Naples Garden

 On our way to Marco Island, we visited Naples Botanical Garden.

January dates

 Corban and Daddy had dinner out at a sushi restaurant together!

Abigail and Daddy had dinner our together (or was it the car wash date?? Two dates this month!)

Hadassah and Mommy went to Marando Farms for their date and Hadassah got to go horseback riding!

miniature horse

(the horse that bit Mommy's arm!)

goat that had been born the day before with its mama

Asher and Mommy went to the MODS science museum!
It had been a year since we had been and it was fun to see the exhibits again and since we went in the middle of a week day it was very quiet!

backyard fun

Lots, lots, lots of starfruit! 

LOTS of monarch caterpillars, eating all the milkweed, making their chrysalis

mango tree blooming

Abigail's auditons

Auditions for summer 2021 ballet programs were different this year as no schools were doing live auditon tours.  For SAB, all auditions had to be submitted by video.  Abigail had fun spending an afternoon recording all that was needed with Ms. Mariea and Ms. Brittany.  For American Ballet Theatre and Miami City Ballet, Abigail did live Zoom/virtual auditions from home.  This year, she applied for the Young Dancer programs and full Summer Intensive programs at SAB, ABT, and MCB.  

Abigail was selected for ABT and MCB's full (12-18 year old) Summer Intensive programs!  ABT's program was offered only as a virtual program.  After much thought and talking with both her dance teachers, Abigail decided that she would prefer an in-studio program this summer and is excited to be back at MCB again!