Kilbane Happenings

We've had a big day! The studio Kaitlyn dances for hosted their feis (Irish dance competition) this weekend at the airport Marriott.  We arrived last night to kick off the festivities, where Kaitlyn performed an exhibition dance with the dance troupe.  Today, Kaitlyn competed in three dances: light jig, reel, and slip jig.  She received first place in all three dances! We are super proud of her and she's super excited to see what Irish dance has next for her! Our next encounter: Peach state Feis in may! 

Brady has started baseball! He has three practices a week (although with the crazy weather, he's only been having Saturday practices). He loves his new team and all he is learning. He got new baseball cleats and his very own baseball helmet (with "cage", as he calls it). His first game is March 8!! He's ready to be a superstar!

Since moving to Atlanta, the kids had to get involved in their activities down here. Kaitlyn started Irish dancing at Mulligan School back in August. She competed in her first Southern Region Feisanna in November. Tonight, she performed at her first community event with some of the other girls from the dance studio. She did fantastic. I took several pictures as well as a video of her dancing with the other girls. She will be doing many more performances as she made the Tara Dance Company (which is a handpicked dance team that travels the city in the Spring doing performances). We are quite proud of our little Irish dancer and can't wait to see where her dancing takes us! Here is the video...

Here are some of the photos that I took from the performance tonight. Enjoy! All the dancers who performed Kaitlyn - being quite animated The older girls dancing - love those solo dresses Kaitlyn watching intently Kaitlyn and the other beginner/advanced beginner dancers All of the dancers together on stage.

With the rain bringing us down, we decided to get out and find some fun! Atlanta has their own Legoland in the Buckhead area.  They had 2 rides, a 4-D movie and tons of play areas and building stations.  This was also Star Wars weekend at Legoland so most of the employees were dressed up as characters from the movies. We saw Chewbacca, storm troopers, Darth Vadar, Princess Leia and many more! 

Our Elf, Chris, returned to our new house from the North Pole on December 1. Since we moved into a new house, he's finding all kinds of new mischief to get into!  The kids love waking up every morning to see what he's up to. Here's just a few of his more creative spots. 

Today was Brady's preschool Christmas program and party. He sang so wonderfully! The teachers made the kids' special Christmas shirts for the program. It was all made with their hand, foot, finger or thumb prints. How creative??!! The party was a huge success complete with a visit with Santa! I even got a special present with one very cute handprint.