i/m doing wrong. i think maybe the pic files are too big, but i don/t know.) anyway. she/s in the exact same pink leotard with the skirt that 2 other little girls are in, so hopefully you can all figure out which one is her. :-)

my tiny dancer

today was our first dance class!!! my sisters tried to tell me she wouldnt do anything, and it did take her a second to warm up. but then she danced right along with everyone else. the little kids (vyn/s class) is in the back of the 3 studios so that there isn/t a window that the kids can see their parents through and get distracted. so i had to watch her on cc tv. it worked to watch, and was awesome, but it made for sucky pics with my 6 yr old camera! next week, i will see if i can't borrow one from a sister if they/re going to be in town. but for now, this is better than nothing!
all ready for class!!!
the studio


ballet. she learned to stand on her tippy toes and how to plié.



when it was time to change from ballet shoes to tap, vyn just stood behind the teacher (ms. pat) and whatever child she was helping to change shoes. until ms. pat realized vyn was standing there and sent her to get her own bag and tap shoes.



tap. she learned to shuffle and to "heel-toe"


showing off what she learned once we got home. (sort of. this is not the better of the 2 ballet videos we took, but blogger is getting an error when i try to upload the good one. so again, it's better than nothing, but not the best.)

ohio trip