With just over a week to go until school starts, we officially see summer break winding down. Here are few snapshots from the fun we've had this break.
Both girls learned to ride two wheel bikes this June! It was a very exciting day in our house! They have struggled with finding their balance in the past. I think it has helped tremendously that they've been practicing on scooters for months (Mia got one for Christmas and Mr. Mayo gave his son's old one to Lily). They asked to try the bikes one day, so we brought them out, and they both picked it up almost immediately. There was much rejoicing! They absolutely love it now and ride all the time. It's wonderful!
The girls were so excited that they were going to ride on their school's float in the July 4th Marietta parade. They were so disappointed when it got rained out! We still had a great day and evening though because the Wilkinson family came over for bbq, sparklers and firework-watching. We were excited to share Yabsera's first July 4th with her; her eyes grew quite large at the first fireworks but she ended up loving it. It turned out to be a great way to celebrate America's birthday!
At Target one day, I saw these little blue gloves on sale, and it hit me that my kids have never actually played baseball. I bought them and decided to teach them (easier said than done). They had fun with it though and caught on fairly quickly. Lily isn't too interested, but Mia can't wait to play softball!
The girls were very excited to have Macey over to spend the night one evening. Here they are performing a musical number...wow is all I can say about that.
Ryan and I had such a fun time on our double date with Jeff and Elizabeth Smith. We have absolutely loved becoming better friends with them over the last few months. We met them for bowling one evening where Jeff and his lucky towel took us to task. From there we went to play whirleyball which is where this picture was taken; it was boys against girls after all. None of us had played before, but it was awesome. I can't remember the last time I laughed that hard! After the girls won, we decided some ice cream was in order to celebrate, so we enjoyed just hanging out and talking. It was a great evening!
The girls came across their old play kitchen food recently, and they've been having a ball with it. They made Lily's room into a cafe, set up signs, kitchen, register and even a behind-the-scenes tour. Who can resist?
Mia and I had a fantastic Mommy-Daughter date to Stone Summit one morning. We spent 2 hours there! We had a great time trying all the different auto-belay walls. Mia is really quite good at this. Me...not so much. I tried it but man, that used muscles I have completely forgotten about. I had a great time watching her though. I love her face in this bottom left picture; she had just realized the name of this course was "Amazing Amelia." She was stoked! After our bodies simply couldn't go any more, we headed over to The Varsity for lunch. Mia was pretty excited to try a Frosted Orange! I love my time with this fantastic girl!
Mia and I went rock climbing on the day Lily went to White Water to celebrate Rachael's 8th birthday. She had a great time that day! Here she is with Rachael and Raegan, both sweet girls from school.
She was very excited that the party turned in to a sleepover. The girls painted dolphin pictures that evening as a craft; isn't Lily's cute?
Our whole family is pretty excited about the new remote control helicopter Mia received! We've been having lots of fun with it!
We had a lot of fun today going to see Varekai at the Gwinnett Arena. We all love Cirque du Soleil, so this was fun for all four of us. Their acts are pretty amazing.
