Haircut

Annie had her first haircut today with our stylist Angela. Annie was excited all day looking forward to it. We went this afternoon and she did great. She sat pretty still then while Mia got her hair cut Annie ran all over. Luckily it was a slow day at the salon. Annie proudly points to her hair saying "bob, bob" telling everyone the style she had her hair cut into. Angela is great, has done Mia's since she was 2 and of course my hair.

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Summer week

I love when Mia and Annie play and Mia calls Annie "sweetie".



Annie is so reckless. I know it's her age but seriously we are going to run out if Hello Kitty bandaids by the end of the week!



Annie loves asking "mommy what that" or "mommy where Mia/daddy go?". She has true conversations with me. I love it!

Mia is doing bible vacation camp this week. It's a great program and a lot of the neighborhood kids are in it. She's loving it.

We've been to the pool a ton this week. Annie and I have taken my bike on park play dates. It's been a nice week.

Last weekend we went to Aunt Stacy's house for Jonah's birthday party. The kids had a blast playing on the giant slip and slide, riding the car roller coaster and baby pool.

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Busy week

Mia's summer Olympics wrapped up this week. On Thursday they had their closing ceremony for the parents. It was cute.




Friday our favorite kids singer, Justin Roberts performed at the Art Fair in town. It was great! We walked over with our friends. It was super hot but he always puts on a great show. We met up with two of Mia's friends from school. Her and Sophie ended up front row dancing and jumping.
Then later that day we attended the Fairy Tales program in Irons Oaks (educational nature center near us). It was nice, the kids dressed up like fairies, we listened to stories, did crafts and went on a hike in the woods to find fairies ;)
We've had a few pool play dates too which has been fun. Grandma came to babysit last night and took the kids to dinner and the Juggler that performed at the library. Dad and mom ran a 5k downturn to support Teach for America. It was a nice night to run.
















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Memorial Day weekend

What a fun weekend we had! Friday we headed up to Sister Lakes to spend the weekend at the summer house. The girls were SUPER excited for their first trip up there of the year. We got in around dinner time, had pizza with Grandma and Papo, played a bit then the kids went to bed. Saturday morning dad and mom went on a run but half way through our run, around mile 3 we saw lightning and headed back to the house. Soon a huge storm came through and the temps dropped. So we took the girls to Surfari Joe's to play at the water park, they had a blast. We came home for lunch then Grandma and Papo played with the girls and took them down to the Driftwood for ice cream while daddy and mommy went on a date (to a few of the local wineries and the chocolate garden - yum). We headed back and the girls really wanted to go into the pool but it was too cold (even though they made Papo go in so they could toss in their dive bombs and he could retrive them), so we had a BBQ and a bonfire. After the girls roasted a marshmellow Grandma gave them baths and put them to bed. We stayed up late and enjoyed the fire while the temps were still cool. Sunday is when the heat wave hit - we had breakfast then the girls and grandma and I went to a few markets for flowers and fruits/veggies. We came back and hit the pool. After lunch we packed up and headed home. We took the girls to DQ for a special after dinner treat (oh boy lots of ice cream this weekend, not a regular thing!)





















Monday we went to our town's annual Memorial Day parade. We walked over with our friends and then went to starbucks after with them. After lunch and a little rest time we took the girls to the pool since it is now officially open! Mia saw Lili and Sophie and was excited to play with them at the pool. She was having a blast jumping in and holding her breath under water. We came home for a nice bbq then put the kiddos to bed. They were wiped out from a long but fun weekend!










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Last day of school

Yesterday was Mia's end of the year picnic. It was fun being her room mom this year. Her teachers were so great. One of the dads is a photographer so we took a picture of the kids and framed it for the teachers plus gave them each a $100 gift cert to our local Aveda spa. Mia had a blast with her friends - she plays with everyone. It's amazing how much she's grown this year. We were just talking last night how proud we are that she is confident and social and is a leader. We stayed on later after the picnic was over so she could play with Ben, Mark and Charlie. Annie had a blast running after her big sister and playing too. The kids are so cute with Annie.
This summer Mia will be doing
the summer Olympics at her school, bible vacation camp and swim lessons plus some programs at iron oaks, the library reading program in the parks and good ole safety town.

This year flew by! Mia will start 4 year old preschool in September again. We decided only 3 days a week again even though she would love to go 5 days - she has many years of school ahead I want her to have as much fun as possible.



Mia and Annie eating with Abby and Quinn








Mia with Charlie, mark and Ben.
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hot weekend

it was over 90 both Saturday and Sunday this weekend! So hot! Friday daddy came home early because of the NATO summit crazyness downtown stuff. We had a cook out then actually (it was still cool on Friday) had a campfire with smores. Saturday the heat hit, just in time for our annual 5k in Homewood. Dad pushed the girls and I ran alone. I placed 2nd in my age group! It was hot, I was expecting to finish little faster but considering the heat, very pleased with my result. Dad did great too and the girls had a blast, we played a bit at the park after since Mia's bff was there (her mom and older sisters ran too) so it was a fun morning. Then we did our errands and chores and ate out at the Brewery for dinner. It was movie night so the girls picked "underdog'" for their movie this weekend. Sunday after church we picked up a few more veggie plants for the garden then after lunch headed to the splash pad because again it was so hot out! We had another grill out then early bed since Annie did not take her nap. Much cooler today.




















Only picture I got of Corey crossing the finish.

Annie's birthday celebration

For Annie's birthday this year we went to see a play in the city then went to the Rainforest cafe for dinner. The play was based on three Eric carle books the girls love and it was a fun show for them to see. We had a great time. Papa came on Friday to visit for the weekend and the girls played in our backyard all day it was so nice out - even ate lunch outside.
Annie received a bike, sit and spin and books from grandma and papo, dresses from uncle Brian, and a basketball hoop and ball from papa. She received money, gift cards and a few other toys from other family and friends She had a great birthday - thanks to all who made her day special.



















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