Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

This fall we decided to take some dance lessons with one of Maddie's good friends, Kailey, and she has had so much fun doing this. It has given her a chance to dance (which she loves) and spend time with a friend one on one. They have loved laughing & giggling together, carpooling to lessons, eating yummy snacks afterwards, dressing up in tutu's and ballet slippers, and of course learning more dance moves. A week before Christmas, Miss Maddie had her dance recital where her and 11 other girls performed a dance to Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. They all were so cute and their teacher only teaches a few classes so the recital was finished in 30 minutes! Miss M has adored her teacher, Miss Venessa, and now walks around the house singing that song word for word :) Abby and Miss M eating doughnuts afterwards
Maddie, Mommy and Eli

Eli smiling despite his battle wounds. Two days before Miss M's recital he had a run in with a tin gingerbread man cookie cutter at his grandparent's house that resulted in six stitches on his cheek and dermabond glue under his left nare and above his left eyebrow. Maybe someday I will tell this tale in full details :(

You can see Maddie right in the middle of the picture if you look hard!

Robby {and Daddy} barely survived the recital due to the yummy bowl of hershey kisses in the back just waiting to be eaten....good thing the performance was short :)