The Princesses go back to School

And the crowd goes wild! (Or at least, the Queen does)  There has not been a shortage of royal bickering around the castle this summer and the Queen is no less than gleeful at the commencement of school!  T-1 is starting 4th grade and T-2 is in 1st.  Both got the teachers we wanted and have friends they know in their classes.  New backback here, school supplies there and they're off!

Summer Fun

The Princesses stayed busy this summer with visits to the Science Works museum in Ashland....

Fun Family Bowling..........

Tons of Swimming.........

and visits to Califormia and the Oakland Zoo with the Duke of Cool. (That's the Queen's Bro BTW)  They adore him!

The Beach, of course

and a trip to the exploratorium and the warf for Clam Chowder in a bread bowl.  Yummm!

The Family Fun Center...

Kayaking down the Rogue.  King Daddy got an inflatable kayak called a Tahiti for his birthday.  He loves taking the princessed down the river!  So Far T-2 and T-1 have each been down the river with Daddy.

Fabulous hike to Rainie Falls.  A two mile hike down the river to a class 6 rapid.  Even T-3 hiked a lot of the time.  They all did really well.

Old News

It's been awhile since I've been blogging, so here are a few pics of what we did this summer.

There were many perfomances.  T-2 had her first piano recital.  She was fabulous.  She performed in her 3rd dance recital where once again she was a lovely fairy.  Toward the end of the song while the dancers where supposed to head up stage to finish up and "fall asleep", T-2 swept her little ballerina body all the way across the front of the stage in an impromptu solo before joining the other fairies, blowing a kiss to the audience and falling into an adorable fairy snooze.  It was Hi-larious!
She also performed with her RH-2 (RedHead #2 and best friend) in the talent show at school.  They sang and danced to Hannah Montana, You get the Best of Both Worlds.  T-2 is quite a choreographer.

T-1 also perfomed in the school talent show.  She danced while RH-1 (same fam!) sang "Fearless" by Taylor Swift.  They practiced everyday at recess and did such a great job.  I didn't think T-1 would be interested in permorming a dance solo in front of the school - she's usually a little less flamboyant than her sis, but she really rocked it.
In her 6th recital she perfomed a pajama clad dance to Mr. Sandman which was adorable.  She and her friend even had the same jammies which she really liked.  She also recieved her 5 year award at the studio (we tried another studio in her 3rd year) and got to stand on stage at intermission and collect a trophy.  Very special
I can't remember how many piano recitals there have been, but she was amazing as usual.  She even introduced her pieces this time.  Queen Mommy got to play duets with both her little princesses.  Love these girls!