A Little Vacay...

So I took a little time off from blogging but after so much nagging from my mother and husband I am back! We have had a busy few months. We took a road trip to TN to visit our Bond family up there. We all had a wonderful time! Pics are in the slideshow. We then headed to Vero for a long weekend to say good bye to the dirt road lined with trees. :( Addison is NOT going to be happy when we go back and the trees are all gone and the dirt road is paved but my car will! :) Dance kicked into high gear as we prepared for Addison's recital. Addison started telling everyone in the family...and strangers in Publix that she was cancelling her recital because she didn't want to do it. When I told her Bonds don't quit she looked at me and said "I am NOT quitting, I am cancelling it". What do I say to that? So I changed the name from recital to dance party and she was back on board! I was so worried about the recital not because she was cancelling it but because the girls were required to wear their hair in a tight slicked back bun. We have all seen Addison's hair and we all know she does not wear it up, she won't even let me touch it. I started thinking about how I could get this accomplished so the night before dress rehearsal I told Addison when she woke up we were going to play beauty parlor and have a mommy daughter date morning. SO we woke up at 6:30, took showers and I spoke in an English accent the whole morning (don't judge!), I painted her finger nails, did her hair while the nails dried and finished with the make-up. She looked glamorous!!! It was so fun and I got teary eyed realizing how grown up she is getting! Addison ended up loving being on stage and all the girls in her class did great! We have been going to dance once a week since August and we do a playdate after class so the girls have all gotten really close which helps with performances! We were all very proud of how great Addison and her friends did! Ansley gave us quite a scare a few weeks ago. During one of our playdates with dance Ansley disappeared while I was getting lunch ready for the girls (8 of them). I went to look for her and she was in her bathroom with the door shut. She is fascinated by closing doors. Well that is not a big deal but she managed to open all three drawers of her cabinet AND climb into the botton drawer preventing me from being able to open the door to get her out. I was most concerned of her falling out of the drawer and hitting her head on the nearby stool. I tried everything to get her out of the drawer but I could barely fit my hand through the door. I threw cheese puffs and lolipops on the floor to entice her to step out. NO luck! I went and got my fireman neighbor to save the day. His solution was to saw the door in half. I was fine with that since 40 minutes had passed and Ansley was now hysterical BUT Addison was NOT OK with it. She flipped out! Screaming, crying, hyperventilating not to saw the door...not one bit of concern for her sister. Luckily right as Chad walked in the door with the saw she fell out and thankfully did not hit her head. Needless to say that was not an ideal playdate and I passed up mother of the year award! :) Addison is in vacation bible school this week and loving it. I am loving the one on one time with Ansley! Will try to be better with updates! Enjoy!