More Mother/Daughter Fun

Also in June Cadence and I had more mother/daughter fun.  As a surprise for Cadence my cousin Sheri and I took her to Theatre Calgary to see the musical Legally Blonde.

Legally Blonde is one of Cadence's favorite movies.  She even dressed as Elle for Halloween last year.

 Before going to the musical we met at Cadence's favorite noodle house for dinner.

 

Then off to the theater.  I love musical theater and I think Cadence does too.  It was a really fun musical and we had a great time with Sheri.

I hope we will see many musicals and plays in the future together!

Middle School Here She Comes!

The end of June also saw the end of Cadence's time in elementary school.  The last day of school they had a Grade 5 Celebration.  Cadence sang with a group of kids, as well as play a ukulele number.

Cute slide show with current and baby pictures.

I was feeling quite emotional knowing it was my last time in this little school.  All three of our kids attended there starting in 2009.

Cadence with her teacher Ms Field

After dismissal at 11:45 p.m. we headed to the mall for some girl time.  We had lunch and did some shopping.  Love spending time together, but as she is my broke little best friend, it can be rather expensive. 

Cashing in her allowance.

Good luck in middle school.  I know you'll do great!!

Recital Wrap Ups

June is recital season.  Friday, June 6th I held my music studio's year end recital.  28 of my 33 students were able to attend and perform.  It was a great recital.  I've had many of my students for a few years now and they have made so much progress.  They all played and performed so well.  Cadence did an awesome job.  She played 2 piano pieces and sang "Popular" from the play Wicked. 

After the performances, and annual student/teacher photo, we had refreshments in the gym.  I served sausage, cheese, crackers, pickles, chips, and rice krispie squares and cookies.  It was nice to mingle and get to know my students parents and families better.

I had to show the one absolute perfect cookie!

 

 

 

I also sent students home at their last lessons with a little treat and summer practice charts.

Now to enjoy a couple of months off before I'm back at it again in September!  What a blessing it is for me to be able to teach music as my career.

MUSIC CAN CHANGE THE WORLD BECAUSE IT CAN CHANGE PEOPLE 

 

The following Saturday, the 14th was Cadence's Dance Recital.  She took a year off but returned to dance classes this past September taking a Hip Hop class.  She has really enjoyed being back in dance and even had a good friend in the same class.

The recital was held at the Bella Theater on Mount Royal University Campus.  I did Cadence's mandatory middle part low bun hairstyle but she did all her own makeup.  I thought she did such a great job.  It was a great recital.  It was 2 1/2 hours long but didn't feel like it.   Cadence will be taking Hip Hop again this September.  

 Keep Dancing!!

 

Little Bestie

The past month or so I've been so lucky to be able to spend some special time with my little bestie. Cadence and I have so much fun together. I'm so grateful I get to be her mom and friend.  If there is something Cadence loves it's an outing.  Any kind of outing.  She just loves to be busy doing something.

With the weather being so beautiful lately we decided to go for a little walk to the park. Since it was girls time we decided to take Daisy with us.

 

A favorite activity is going to restaurants.  One Saturday after grabbing groceries we decided to treat ourselves to lunch.

Then last week we headed to Cadence's last elementary school dance.  I can't believe she will be in middle school in September.  She is growing up so fast!

 

One of our favorite activities together is having tea parties.  As a surprise I invited my mom, sister and her two girls up to join us for a tea party.  It was so nice to be all together and I hope it will become a tradition.  We served herbal tea, pink lemonade; chicken salad mini tarts, cucumber and cream cheese sandwiches, tuna sandwiches and egg sandwiches; fruit; shrimp cocktail; veggies and dip; and mini lemon tarts, german chocolate mini cupcakes and chocolate fingers.

 Love that girl of mine!!

Mother's Day 2025

 

More Birthday Fun

Amongst the Atwood Birthday Season we also celebrated Ashton's girlfriend's birthday.  Ashton decorated the house to surprise her and even made her birthday cake.

 

He made her a vanilla cake with buttercream icing.  He had to improvise when he wasn't able to find matches to light the candles.

 Happy Birthday Cat!! We are so blessed to have you a part of our lives. Have a wonderful year!

Birthday Tea Party

Cadence didn't feel like a family birthday party was enough so she also invited a couple friends over for a birthday tea party.

The girls started by painting and decorating little cottages.  We had planned on a couple other activities as well but they were having so much fun crafting it took most of the time.  I even had to text both the girls moms to check that we could have them stay longer so we'd have time for the tea party.

 

Then it was time for the tea party, opening presents, a photo booth with lots of props and cake.  The girls had a great time.  One of the girls tried 5 different teas.

Happy 11th Birthday Cadence - We love you!!

 

Atwood Birthday Season 2025

January - May is Atwood Birthday Season.

The birthday sign goes up in January for Jason's birthday and then doesn't come down until May after Daisy's birthday and the anniversary of the still birth of our baby Kenneth (which coincidentally is the same day).

We had fun family celebrations for each one, with presents, food, and a great time was had by all.  Hope everyone has a great year.  Love you all!!