Dance Xplosion

Yesterday was a very longggg day of competition, but Kylie did a good job!  She was the first one on stage for the day with her solo and then after lunch she performed her duo with one of her favorite friends Maya.  When we got to award we were all surprised that the girls were given a special judges award!!  The judge said that they loved the number...that these two girls were totally in sync...never looked at each other so he knew they must practice a lot :)  In addition Kylie received an Extreme Gold & 8th place overall for her solo and Extreme Gold & 4th place overall for the duo.  They were happy as you can see below.  Now its shifted focus to recital, but still a lot of work before they go onto their first Nationals in July!!

Pioneer Valley Tournament

Noah and the team did really well again this past weekend.  Noah didn't participate in team fighting this time, but his team took 1st place again!!  For individual awards Noah took 1st in forms & 2nd in sparring.  It was close on the sparring...2 to 2 and his opponent landed a punch before Noah.  Really proud of our little man...here is the happy guy:

St Patty's Day, Races, Birthdays, Easter, etc....

Ok so I'm way behind as usual :)  Lets see what's happened over the last month...

Below is a shot of our crazy leprechauns all geared up for school:

The following weekend Kylie participated in her first race.  They were holding a 5K in town to raise awareness for distracted driving.  No...she didn't run a 5K, but she did participate in the Kids Run which is a mile around a lake in town.  Here are all the participants posing with Miss Connecticut Teen before the start:

She was able to run it in just over 7 mins!!!  I was shocked!  She came in 4th place and received her medal from one of the other beauty queens waiting at the finish for them:

She was mighty tired and not really wanting to entertain a picture:

 

There is another kids run next month that both the kids want to do so check back to see how they make out. 

Next....Kylie's birthday.  Here is the birthday girl all decked out in her chosen outfit:

She was so excited and had a lot of fun with all the family & friends that were able to make it.  The top item on her list this year were Lego Friends and she managed to get EVERY set.....speaking of which....she finally put the last one together with her brother yesterday.  We have a town!  Here are a few other shots from the day:

The following weeked we were partying again.  It was Cayden's 3rd birthday & Easter.  All we heard all morning on Saturday was...is it lunch time yet (because Noah knew we were going to Uncle Matt's around lunch time).  It's amazing how quick all these kids are growing.  Here are some pics from the party:

Birthday boy blowing out his candles

and whacking the pinata

MARIO!!!!

Little cousin lovin....awhhh!

Uncle Matt trying to keep up with Noah

How high is your jump split?

Kylie touching her feet to her head while jumping

After the party it was back to Joanne's to do some egg coloring with cousins and Aunt Tina & Joey handed out some goodies they made:

All edible...and it didn't last long :)

The next day was Easter.  The kids woke up at Gramma's to see what the Easter Bunny brought them then we got changed in the afternoon and headed to Nana Sicko's for Easter Feast (as Noah calls it):

Our little ham

Pretty girl :)

Noah's job - fill the bread basket

Kylie's special lamb made out of butter that she bought from church for dinner

Kylie's job - pouring the toast

Thanks for yummy dinner Nana Sicko

The cousins

The family

Eggs we colored in CT

Alrighty...I think that is basically up to date.  Soccer started this past weekend.  Noah has a tournament this coming weekend and Kylie has her first belt test the following Friday & a dance competition on Saturday...stay tuned!!