Shake it baby

Tuesdays are Music days... MSN has music on Fridays as well, but that class tends to be really busy and overwhelming for Penny. Tuesdays generally brings a smaller crowd, and Penny really loves Lisa Phenix (the instructor). Joey teaches Fridays and summers, Penny had the biggest crush on him for awhile but since we don't see him very often she's gotten a bit shy around him, she's very wary around men she doesn't know well.

Anyway, Lisa's class is a lot of fun. Pen plays with egg shakers, bells, drums, wooden frogs, scarves, and more. For the past month Lisa's been bringing bellydance skirts for the kids to use as percussion instruments and today Penny was ALL ABOUT the skirt. She really wanted to wear it, and we obliged... and then she didn't want to take it off and got very upset when my hands got anywhere near the tie.

It was pretty cute, she'd dance and stomp and shake to the music - she really loved that skirt.

Luckily I brought my camera, so here's Penny the amateur bellydancer:




And here she is the other day with Linden and Sophia - the three kids were hanging out on Sophia's bed after she woke up from her nap:


And Penny and Daddy playing dress up. Bryan asked me not to post this picture, but it's too damn cute - sorry B! :)




Tonight I'm off to see Bon Jovi :) Hooray for concerts when you're pregnant! I saw New Kids when I was 8 months pregnant with Penelope, so I'm continuing the tradition with "&".

Somebody loves her Daddy

Not only does Penelope cry when Bryan leaves for work, but she lights up whenever he comes home - and then wants absolutely nothing to do with me.

Amazingly enough, this does not hurt my feelings. I mean, I agree with her, he's pretty awesome and I miss him when he's at work as well. Plus, by the time he gets home P and I are pretty tired of each other - we spend all day playing, running errands, and having fun. She enjoys our daily activities and I know she loves me a lot, so whenever she pushes me away to rush to Daddy I don't feel at all upset. I actually feel a little relieved, Mommy gets a break!

Here are a few pictures - some are from the baseball game we went to on her 9 month birthday. I'll blog about it later, we had a good time. I think that she looks more and more like Bryan the older she gets..

Penny cried when Daddy left for work

This was the first morning that Penny cried when Bryan left for work.

So sweet... and a tad annoying :)

Edited: Cried is probably the wrong word, more like voiced her displeasure at a decibel that can be heard from space. "MAH!!! (pause) BAAAHHHHH! MAHH! (pause) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!"

My two favorite people...

So I have trip details and pictures to come, but I wanted to share this. This is what I saw when I got out of the shower this morning:



I love it!