Wonder Woman

The Jr. All Starrz are doing a character dance this year.  Courtney came home last month and said we had to get her a Wonder Woman costume.  We didn't want to buy it because you never know how the costume is going to fit so we sat down to figure out what to do.  We came up with the idea of getting a red dance leotard and making a blue skirt out of swim suit material. I Googled how to make the costume and got a lot of great ideas...that didn't really work.

I bought a sheet of yellow duct tape and cut out the Wonder Woman logo to put on the leotard.  It worked great and we took the picture below...right before the logo came off.  For being duct tape, it wasn't really that sticky.  I also had to figure out how to make the crown.  I finally came up with the idea of using gold sparkly paper and attaching an elastic to the back of it to keep it on her head.  I used the leftover elastic to make the bracelets too.

But I was really worried about the logo because it won't stay on.  Then I remembered that the people around the corner do embroidery and vinyl out of their house.  After a quick call to them they had the leotard and promised to get it back to us the next morning.  They did a great job!!

I can't wait to see her superhero dance.

Here is her costume with the duct tape.  (Ignore the mismatched socks, that's just Courtney.)

Dance Competition

Courtney had another dance competition.  They did a great job and were pretty disappointed not to get a higher score.  There were 4 other studios in their category and so they competed against those 4 groups.  They received 4th place for their jazz routine and 3rd place for their lyrical.  Bummer but that's life.  I'm still in awe of how they do.

Here are 4 of the Jr. All Starrz with their coach, Kara, and the trophy.  They receive 1 trophy that has a place on it to put the "jewels" they are given which denote their places.

Spring Recess

The kids had Friday and Monday off during Easter for Spring Recess.  They were pretty bored because a lot of their friends went out of town for Conference weekend.  So we decided to take advantage of the beautiful weather and went to the park for some baseball practice.  Ethan pitched to Courtney, they played catch and I pitched to Ethan.  It was a lot of fun!

Science Fair

Courtney wants to do EVERYTHING!  This year she wanted to do the science fair and was really excited about it.  She figured out what she wanted to do and finished the research in a couple of days but kept putting off doing the board.  The weekend before it was due she and I sat down and figured out what to do.  Her project was on the "Kiki-Bouba Effect."  This states that when someone looks at a pointy object they automatically will name it "kiki" and when they look at something round-ish they will automatically name it "bouba."  Courtney cut out shapes, took them to school and asked her classmates what they thought.

We typed out all the information, printed it and then Courtney put it all on a board.  It turned out really well.

The night before the science fair we went to the school to drop off her board.  There weren't too many students who entered this year so there was a great chance she would place.  The next day she talked to the judges and showed them everything.  That night we went to pick up her board and she had gotten 3rd place.  I was excited for her.  She wasn't too thrilled because....there were only three kids in her grade who entered.  But still, I think she is further along than the kids who didn't even try!

Easter

Easter snuck up on me this year.  But that's okay because I had Courtney to help me out.  She and I went shopping for her Easter dress (which we found on clearance!) and for Ethan's tie.  It was a lot of fun.

They got some Easter candy.  Ethan got a bat.

Cute kids!!

Courtney Selfies

Once in a while my phone will be missing and I'll get it back with a bunch of Courtney selfies on it.  She's hilarious!

Cougar Choir Concert

On April 1st it was the Cougar Choir concert.  Courtney was excited because they were able to wear their pjs.  She is part of the choir and the drum corp.

 Here are their songs:

Dreams that children dream:

The path to the moon:

Sansa kroma:

Monkeys in the house:

Chilling (by the drum corp):

Way to go (by the drum corp):

Fire down below:

I let her go go:

The swing:

River song: