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Butterfly Ball

It was time for the Butterfly Ball again this past weekend. Brynn wanted me to make an appointment to get her hair done, rather than me attempting it. Wise choice. She was pretty happy with how it turned out, and it did look really cute on her. The stylist was going to try and make a smooth bun, but Brynn had too much hair to make that work, I guess, so she just did a curly one instead. 





Here is the handsome couple, ready to head out. Brynn chose McDonald's for her restaurant of choice before the dance.





Brynn's friend, Haylie, and her dad also went last night. So, that was fun for Brynn to have another friend there.


I stayed behind with this little monkey. Brynn has recently taken to showers rather than baths, so I put Clara back in the sink. She loves it in there and it's just right for her it seems, at least right now anyway. She sure loves to splash, though.





Brynn has been practicing her piano a lot, especially lately. That is because she was working toward 1000 minutes of practice time. When one of Penny's piano students hits the 1000-minute mark, they receive the first statue in a line-up of composers. The first one is Bach. Brynn knew she was getting close and finally brought him home after her lesson on Friday night. We were very proud of her and she was so excited. I asked her if I could take a picture of her with the statue and she made this sign to go with it.


Brynn was talking to Daddy about a 3-D book that she brought home from the library and I think that spurred a discussion about Dad's job and how he makes 3-D drawings on his computer. He must have happened to bring home his work laptop this weekend, so he was showing her what he does at work and let her play around a little bit. She thought it was pretty neat.





Well, we sure had a busy day today with Brynn engineering, practicing piano, playing outside and then she wanted to bake some brownies. So, we did that, too, and little sister helped.






It's common knowledge around here how ticklish Clara is. Here's the proof: Clara Tickles. And proof of how wild she is. :-) Not sure why my video ended up in such poor quality. Sorry about that!



Silly Sunday selfies:



Comments

carrington said…
Such happy girls! Proud of you Brynnie with your Bach achievement and you looked beautiful for the ball! Can't wait to squeeze Clara again - wow is she ever growing. Such a sweetie. I can see Brynnie as an engineer . . .
theweckerlys said…
Oh, love babies in the sink! Ha. So sweet to see Brynn learning all about what Daddy does. Congrats on all your practice time!
Anonymous said…
Can't wait to hear all about the 'ball'. Missing you guys. :-)

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