I have been working 5 businesses at 4 locations as well as taking care of all 4 kids needs in school out of school and running places to play with them.
I have been having loads of fun.
This week I am Pulling ALL my inventory out of 1 boutique that isn’t making me any money I keep losing $100+ a month to them so I’m moving on. The amount of inventory is almost like moving out of a small apartment with a mini van full of kids so It will take a few loads.
Sierra Just had an Irish Dance Feis (fesh) Saturday that I took her to it was a long day for us. She was cute and slightly messed up each dance causing her to not place in any event, But she will practice and do better next time.
We hosted a Superbowl party at our house I made all the snacks and did the grocery shopping Saturday night til 11PM
I have 2 home shows this week with Cookie lee jewelry
Saturday IS MY BIG day. I Started finding locations to hold “Saturday Boutiques” at where I invite lots of vendors (like a farmers market) to come and sell their wares. It’s been a long fun task getting a big unique group together without getting duplicate vendors in. http://saturdayboutiques.blogspot.com it will be the day before Valentines and we have advertised like mad in the media online and thru emails and paper fliers.
I have to run. I need to get a piece of jewelry to a customer then to POSH to pull out of the store with Zach and Aurora
Utterly Exhausted- even after a nap day and no business but Superbowl party hostess. Sure wish Aurora would go back to sleeping thru the night. NO MORE CHOCOLATE MILK for you baby(almost3) before bed. Mommy needs SOME sleep-So does Daddy. 1st big noticeable BAG appeared under my eye yesterday. I looked OLD!
As usual little leprechaun came by and turned out milk GREEN!! But he also pulled all the green things in the fridge to the front so that’s the prominant color when the fridge is opened.
He also took Sierra’s Leprechaun she made isn school, off the fridge and moved him by the steps, and later onto the garage door. it’s 1/2 way thru the day, I canonly imagine how many more times he will move the paper doll leprechaun. Besiges that I have a Treasure hunt in mind. I got the items, not I just need to put it together. At the end they will get dessert – A BIG sugar Cookie with Green Shamrocks on it. We will also be having a very Green Dinner , Cucumber, Green Grapes, Green Beans and Traditional Corned Beef and potatoes.
Sierra went to school with her curly Irish Dance Wig on and her headband. Hailey didn’t want to be called a poodle so she chose to just wear the headband.
I got to see the video of the Parade. I’ll find a way ASAP to post it on YouTube so you call can see.
Happy Saint Pattie’s Day to all my Lads and Lassies. Enjoy a Wee Bit O’Me Irish Side today =)
Well, somehow I managed to keep the girls in Irish Dance. They have mentioned for about a month that they want to quit. But I was persistent and the last class they went to they actually REALLY enjoyed because they had an Irish game after it. Then, Saturday came and they got to go to a Mock Competition – a Mock Feis(Fesh) I got to get them all dresses up in their $300+ costumes (inc. wigs, shoes, dresses, headbands, socks) YEAH!!! we got to use them again!
Aren’t they Darling???
Sierra didn’t want to wear her wig, so she woke me up at 6:30 AM so I could curl her hair. it took 1 hour exactly and we only got slightly burned about 5-6 times 
(we had to be at the Feis at 8:15 am and with 4 little ones, fancy costumes, no husbands around that was quite the Olympic Event!!!
They did 4 dances and we hadn’t really eaten breakfast so all I hear when I went backstatge was – I danced really bad becasue I was SOOO HUNGRY!(Sierra) So I ran to the car and grabbed a fiber one cereal bar and split it in 1/2 for the girls, still not good enough especially since there were mounds of food sitting on tables for the LUNCH BBQ they were going to have3 1/2 hours after the dancers were to arrive.
It started to gap between their performances and since it was a MOCK Feis I decided to pull them out – not to mention Aurora in her squeaky shoes Darting across the stage where the dancers were performing for the judges, and I had to CHASE after her!!! How embarrassing! (it’s been a long time since I have been so embarrased I can’t even remember the last (that’s just my retarded memory ~ I can’t remember much of anything).
We will know next week what the judges have to say to help my little dancers, they should have some positive critique on it. I do have videos but never can get them to download-upload or whatever off my camera – Nathan is the genius on that and I’m without him for 2 WEEKS!
Hailey and Sierra had their 1st Irish Dance Recital on Nov 8th. Saturday. We invited some family up to watch.
Aaron & Alice $ Suzie and her 4 kids came up to see the girls dance.
The whole show was 1.5 hours and the girls were in 6 of about 18 songs.
They did pretty well. Much better than I thought they would and worse than Daddy thought they would. It’s only been 5 months and we don’t practice outside of the group very often But will be working on that more.
They just got their shoes the day of the recital (gillies) so I’m sure it was a bit different to actually be dancing in them. Hailey seemed to drag her feet a little. when we got home they said their feet were hurting. The shoes will need some more dancing in to stretch and break in to fit their feet right.
I loved the look of the rag curls in their hair. Hailey’s turned out perfect Sierra’s had some ups and downs. It was my 1st time rag rolling.
I took pictures after the recital with them and their Teachers. They all wore wigs in their hair. There were a few in the beginner class with wigs and some just regular hair it was quite a mix up – and thier dance uniforms were too. The studio is going thru some changes and trying to decide what outfits to wear.
I thought the girls did very well they were VERY CUTE! It was also very fun to watch the older girls do hard shoe dances in their Irish dresses.
We have been preparing all week to have a great Irish Dance recital. The girls practice 1 hr a day and more if I can pull it out if them.
Last night I tried the pink spongy curlers so I could see how their ringlets will turn out if I have to do them that way. They need to have ringlets all over or pay a bunch of money for a WIG. I cannot do that to my red-haired part Irish beauties though. The red hair is gonna be the show stopper – I remember just staring at the 1 in the Riverdance shows I went to.
I have the Irish music on and Aurora dances like CRAZY. She even holds her hands down and bends her legs doing a little jumpy move – one of her only problems is that she goes in a circle (making us all dizzy)Oh the other problem, she looks like a purple teletubby in her PJ’s with her diaper on! Not quite the type of Irish dancer you’d expect to see.
http://www.crawfordirishdance.com/
http://www.crawfordirishdance.com/photo_gallery/2006.html
