Memories from Princess Camp

We made it thru our first year of Princess Dance Camp! We had a great time! I took a few snapshots, and thought I would share a few. We played dress up...

Had Tea Parties...

And of course, Danced!

We also made crafts like this beautiful Princess Crown....no, it's not a dunce cap. We had a little trouble getting it to stay on, they were a little top heavy - but isn't she having fun! What a smile!

We played with dancing Barbies - she's spinning on her own!

And made lots of new friends! Thanks to those of you who attended, I hope the kids had a great time!

Kinda freaky...

There's just something about a china doll that kinda freaks me out.

This picture greeted me when I was uploading pictures to my computer this evening.

I wasn't expecting it.

I guess I've watched too many horror flicks...I can just see their eyes blinking on their own when I look at them.

Jalyn likes to borrow my camera for just one picture. Those are famous last words. The other night at the ballgame she borrowed it for just one picture. Sixty pictures later she brought the camera back. Most of them were of playground toys, and her friends belly.

She just told me these pictures are for the book she wrote, they are the illustrations. I'm pretty sure the book she wrote was about an alligator...so I'm not sure where the pretty girls tie in. I think it crashed their birthday party.

She also took lots of pictures of the doll house I recently found at a garage sale. It has occupied many hours of her time, and Jace's...complete with lego figures as the occupants. I think we had a doll house when I was little, the tin kind with the sharp edges. There was just something about this one that I couldn't pass up...a classic toy that never goes out of style!

Princess for a Day

A new addition to this year's Summer Schedule is Princess Dance Camp! I'm so excited for our first session next week - to share my ideas with these pretty Princesses! We're going to have tea parties, do Princess crafts, have Storytime, and of course...Dance! The picture above is actually a Princess Birthday Party, but I loved how determined they all were, in their tinsel tiaras and Princess gowns!

The Clay Center session is June 17-20th from 9:30-11:30am. The Concordia session will be held June 24-27th from 9:30 - 11:30am. I think the activities would be appropriate for children age 4-7. I hope to see many of you there - and bring a friend!

Dress-Up!

Our Church Pastor, Glenn Tombaugh, is being transferred to a church in Wichita. We're so sad to see him go, he is easy to talk to and easy to listen to and we will miss him and his family! You're wondering what Pastor Glenn has to do with Dress Up, aren't you?

In cleaning out closets to pack for their move, the girls decided to clean out their many...many childhood dance costumes. So they donated them to the Dance Studio! One of our favorite activities at Birthday Parties and special events is DRESS UP!

And of course Jalyn had to try on every last one of them before taking them to the studio!! And with each costume comes a 'strike a pose' photo opportunity! Here's some of my favorites!

It's Jump Jive and Wail girl...

The Joker...

Salsa Queen...

And then there are those 'unique looks' that we can't quite identify...But it was sure fun to try them on! Thank You Tombaugh Family!

sad sad trampoline

Well, here's our major storm damage....our trampoline (new this spring) was thrown into the neighbors yard. Of course, it could have been worse, it could have been thrown into our house, or car. And I know there are many people who have lost much much more during this active storm season.

The tornadoes traveled just west of Clay Center, my husband saw one out the window of the radio station which is on the west side of town. We were lucky to just have strong winds and rain at our house. But I've heard of some total loss situations outside of town, and also from friends who live in Republic County who were hit by storms last week. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you.

Guitar Hero

I started this blog as a 'Dance Photo Album' - as a branch of our Studio site to feature photos from performances and activities. But now I've caught the 'blog bug' - that state of mind that everything is blog material. Everything we do now, I think - ooh I have to get a picture of this, it's great blog material. I'm pretty sure I caught it from my sister. The other day we were discussing that Live Active cheese - I won't get into the nature of the discussion but she says 'OH, you have to take a photo of the cheese and tell the story on your blog - it's great blog material'. Now everything we do I'm thinking...blog material...

I have also been thinking that I blog Jalyn way more than Jace. I suppose it's because of the whole 'dance theme'...but now that summer is here and things at the studio are slow, I can venture into the exciting tales of Kasper Summer Activities.

Jace started guitar lessons this winter. He really likes it, and is actually getting pretty good. It's kinda cool because he's learning on my Dad's old Silvertone guitar from the attic. We dusted off the cobwebs but the sentimental value remains, and I am enjoying seeing him play it. It's shown in the bottom photo...

But back to what inspired the 'blog material'....We went to see Paper or Plastic, a High School 'rock band' which features Christian music. They were playing at our church, and the guitar player just happens to be Jace's teacher, Brock Bebermeyer.

This is pretty much where Jace stood the entire concert. He never took his eyes of Brock. And I have to say, I was really impressed with these guys! The drummer is also a good friend of ours, and the bass guitar and lead singer are brothers, their Mom works with Phil at the Radio Station. When they started playing, I couldn't stop smiling. I don't know what I expected, but I thoroughly enjoyed the evening. My favorite was when Brock played an acoustic guitar and sang by himself, it was awesome.

Jace was inspired to practice when we got home - and it's neat that the guys have something they can enjoy together.