Norah's Ballet Recital

Our little Norah had her first ballet recital last weekend.
Being only 4, the kids have very limited steps and movements.
The littlest ones at these recitals always get the most applause, though...

Her dance class all together for a group shot.

After the recital, we went to get a bite to eat... She insisted on wearing her costume.

Such a gorgeous ballerina we have!

Norah Sings to Sophie

Norah was making up songs today - she started to sing to her new cousin Sophie. I asked if I could record it, and she agreed...

Another Movie Director in the House

I found this on my camera today... I call it her "Silent Film"

Introducing.... Norah Renee.... Busch?

I fully expect for each year to get harder.
Harder to believe she's another year older.

Another year sweeter.
Funnier.
Cuter.
More Amazing.
More Independent.
More Grown Up.
More Like her Brother. Like her Sister.
More Like Her.

At Thanksgiving time last year, our friends Thuy and Phi gave us a camera. While digging around for a SD photo card so we could use the new camera, we found an old card that used to be in Adam's old phone. There were 620 pictures/movies on it!
This one is so appropriate to show during a time when we celebrate our Norah.
Go ahead and play it over and over.
We have.

Happy Birthday to Noorraahh!

Norah Performs a Song

let's just keep this blog-ball rolling, shall we?
this is a song she made up - she's pretty good at the song writing thing!

He Sings, Too

Jayden's Fourth Grade class had a performance a few weeks ago -- He's doing "The Robot" in there somewhere (more specifically, on the right hand side)... And it's such a perfect dance for him.
You may not know this about Jay, but according to him, there's always a time and place to do "The Robot". He's been seen in many storefront windows doing this dance. The Gap, in particular, has great windows, with plenty of room to bust-a-move.

Grace Teaching Norah to Read

Grace is teaching Norah to read -- she will read a word, ask Norah to 'say it', Norah says it, and they do it again...

It's funny, when your child starts reading she thinks her teacher taught her how. One time, I over heard a conversation between Grace and Norah. Norah was upset because she didn't know how to read yet. Grace told her, "You just have to go to school and Mrs. Fogelman will teach you how!"

I've heard of parents resenting their child's Kindergarten teacher because everything he/she says is correct and amazing and totally cool. But you've (the parent) been saying it for years and its never been that true or that amazing or that cool.

I don't resent Mrs. Fogelman (yet). I'm so thankful my child loves school. I'm so thankful she's secure and thriving and healthy. I'm so glad she has a teacher who loves her and can teach her things I (apparently) haven't.

Drum Roll, Please....

Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen,

Here is the post you've all been waiting for!

This is where you get to see Grace (and pretty much only Grace) perform the dance of a lifetime! (or at least her lifetime, since she was only 4 at the time!)

Enjoy....

a little diddy for ya...

the song is 'pat-a-cake' -
she's singing, "roll it, roll it - and mark it with a B and put it in the oven for ME!'

The Surprise

and check out jayden's cool blog for a new post on him!

how does she know???

we have been trying for weeks now to get norah to sing on camera so i could post this and share her cuteness with you all! please excuse my voice, but soak in hers. we love how she shakes her head with each, "knnoooowww???" enjoy! hit play again and again! cause it only gets cuter!
(p.s. this is the song from enchanted, one of the cutest movies out there right now!)

coming soon to a theater near you

star wars is all the rage at our house again - especially since the clone wars (star wars clone wars the animated series according to jayden) movie is coming out in a week or so. grace has picked up on it and yesterday she told me a story about the princess and the bad guys... some of it even i can't decipher, but you get the 'gist' of it. and norah is in the background saying, cheeese!

a bear, a box, a box, a box, a box

it ended up being her bear on a box, on a box, on a box in her closet.

swing time

she was terrified! you can't really see it, but she was!