A SNEAKY BOY AND A DANCER!

4:26PM and my phone rings....
Carol: Hello?
Nikkii: Hey Carol, it's Nikkii! Does Eli have underwear on?
C: Uh, I think so, he should
N: Because there is underwear at my house and I think it's his...
C: Eli, Do have underwear on? (as I am walking over there to check for myself) Ya, Nikkii, he has underwear on...
N: (she is laughing) I think he might have had an accident at my house. He finally got his shoes on all by himself at school and then said he had to go potty, so I told him to go and then he came out without his shoes on and now it makes sense. After his class had left I went in there and the bathmat was on the ground and I don't leave it down there. I picked it up and there was a wet spot on the ground.
C: Oh I am so sorry, he must have peed his pants. Can I come and clean it up? Buy you a new rug?
N: No, no it's fine...I just thought it was funny. So I cleaned it all up and he was the only one I could think of that went to the bathroom in his class today. So this afternoon I went back in there and it smelled kinda funny and I wasn't sure why because I had cleaned it all up, so I started looking around and found his underwear hiding behind the door!
C: Eli, did you pee on the ground at Ms Nikkii's house and leave your underwear there? (he gave me the sad puppy dog eyes and nodded while putting his fingers to his mouth!)

Sneaky little buddy, thought he would get in trouble and hid the pee with the mat and hid his underwear behind the door and then when he got home he put on a new clean pair! I guess Eli will be bringing her a treat on Tuesday.

(I tried to re-create the face but this was the best I could get and he is still smiling because he thinks this picture taking business is funny.)
Little Miss Emma had her first Dance Competition/Recital last weekend! She rocked it and SAS rocked it! Thursday night they did a dress rehearsal at the Higley Performing Arts Center. This was a great chance for Emma's fans to come out and watch her without having to sit through a 3 hour recital and they only saw the competition dances which are the really good ones and they didn't have to sit through the rest of the stuff.

Jen Rodgers was ever so kind and came and watched the twins while the rest of us went and watched Em. We decided Eli was old enough to come out and support his sister....now that it is over I can say, perhaps he is not old enough. About a quarter of the way through he says, "I don't want to see anymore girls! I want to go home and play with Jen!" He had had enough dancing. Thank you Grandma Jensen for buying Emma flowers again - she always loves when you do that!The next night was her first dance competition of the season. She was pumped and couldn't wait! She had 4 different dances to compete in this year. She did amazing!! Grandma Rodgers, Caryn and Cade came out and watched the boys from 5pm until 11:30pm when we got back - it was a long night but for sure worth it. In the end, Emma came home with 7 ribbons...She got a couple ribbons for a couple of dances but her best awards were:

"Never Fully Dressed" from Annie - her group got 2nd place overall
"Money" from Cabaret - her group got 1st place overall
"Grease" - SAS' production number they took home the judges choice award - best award for the entire competition.

"Money" and "Grease" got cash awards - we were pumped - we had already talked about how we would put it into her savings account, then sadly we learned the money went to the studio...it was a great high while it lasted though! We uploaded most of dances under the video section, "Em's Dance Competition '10".

(announcing "Money" as the winner)(the girls accepting their awards)As a side note, a really sad story...I am warning you now to get a box of tissues :) Jen told me while she was babysitting...after it had been a few minutes and Tyson realized Jared wasn't coming back he started crying and mumbling something...she couldn't make out what he was saying...but he kept crying and saying it, finally she realized what he was saying...."what did I do?" He was so upset about Jared leaving he thought he had done something! It broke her heart to hear that but at least Tyler was there and comforting his brother with a good pat on the back and a hug.