Birthday Tutu

For her birthday, Ciara received this adorable tutu from her best friend Rowan. It took me six months to remember to take a picture of her in it. It took me another month to remember to post it! Yikes!

Thank you, Rowan. The tutu is gorgeous!

Testing Day!

Ciara had her level four gymnastics testing today. She woke this morning feeling pretty confident and without much obvious nervousness.

I, on the other hand, was a totally different story. My immune system is still not cooperating with me, and I still don't have enough white blood cells to adequately protect myself. So, waking up with chills, a fever, and a deep cough, I wasn't sure I was going to be able to risk going out in public to watch. 

Against all advice, I went anyway. Will I pay for it later? I don't know. But I was really happy to be there to see Ciara out there doing what she loves.

Here are a couple of pre-testing photos. Ciara begged me to do her hair in the same competition style her friend Lydia wears during meets. Having only seen Lydia compete once, and being too lazy to search my computer for a photo of Lydia's competition hair,  I tried my best to remember the hairstyle. I'm not sure how well I did, but at least Ciara was really happy with the style!