Strike a Pose...

Lets just say that Kendyl likes to pose...alot. Sometimes it scares us though as her poses seem to be a little on the provacative side. Lets just say we may have our hands full when she gets older. Well, at least her daddy will. Either way, I just wanted to share a few of these really cute, really funny, yet rather provacative poses of our precious 3 1/2 year old.

Our Little Gymnist

Kendyl has been enrolled in gymnastics since her 3rd birthday party was held at the gymnastics facility in September, 2008. She loved it and begged us to let her go to gymnastics. We were a little hesitant at first since we had her enrolled in ballet and tap at her request and to say the least, did NOT go so well. She like the tap part, but for the ballet lesson, she would rather lay down on the floor, run out the door, etc. But, honestly, I cant blame her, the ballet realm is just not in our blood (at least not in mine, and I can probably bet you 100% its not in Jason's either!) Anyway, so we gave it a shot and we were both shocked at how well she did, how much she loved it, and how well she focused throughout the entire hour. We didnt even recognize our child, you know, the "busy" one. She has kept that same interest throughout the year and finally the day came for her to show off all of her skills to everyone during "Mayfest", where they were able to show off all of the gymnastics they have learned and they get a trophy during an award ceremony at the end. The theme was jungle related (notice her new tiger leotard for the special occasion) and they started off with the typical stretching and then went into a dance they had all learned that was to the song from the Lion King movie where he sings "I'm gonna be a mighty king...." (sorry, I dont know the name of the song).

After they performed the dance, they moved on to different stations where they performed their skills on the balance beam, bars, trampoline, etc.

At the end, each child had their name called to come up and stand on stage and receive their trophy. She was so proud of her accomplishments and needless to say, we are VERY proud of our little gymnist too.

Kamryn loved watching her big sister during the entire performance and behaved very well. She is always mesmerized by whatever it is that Kendyl is doing and will always point at her and clap for her each time we are at gymnastics. It is so cute!

And who knows, maybe we have a future little gymnist / ballerina on our hands...
Although, we will definately have to work on her graceful-ness.

Going back a few months...Easter 2009

I have been so busy lately that I have failed to update this blog on a regular basis, so I am going to go back a few months and post some really cute pictures and updates to bring you all up to speed on life with the Burgess family. Lets start with Easter, which was a really great weekend where we spent Saturday doing the annual Easter egg hunt at our church in the neighborhood.

The kids had a great time and Kamryn loved looking at (rather than picking up) all of the colorful eggs. Her big sister was there to help her make sure her basket stayed full with eggs though.

When it was time for Kendyl's hunt she ran full speed with the other 3 and 4 year olds to gather as many eggs as possible and then fill up on lots of candy and cookies.

While we were there, the girls were able to visit the Easter bunny and sit on his lap, which as you can judge by the picture, Kendyl loved, and Kamryn did not. But atleast we do have the classic Easter bunny picture with one child screaming and the other looking at her as if she lost her mind.
We finished out the day at church with Kendyl getting her face painted and then coloring Easter eggs at home that night with Ju-Ju and Paw Paw.

The next morning the girls loved opening their Easter baskets and then it was off to church. They both did fairly well in church and Kendyl really loved all of the singing. She has continually asked to go back to church after that Sunday, which is great news! We have been talking more and more about Jesus lately and she is really beginning to understand more about who he is; however, she is extremely upset about Jesus not being a girl. She is in a boys are yucky stage so she wants Jesus to be a girl too, I guess. She was literally in tears one night as I read her the childrens bible and she saw a picture of Jesus in there and he was a boy. I felt bad for her and honestly, I wasnt even sure how to handle the situation, its not like I can fix that! Oh well, it was a great weekend...with an ongoing "problem" in her eyes. LOL!

Kendyl's Go Texan Day

Kendyl had Go Texan Day at school, so I headed out to Cavendar's Boot City to make sure she had all the proper princess cowgirl attire. I was so excited about this day for her, that I went crazy shopping and bought a ton of stuff just to make sure she had something that 1) fit her, and 2) that she liked, which is becoming increasingly hard to do these days. So, 4 pairs of cowboy boots, 5 shirts, and 2 cowboy hats later, we had our outfit picked out and ready to go (I returned all of the unwanted stuff later).

Of course, I bought an outfit for Kamryn too, but she didn't want to cooperate for the picture.

On a side note and to justify number 2 above, Kendyl has become such a little fashion queen lately, that I cant even get dressed in the morning without her approval of what I am wearing to work. If she doesn't like it, then I have to change clothes until I wear something that she approves of. She will actually tell me, "mommy, I don't like that shirt," and I will have to find another one. On top of that, she has chosen Wednesdays to be the dress / skirt day for all three of the Burgess girls. I, for one, do not typically like wearing dresses, but I will do it for my little girl...so every Wednesday, I wear a skirt or a dress to work...even in the freezing cold weather.

Back to the original reason for this post, Go Texan Day... Kendyl's school goes all out for this day, and they even have "pony" rides for the kids. Kendyl kept telling me that they get to ride a pony at school, so I was pretty excited for her. I was able to leave work just in the nick of time to arrive and watch her ride her so-called "pony" at school. When I arrived, I saw my baby girl, climbing aboard this...

A full blown, huge horse named Star. This is no pony, and no one even walked beside her while she rode this huge horse. She was so proud of herself though, and happy that her horse was pink...(he had a pink bridle, but she called the horse pink).

I guess she was a little tired out from that "pony" ride!

The long awaited Birthday Party pics!

The Birthday Girl!

Pretty Princess on her gift table

First off....on my last post I wished our baby girl a happy first birthday and I promised to post some pictures from her party and of her eating her first birthday cake. Well, we have been pretty busy since her party, so I am just now able to get around to posting a few pictures. The party was great, the weather was not. It was very cold and rainy the day of her party, but we all still had a great time indoors opening presents, eating, and visiting with many friends and family. Grandma and Grandpa were not able to make it down here from Virginia because Grandma was very sick with Shingles...we were all very disappointed and missed them very much!! We hope they get to come soon, and we may have to have some more cake while they are here to catch up on the celebration. Kamryn absolutely loved her cake that mommy made, she ate every single bite of that cake and icing and she even wanted more of it. Here are a few pictures of her big day.

Sporting her "It's a Happy Day" T-Shirt

This was her very first birthday cake. I decided to make her cake myself and I also did it for Kendyl when she turned 1 year old. It took me longer than I thought it would, but I think it turned out pretty well.

She loved opening her presents...her expressions were priceless and they were different for every gift that she opened.

Now for the cake eating.....enjoy!

What is this stuff?


Pretty good....

How much can I fit into my mouth?

YUMMY!!!

All Done!