En Pointe.

That's what Laura Beth's Alphabet Ballet book calls Tippy Toes.

Laura Beth loved her "tippy toes" dance class. She learned so much this year. Shuffle step, heel together, boogie boogie, and we can't forget the difference in her RIGHT AND LEFT foot! Yep, she learned that at dance class. :)

All in all, each week a sweet lady (who has lots of patience to deal with Laura Beth and 10 other girls) taught Laura Beth the sweetest Shirley Temple dance to "On Accounta I love You"

She was so excited to get that trophy in her left hand :)

Waiting for the trophy.

It's her party....

...and she cried when she wanted to. :) Julie Ann didn't actually cry the whole party, but let's just say she wasn't a fan of taking birthday pictures and having a party during her morning nap time.

She did enjoy the cake :)

It's hard for me to believe she is 13 months old yesterday.

I am sure I started singing "happy and you know it" at this point just trying to get her to smile.

 "If you're happy and you know it...clap yours hands."She clapped, even though she wasn't very happy. ha!

She loved that balloon, thats for sure. However, we couldn't get it out of in front of her face for a picture. ha!

See...no smiles. :( But she's still cute :)

Ann Thomas on the other hand was ready to smile at ANYTHING and ANYONE. :) Isn't she cute.

Julie Ann had a little practice on the smash cake. She knew exactly what to do.

Licking her lips. :)

Time to clean up.

My sweet friends Jennifer Collins and Lisa Nothstine came to the party. It was so nice to see them.

Wabee came to the party too, all the way from Texas. (Ignore the cheetos in Laura Beth's teeth. ha!)

In the mean time, we bought a house and moved to a new neighborhood (same town, just not renting anymore). Hence my absence from the blogging world. I have been packing, organizing, decorating, etc. The girls love the new house and we kinda like it too. ha! We are so thankful for the Lord's provision in this move. Surely, we won't moved again for a long long time. :)