Model Citizen

Last year before Christmas I saw that Brenda Horan was doing a photo session with Santa, so I thought I am going to do that for Claire's Santa picture instead of going to the mall. Of course I loved the pictures, so I decided to go ahead and order Christmas cards with her as well. A week later Brenda invited Claire to a photo session she had set up with a Gingerbread house and a pink vintage kitchen... it was amazingly cute! A few months went by and Brenda once again invited Claire to another photo session, A Vintage Garden scene, but this time she wanted Claire to model for her. Being the proud Mom I am, I was thrilled for the opportunity. The pictures turned out amazing! In fact I loved them so much I ordered a 16x20 and had it framed with a frame from The Sooter's framing company The Organic Bloom, their frames are to "live" for! Brenda even put Claire on her business cards as well as ordered 2 16x20's to hang at The Market. Well a few weeks ago Brenda asked if Claire could model a dress for a friend of her's website for adorable handmade clothing called Kidbodies.com as well as some gorgeous headbands from Gracy Lu Originals, the answer was Yes! I am a sucker for all things pretty ;) So I wanted to share with you some of the amazing pictures and products that Brenda has created for us. She has been a huge blessing and I wanted to brag on her and her talents.

~Princess Dance Camp~

One of my good friends, Katie called to tell me about this great little camp that Jenks Dance Academy was putting on this summer, it was 5 days long for an hour and a half each day. Claire had been telling me lately that she wanted to take dance so I thought this would be a perfect way to try it out and see if it would be something she would like to do for the year. She was so funny the first day. At first she was unsure of what to do... she just stood there sucking her fingers looking around at everyone, it was hilarious. About ten minutes into it she finally started to move, lol! By the end of the class she had made friends with a little girl close to her age and they were holding hands and twirling around the room together, it was adorable! Every morning she would ask me, "Mommy, I go to dance class today?" of course the answer was yes for the next 4 days... by the end of the week she had actually learned some ballet and they performed for all of us moms during the Princess Tea Party, Cinderella was the guest of honor.. it was so cute :) So I decided this was definitely something she would like and I signed her up to take Ballet and Tap this next year. Her class starts August 16th. There are several firsts coming up for my sweet little three year old this fall, she also starts pre-school the second week of September... where has the time gone?!

Our Family Day in Branson

In my post about our nieces being in town I mentioned that we went to Branson... our last day there we spent it by ourselves as a family. We had so much fun! We went go carting and then we spent the rest of the afternoon at the Branson Landing. We ate at my favorite Philly Steak shop, Charlie's Steakery then we found ourselves eating dessert at a candy store on the landing, chocolate covered strawberries are my favorite! We did a little shopping and Claire did a little flirting on the playground with a really cute little boy who was smitten by her as well ;) I am really enjoying this mobile age Claire is finally in. Here are a few pics of our day...