Mom's Day and Ballet Recital

We had a nice Mother's Day weekend. Last weekend was pretty uneventful; the main excitement was that Henry moved from his high chair to a booster seat at the table. He's pretty excited about that! He and Owen continue their brotherly bonding. Unfortunately the wrestling and rough-housing is carrying over to school, where Henry has started wrestling and pinning some of his unsuspecting schoolmates. I think he's the only one in his class with older siblings (or an older brother, anyway). The big news last week was that after Natalie's stellar performance at the gymnastics mini-olympics, she was invited to join the competitive team/track. So that has been exciting for her. This weekend was nice. It was Natalie's ballet recital weekend. We weren't sure if everything was going to be rescheduled - the recital location this year was a high school theater - and the school was closed until late in the week due to a case of the swine flu. But we found out Thursday that things were back on schedule. Ike took Nat to her dress rehearsal on Friday night, then the actual performance was Saturday night. Owen & Henry went to Rainbow Kids, and Ike and I went to the recital. Natalie did a great job - no photos of the actual performance (against the rules), but we ordered the dvd of the whole show. The recital was The Adventures of Angelina Ballerina - taken from various Angelina stories. We took her out to dinner after and had a nice evening with our big girl. Sunday was a great day. The kids all made me really sweet gifts at school (and Ike picked out some good ones, too!). We had a nice morning (Ike let me sleep in!) and we went out for breakfast. In the afternoon we went to our friends' house for swimming and cooking out. We all had fun and we were pretty worn out when we got home. So we are getting ready for Natalie's school graduation this week. She's very excited!