Dance Camp

After wearing her light pink leotard for almost two days straight Sarah Kate finally got to start "Princess Dance Camp" today. Pooler is small, so I shouldn't have been surprised when we recognized most of the girls at the camp. When the teacher asked for anyone who knew Sarah Kate to raise her hand, almost every girl did which made Sarah Kate feel immediately comfortable. She had a great time and said they learned about "improv dancing" (pretending you're various things through music- such as animals) and they learned how to hold their arms when doing ballet. She is very excited to return tomorrow! We are off to buy "real" ballet shoes tonight!

My big boy!

While on vacation at my parent's house, William decided he was ready for a "big boy bed." Michael and I had very little to do with this decision as William simply refused to sleep in the pack 'n play. I had firmly believed that he should be in the crib until well after two years old (Sarah Kate was almost 3). I believed this in spite of the fact that he had climbed out of his crib on at least 3 occasions. After one restless night of screaming in the pack 'n play at my parent's house, we decided to let him sleep in my brother's bed with a safety rail (my mom was so prepared). He slept through the night and continued to sleep well in the bed for the rest of the visit. Upon returning home, we got the toddler bed out and William grabbed his puppy and "Kiki" and didn't look back. The next day he was extremely proud wanting to "hang out" in his bed even when it wasn't nap time. Today I purchased some car/truck sheets and a pillowcase which William helped put on. This week Michael will take down the crib and I definitely feel nostalgic as we no longer have a baby in the house.

First Blog Posting!

I am starting this blog so that I can share all the hilarious, loving, hectic, and sometimes disastrous, moments that we have at the Maher home each and every day. I also want to have a running commentary to look back on this crazy and wondrous time of my life when my most basic function is that of a mommy. I hope it inspires me to take and share more pictures with everyone as the children seem to change on a weekly (and sometimes daily) basis. I would love comments, advice, jokes, funny stories, etc.