Sawyer runs away with the circus

Yup - you read that right :).

Sawyer is enrolled in Circus Juventas which is a school in Cirque du Soleil fashion. They start the kids at 3 years old so hubby and I have patiently been waiting the past couple of years for her to turn 3 and then I watched sign-ups like a hawk because it's limited space and decently high demand. I honestly admit that right now it's the coolness factor for hubby and I but I sincerely hope she LOVES it and shows some sort of aptitude for it. We've always been so impressed with this outfit and it might be a way for her to meet non-white-bread subarbanite kids. I'll definitely post pics after her first practice next Saturday.

My little girl is growing up...

and I'm so sad!!!!! I want to hold onto her childhood forever :(.

Sawyer had her first dance class this past Wednesday night. She was SO excited! She has to wear a black leotard (or unitard as she calls it), pink tights, and her hair pulled back.



The class is 30 minutes long and the kids all did really well at listening, etc for the first 20 minutes and then attention span was gone! She was the littlest squirt there (and probably the youngest).








I don't know how long we'll do dance. I'm not into the super dressed up looking like little young tarts thing so until then, I'll just go with the flow.

We're back!!!

Had a fabulous 2 child-free nights with my husband!!!! We reached Mineral Point around 6pm Friday night, checked into our room and went downstairs to dinner. Dinner was fabulous!!!!! And the tiramasu even better ;). Took a nice long soak in the huge tub and read in bed. Fabulous! Woke up Saturday morning to check out the farmer's market, had coffee at The Spotted Dog (best chai latte I've ever had!), had lots of fun listening to the locals at coffee, shopped some, ate a pasty for lunch at the Red Rooster, and shopped some more. Mineral Point is a super quaint town in southern WI that was settled by miners from Cornwall. Lots of great little shops and a haven for artists.








Speaking of artists, we went into a gallery that had works by Tom Kelly that both of us loved...very whimsical with great colors. We asked the owners if they knew where he was from and they replied with...that's him that you hear whistling from his studio! She took us back to meet him and we decided to have a piece commissioned for Sawyer's room. Then he shows us his portfolio and turns up he's the artist for the covers of the Land's End holiday catalogs! I thought his work looked familiar! He was really fun to talk to and he even remembered us from coffee earlier in the day.


I also had a little too much fun in a yarn shop (considering I really don't knit...yet) and am currently working on a scarf


and can't wait to make something out of this next!


Saturday night we saw Much Ado about Nothing at the American Player's Theater in Spring Green. It's just like seeing something at the Guthrie but it's outside...imagine a crisp cool night, cuddled up under a cozy blanket, crickets chirping, stars twinkling, and a Shakespearean comedy...can it get much better? Not really. The play was wonderful and the evening was topped off with tiramasu (yes - again) back at our room.

Sunday (sigh) was travel day but we decided to stop in Mount Horeb first for lunch and a bit of a walk around. We had lunch at The Grumpy Troll (a microbrewery) and husband tried the sampler....





Let's just say....he had some fun with the beer sampler!


We got back home around 6pm Sunday night and it's back to normal here. Back to work tomorrow! Have a great Labor Day, everyone!