The kitchen continues to progress... here is a quick shot from Easter with the kitchen designer himself trying out his creation. It is looking VERY good. Counters were measured yesterday and should be here in 10-14 days. Hooray!
And as a follow up to the last post on ballet... Mariel did have fun yet again. She also somehow managed to talk her teacher into letter her stay an extra 15 minutes to try tap (although they never really got to it) and be with the big girls. So once again, leaving was by far the most trying part of the class. But at least I know she is enjoying herself. I think she would stay at the studio all night if I let her!

"Baby Ballet"
We are about to head out to Mariel's second ballet class, and I realized that I never posted the promised picture from the first one. There she is, proudly showing her new friend one of the dolls they use as a prop and very clearly NOT paying any attention to the teacher. Of course, once I looked at the picture again, I realized that not a single child is paying attention to the teacher. They did perk up once jumping, twirling, hopping like a bunny and so on commenced. The only problem that we encountered during ballet class was getting Mariel to leave. The older girls had come in and began stretching at the barre while the little ones finished up, and she was quite sure that she should join them. We will see how we do today.

(And a note to thank our sponsors....
Mariel's ballet ensemble has been proudly provided by Babci Charlene- thanks Babci!)