Beauty and the Beast

Avyrlie's dance studio had their end of season performance this last Thursday. They did Beauty and the Beast which is just perfect for all the little princesses Avyrlie dances with.

I was slightly less than excited about sitting through and entire dance studio performance, even with Avyrlie in it. My previous experience was Chelsi's dance performances and competitions where you waited for hours trying to figure out just when she would be on while trying to battle the manic horde of dance mothers for a seat. Consequently, I didn't push much to get attendees and even tried a bit to talk most family members out of attending.

It ended up being pretty enjoyable. The production went smoothly and the dance numbers were very entertaining. The scenes were creative and fun and everyone on stage seemed to be having a great time. The three hours didn't exactly fly by, but I didn't lose interest either.

Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Sutliff for coming, and there was little chance of dissuading Chelsi from attending. Click to the pic below for more photos:


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Avyrlie the Texas Girl

Cuddly Cute Couple

Ian smiling for the camera is rare. Ian cuddling with his dog is not.

Oldest vs Youngest

Cute little sister happy and serene.



Luckily I knew how to correct the situation.



Chaos restored.

The official candy of heaven

Wonderful Mommy and Daddy Bonus

My wife is very wonderful. There are so many wonderful things about her that I couldn't possibly list them all here so I won't. All those wonderful things make her worth any wait, and I spend a good deal of time waiting.

As an added bonus, as if all the WONDERFUL wasn't already enough, she has some cute little phrases to ease the wait like: "just a second", "I'll just finish this real quick before...", and my favorite, "I'm just going to take a quick shower". Yeah, her shower is only limited by hot water availability.

Lucky for Avyrlie, I get to take her to dance class most weeks so she can get there 5 minutes ahead. Those 5 are some of her favorite minutes of the entire class. She runs and dances and sings and spins and jumps IN TAP SHOES. She would wear tap shoes everywhere if she could get away with it. In fact, I doubt it has even occurred to her to ask because she assumes they can only worn for dance.

If she put her foot down and were stubborn about it in the morning I'm sure she could get mom to cave. It's not uncommon to pick her up from daycare and find her in pajamas because she didn't want to change that morning.
'Let's me have my way if I'm stubborn enough' is on Avyrlie's list of wonderful things about mom ;)

She could play on the beach forever

Avyrlie loves the sand and surf. She played for hours and wasn't about ready to leave even after everyone else had called it a day.



Finally I told we her we had to leave. It was very reluctant compliance even with the fact she was heading to Disneyland...

New Sutliff

More people than baby, but she just wasn't ready to entertain yet ;) More to come, but click the pic for the rest of this set:

Happy Easter Everyone :)

Happy Easter Everyone :), originally uploaded by eouio.

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Easter Bunny Belle at Build a Bear

Easter Bunny Belle at Build a Bear, originally uploaded by eouio.

We took Avyrlie to Build A Bear for an Easter present this year. She is pretty excited about picking out clothes and dressing her up like Princess Belle.
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