A weekend of firsts....

We had a few firsts around this house over the weekend with Tabitha.  

1.  First dance lesson (or as she calls it...ballerina school).  After taking endlessly for weeks about dance lessons, it took half of class for her to go into the studio.  Once she got into class though she had a blast!  She is excited that we have many more months of this.

2.  First Sunday School class.  Now that Tabs has hit the 3 year old mark it seems like she can do everything.  There was a bit of hesitation at first, but when Tabs saw her teacher she went right to class.  She must have learned something because when I asked her what she learned about she said King David.  According to her take home sheet she was correct.

3.  Mastering the pedaling for a bike.  We bought tabs a bicycle this past spring but really hadn't ridden it much.  She got very frustrated with trying to pedal and quickly gave up.  All of a sudden though the pedaling clicked and now she can't get enough of it...even on 95 degree afternoons.

Today I had to choose only 5 to 6 pictures to print for Tabitha's next class project--a family collage.  It was nearly impossible to narrow it down.  As I was going through the pictures to figure out which ones to use I came across some really great ones of her and her daddy.  Many of these I'm sure I've posted before, but it's hard to resist....

Tab's first day

Proud Daddy!

Fun at the zoo

Giving his baby a kiss during his marathon

First bike ride

Frosting on the face

Naptime...what the three of them do the best

Christmas 2012

Daddy's birthday

Tabitha's first bike

Reading

Painting her piggies

Loving this photo...what a surprise to find on my phone!

A trip to the State Fair

Today was Tabs first trip to the "Great Minnesota Get-Together". After an extremely hot week today ended up being perfect--in fact maybe a bit cool first thing in the morning.  We enjoyed part of the day exploring the barns, eating unhealthy food, and playing.

              On the bus to the fair.

             Trying her first mini donut

                Petting the animals

                  First carousel ride 

Late summer fun

After at least a month of pleasant, beautiful weather, summer has returned with a vengeance.  Of course with the cooler weather we had already taken down the pool, so instead Tabitha found another way to beat the heat today! She even found a way to get James through as well.  What a fun afternoon for all! 

Crafting fun

Last Saturday we spent the day working on crafts.  Tabitha is really into making different things and using her creativity.  For her birthday she received several different craft kits and asks every day if we can make something.  I guess it's a good thing I saved my craft supplies for all of these years as it appears it will get some good use for awhile.

Lantern painting--before

During

Final product

Our afternoon craft

Happy Birthday Tabitha!

Last Sunday we celebrated Tabitha's birthday!  I can't believe how quickly that time has gone.  It only seems like yesterday we were bringing that tiny bundle home from the hospital.

This year Tabitha decided that she wanted to have a birthday party--I mean a "Princess Party".  So, after being informed of that I realized that I had a lot of work to do with about a two week time period.  In the end it turned out fantastically and I am confident that Tabitha had a great time at her party!

To see some other stunning photos of Tabitha on her birthday, visit James' blog site at:  Professional or James Photography

Princess party decorations

Do you know how it took me to find this?

The princess table

Trying to get a three year old to stand still is impossible!

Some of the kids getting all sugared up!

More princess party food

I did try to add some healthy things

On Monday we realized we hadn't sang happy birthday to Tabitha, so while a day late she still enjoyed it!

More summer fun!

I've fallen behind yet again in my blogging....I am not sure where the days go as I can say that it doesn't seem like get much else done either.

Anyways, here are some more pictures from Tabitha's summer.  She sure is enjoying every minute of it!