Dancing Machines

This week Emma and Mack attended a Lego camp at VSU, while Ellie did a dance intensive at Dance Arts. Emma was not old enough to do the dance intensive, so she opted for the Lego camp instead. It made for a busy week of brain and body activity for all 3 kids.

This weekend Ellie's best friend, Taylor invited her to go to Disney with her for her 10th birthday. Of course, Ellie didn't hesitate saying yes to that. They had a blast and I think it was an epic 10th birthday for Taylor. Mack actually said "I miss Ellie" at least 5 times over the weekend. I have to document that since he normally is arguing with her.

Emma and Mack had the afternoons together since Ellie was in dance most of the afternoon. They decided to work together on one of Mack's kiwi crates this particular afternoon

Emma was being so sweet reading the instructions to Mack and helping him put the prroject together.

This particular kiwi crate was a genius invention - a sweeper. It picks up toys/trash and has a bin to hold the items to either toss or put away. Mack has used it all weekend to sweep up legos. I couldn't have hand picked a better kiwi crate for him. 

Also, this week, the kids (led by Ellie) have been ALL about some after dinner living room dancing. Emma wouldn't let me film her, but I got SEVERAL videos of Ellie and her choreography in addition to this hilarious video of Mack jumping in: 

Ellie's dance intensive was a various mix of choreographers teaching all different forms of dance throughout the week She failed to mention to me that a guy that was in the Thriller video and had toured with Michael, Janet, Tito, and LaToya was her jazz teacher on Tuesday. I heard all about the UGA ballet instructor, but had to hear about the awesome jazz choreographer from my friend Allison. This video is just a quick clip of the last few minutes of a swing class on her last day. It's a terrible video because I was filming over someone else, but I got a little bit: 

We finally got the popcorn maker that E.W. gave us for Christmas cranked up. Emma and Mack enjoyed some popcorn over the rainy weekend. 

These are all of the pictures I got from Ellie, selfies she took with her friend Taylor on her iPod. They had a blast at Disney though. 

Ellie, Taylor, and Taylor's little sister Marley

Taylor's mom did send this to me. They got their own room ate the Wilderness hotel for the trip, and both girls were pumped about it. 

Mack and Emma missed Ellie so much and were staring out of the windows all day today until her return. She came back bearing souvenirs that she bought them. 

Chocolate Mickey coins for her of course!