family life – Page 6 – See Jane Blog

miss twelve and i spent our weekend in mobile, alabama.

she attended a dance workshop there, with nycda.

three years ago, she set a goal, i mentioned it here and here.

well, now she is at the top of the junior age category, and we are working towards her goal…once again.

these six dancers: kiana {12}, darby {14}, jenna {16}, zoey {17}, justin {16}, and ruger {16} all had similar goals this weekend…

and they all met those goals! all six of these kids went to NYCDA Alabama & earned ‘outstanding dancer’ scholarships in each of their age divisions for nationals in new york city in july!

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so, i walked down the hall, turned the corner, and found daddy throwing these munchkins across our room, into a ginormous pile of pillows!

…they had raided the linen closet, {pulled out almost every pillow we own},
and later that night i found this picture on my camera…

the calm, after the storm. watching tv.

they sure love it when daddy is home!

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my charming friend, summer, gave our family a bundle of gifts on october 1st for a

“happy october” – thank you, thank you summer!

one of the gifts were these adorable halloween pancake molds!

we put them to use last week…

when it comes to pancakes, i always burn the first one or the first few –
it’s because my griddle is just soooo hot, and i need to slow-down and be more patient…
as i was thinking about this, i remembered my mother-in-law always calling burnt pancakes, chocolate pancakes…

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we made our annual-october trip to lagoon a couple weeks ago
for frightmares.

while there, we visited pioneer village,
and took an old-fashioned family picture…

we had done this once before,
in 2004~

and now, six years later…

in 2010!

wow. how our family has changed!
{i wish i still looked that young!}

…husband said we need to keep the tradition alive,

and go get a picture taken again, in six years…

our kids will be 10,

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to keep our feet warm!
{i consider this a motherly-duty.}

when kj was four years old,
i was helping him one winters day to get his ugg boots on…
while doing so, he told me,

“mom, my feet go in there & go to sleep…”

a perfect description.

i spent two days last weekend, with our new *uggs lined up on the back patio,
giving them two generous coats of water & stain repellent.
…i must take good care of them!

i thought they looked beautiful just all lined up, out there!

bring on the cold!!!

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it’s sela’s birthday.

today.

the celebration of her birth day,

the single day, every year that is our day {and most often, in rhodes tradition, our week} to celebrate sela. for every blessed gift her life has given us. a day, that this over-reflective momma spends my day reminiscing, focusing on who she is, what i’ve learned from her, how i’ve changed, what i want for her,
and what she means to us.

we’ve had four years of nights with her warm little body pressed into our backs
as she breathes deeply and dreams.
{and also kicks,

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nycda – mobile, alabama

i was doing homework last night, when all i could hear were giggles & screams, the kind that force you to smile…

“chocolate” pancakes…

flashback friday

i am ready…

four.