Jessica's "Daily Affirmation"

I am a big believer in positive affirmations. When I first became a teacher, I went to a workshop solely devoted to the power of positive affirmations in your classroom. I used these religiously with my students and the power of the mind is boggling! Have a great positive weekend!

"To watch us dance...is to hear our hearts!"

This weekend was spent in full mode dance recital. If you did not have seats in Woodward High School auditorium today for the awesome, amazing, packed house for Miss Brenda and Miss Shay Shay's Studio of Dance...you were missing a wonderful performance. We are exhausted but had an amazing time. Above are some pics to highlight the talent! We only had one major breakdown on our last dance...because Abbey felt like she was going to miss the performance...when in all actuality...she had plenty of time. Luckily, the beautiful young lady, Miss Jada, pictured above in pink with Abbey...helped calm my first baby girl down...and we just adore her very much! Abbey can not stop talking about her.....I truly believe that she is an amazing role model for my Abbey Sue....and speaking of role models.....both Brenda and Shay have helped my Abbey to make a goal of someday being on the dance team at Woodward and then eventually OSU dance team. She has a lot of hard work and many years to go....so we will see. Until then....this exhausted Mommy is signing off and going to bed. To sum up the love we feel for our children...here is a note Sofey left me last week.....precious, precious...this is why we do it for our children!!!