The Hickey Family

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Dance Recital!

Last weekend Molly has her big dance recital! This year she did a ballet/tap combo class. She had lots of buddies in her class and had a blast... although she much preferred ballet to tap.... too noisy and wild for my girl! This year she got to perform 2 dances at the show- one ballet and one tap. Both routines were precious and were set to some of my favorite praise and worship songs: Standing in the Need of Prayer and How Great is Our God. None of the photos form on stage turned out due to lighting, but here are some very sweet ones from before and after the show!

At the rehearsal. Her dressing room had the stage lights- so fun!

Cute line-up of little ones waiting to go one for rehearsal!

After her stage make-up! I am beyond jealous of her eyelashes!

Darling ballet costume. 37 bobby pins to whip that short hair into a bun!!!

My pretty girl looking VERY old!

With her dearest Miss Alexandra!

Fun tap costume!

Part of her cheering section... Mimi and Poppy!

Sassy pose for a sassy ensemble!

Daddy and dancer

To celebrate the big show and Mimi's Birthday we walked right across the street to I Heart Yogurt- YUM! Molly got every last drop!

My doll.

Such a fun and special event! Molly LOVES to be on stage and we are so proud of her!

Monday, April 25, 2011

Easter 2011

We had a LOVELY Easter weekend! In years past Molly did NOT want a strange bunny hopping into her house, but she was much more excited about the day this year! We kicked off the weekend with Kyle taking Molly to join her dear friend Alexandra at their club for an Easter party and egg hunt! They had such a great time. Brave Kyle ended the day by taking the girls to Chuck E Cheese... I got to stay home the whole day and cook for Easter lunch.. it was heaven! I love to cook and I ADORE cooking in a quiet, empty house!

This year the Easter Bunny left Molly some clues for Molly that led her t her basket. It was a huge hit and I think the bunny will continue to do that in future years. Her basket was loaded with fun goodies, and the highlight was getting a scooter. She loves it, and as you can imagine moves very slooooooooooowly on it. I think it took us about 35 minutes to get 4 houses down- no joke! After Church we headed to Mimi and Poppy's for way too much yummy food, more baskets and another egg hunt! Such a great day. Molly is very good about remembering that the true meaning of Easter has nothing to do with bunnies or candy- she makes us proud!

Gearing up for the party with Alexandra!

M&A visit with E. Bunny

Molly's first clue....

The Jackpot!

Loving on Mimi and Poppy

Whole family shot!!!

My 2 loves

Posing on/near/with the scooter was slightly more important than riding!

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Summery Sunday

It was in the mid 80's again today and it is really starting to feel like summer is coming! Then again, I thought that last week after several 85 degree days, and we got thrown a few COLD curve ball days! We are certainly ready for those warm temps to stick around. Today was a fun Sunday for us... filled with our "typical" Sunday happenings: Church, Molly and I grocery shopping ( she loves to shop for groceries, just like me!), rest and then popping over to Mimi and Poppy's. Molly got to swim again and loved it! The water took a while to warm up, but once the heater got going it felt nice. I am HOPING that this summer she can become a strong, safe swimmer. I have a lot of fear about her and the water, probably based a lot on my own weak swimming and uneasiness in the water. I am so looking forward to when she is a great, safe swimmer and I don't feel so nervous with her in/near water the whole time. She is doing really well in swim class this Spring, so I bet by the end of the summer, we will have an official swimmer!

Before Church this morning. I just love this sweet dress... and the sweet little girl in it.

Yea for Big Bows!

Poolside. I know I've said it before, but Molly LOVES to have her picture made and LOVES to pose. Once when asked if she had any special talents, her answer was "posing"!

She comes up with these poses all by herself!

Had to add this one in... sorry, Kyle! Kyle was joking around and tried to pose after Molly was showing off her moves.... as you can see, she looks pretty unimpressed... and pretty annoyed! This is a classic scene in our home, Kyle doing something funny/wacky/weird and Molly not having it!

I love how this photo turned out! My pretty FOUR year old... still weird to say that!

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Ballerina Birthday Bash

I have a four year old! I can't believe it. Surely, that tiny little 6 pounder can't be 4 already!?! The night before her Birthday Molly cried and was pretty upset about turning 4. She said that 3 was such a fun year and she was too sad to say goodbye to it. We told her just to give it a try.. luckily she liked it:)

Well, this year Molly opted to have a Ballet party at her dance studio. Very pink, very girly and very sweet! My Mama was in town that week for her Spring Break so she was a HUGE help to me in pulling all the details together.