Carter, Jack and the Girls

While in Tulsa I also got to spend time with one of my favorite friends Caroline and her two boys Carter and Jack. We had the afternoon with nothing to do so we let the kids play. Her boys are the same ages as my girls. We couldn't have planned it more perfectly. Lola and Jack slept most of the time so we couldn't snap a picture with them but we sure got tons of Carter and Lucy. Carter and Lucy were awesome playmates. I wish we could live closer and get together more often.

A trip to Kansas City

This past weekend the girls, Megan and I went to visit my grandma "Gram" in Kansas City. We had so much fun. We helped her shop for a car. It was so much fun. She is 92 years old but certainly doesn't act that way. Her car was a 1987 chrysler lebaron and it was giving her trouble. You know cars can do that after 20 + years! She is so much fun to be with. We were also lucky enough to spend time with a few of my cousins. KC trips always go too fast.

Lucy - Flower Girl

Tonight Lucy got to be in a good friends wedding Kara. She was the flower girl and did AMAZING! I was blown away. The rehearsal she did ok, but it took 4 tries. We bribed her and pumped it up so much. Fave was at the end of the isle with a "lollipop" which was really a chocolate covered rice crispy treat with sprinkles. She starting off feeling confident, made it about a quarter of the way and then turned back to me...I told her Fave had the lollipop and that's all it took. She pranced her way down the isle. I was so happy!

Kara and Dave has an unbelievable wedding. The love was evident in the room. They were both smiling the entire time ear to ear. Kara is an amazing women and it has been fun to grow up together. It is funny, I babysat her when she was little and we have always stayed close. We are so thankful they made us apart of their special day!

Tippi Toes Meeting

While in Oklahoma Megan and I had the chance to meet with our Oklahoma franchise owners. We enjoyed a great lunch, exchanging ideas, talking shop and having fun. These ladies are amazing and doing a fantastic job. I really wish we could get together more!

What we did on this rainy weekend

Make pizza, although Lucy liked dipping her apples in the tomato sauce. She also bumped her nose, not very hard but it called for a band aid according to Lucy - so there you have it!

Lola wasn't a fan of this pizza sauce

We painted - it was suppose to be pictures but turned into body painting, which is WAY MORE FUN!

Lola discovered Wrigley's food...oh no!

Lucy found my lipstick....that I had been missing for over a year

Lola practiced moving and shaking. She is all over the place now. She is wobbly but we counted 15 seconds of her standing up all by herself.

Most importantly we played in the rain. This is Lucy after playing beauty shop this morning on a walk with our neighbor, June. June is the best neighbor. Called Adam this morning and said "Can Lucy take a walk?", He said "June have you seen outside" She said "Yes, we are going to walk and play in the rain." They both had a blast and Adam, Lola and I watched from the porch. Not sure who had more fun Lucy or June?

Here they are after about 30 minutes of playing in the rain!

Getting back up to date

We have had a really busy September so far. Tippi Toes has been so much fun these first 2 weeks as we continue to grow in enrollment and reach children all over through dance. Lucy and Lola go with me to most of the classes I visit and have so much fun! The first few weeks I typically observe 4-5 classes a week, checking in with all my teachers. I am blessed with amazing teachers who understand our mission at Tippi Toes and work hard at improving the lives of children. We have gotten more Adam time which I totally love. Now that the season is over he is home every night for play time, dinner, baths and bed - he makes everything so much better - I just love him so much!

Another thing that has kept me busy the last few days was we are in the finals to be on the show Shark Tank which airs on ABC. We found out via email from their casting director in which she sent me a 22 - page application and also assigned a 5 minute video. Megan and her hubby Chris came in since Megan and I had to do everything together. Many people asked "was it so much fun to put that together" answer was "NO". Not to bore you too much but really it was hard. We are going on Shark Tank asking for money/connections/help for our company SOFO Entertainment which is our children's entertainment company - Not for Tippi Toes. Our ultimate dream is to have a children's television show that will promote healthy eating, exercise and manners. The basic story comes from the book we wrote "Pink Ballet Shoes". In each episode it will get the children up dancing and being active. Our dream is to be the next Barney. Although many roll their eyes at Barney - you can't deny his success and his impact for children. Honestly, I think the show is great. So with that said we are not sure without it really being a lucrative business YET they may not want to bite. But any of you that watch the show know how they are, they can ripe you to pieces. We want to protect Tippi Toes without feeding that to the Sharks - but hope that they will bite on SOFO, which we feel is the better future business - more to come later. This is the project we spent most of our time on over Labor day.

Today, Adam and I took the girls to Lake Mathis and enjoyed an amazing day just the 4 of us! I love this special time with my family.

Lola's Crawling!!

Thinking about it

Going for it

She's off!

Look who joined her!

She is off and crawling! On her 9 month birthday this super chick started cruising! We are so proud of Miss Lola Bean as we call her! Lola you are a champ!!!