Prancing Princess

Evie's dance rehearsal was the same afternoon as time trials for swim team. So I took her to the rehearsal while Ben filled in for me setting up at the pool. Evie was in love with the costume this year! It was all sparkles and pouf.

The rehearsal and recital were both at Lafayette High again. 

We got there a little early to get in the pictures line before her dance numbers so we could get out of there early if possible.

I think their class photo was this pose. I guess I'll find out if I ever go pick up my pictures. 

Evie got to do the splits at the end of the second dance, and has been excited about it for months! I think she would have preferred to have her class photo on this pose instead. 

A closer look at her crazy flexibility.

She wanted to pose all over the school, but I had to rush her out to get ready for swim. 

She felt like the fanciest swimmer ever. She really wanted to swim with the bun. I let her keep it in as long as possible. She looked hilariously like a conehead in her swim cap, but I was worried the cap would rip, so I undid all that hair before she swam. 

Can you possibly spot Evie in this group of wiggly kids?

Time trials was crazy and fun. It was brutally hot, but at least the kids got to cool off in the water. 

Recital Day!

 I volunteered to be the mom in the back room with our class. I tricked my friend into staying back there to keep me company. The girls were really good. Some of them were as young as 5, so that could have been mayhem, but they were sweet. We all watched Frozen and they colored and shared treats. 

 We only had a few tears when Evie and another friend were accused of laughing at one of the names in the program. Full disclosure, they totally were laughing at a name in the program. I just had them apologize and then distracted everyone with a game. 

 These two, man. 

 Happy girl after a successful recital. We always forget to buy flowers for these sorts of things. Luckily, there were some for sale in the lobby. So smart, and so helpful!

 My sweet tiny dancer. 

 Kara got 3 blue ribbons at swim time trials!

 Kiersten had blue and red ribbons. I can't remember what Evie had because we never got a picture of hers. She's usually just glad to have any ribbons, regardless of color. 

No More Pencils, No More Books

Kara successfully completed her first year of middle school. The sixth grade was pretty different, but she figured it out and made it through. The last day of school her "blue team" had a trivia party, and her table was beach themed. So she lugged all this beach stuff to school in the morning. 

Kiersten finished up fourth grade, and Evie conquered second. They aren't allowed to take anything on the the bus other than a bagged lunch. So it was a pretty easy morning for them. 

They had so many poses that they wanted to try. 

Some of Evie's poses were crazy.

Overall, they were happy to be headed to the last day... for now. 

Kara was out of school at 11:30, and had a pineapple, haha. I brought my silly string to spray her, and a group of boys got off the bus with one of our neighbor boys, so I made sure to spray them all really well too. That was pretty fun for me, and possibly embarrassing for her. 

I let her tag along with me to meet the elementary bus. It was a little bit late due to the crazy last day schedule. 

Kiersten doesn't like silly string in her hair. I sprayed her anyway. 

I loaded up the girls and went to the park for the last day play date. I actually parked in a subdivision near the park so it would be easier to leave. This park is fun, but it has a terrible parking lot. 

They sure do adjust quickly to the lazier days of summer!

T'was Mother's Day

We were in town for Mother's Day this year, and all I wanted was to hang out together and have a relaxing day.

The girls always get so excited for me to see their gifts. They are always very thoughtful. 

Kara gave me an inflatable ring toss game. Since it was too early for the pool, we had fun playing with it in the livingroom. It took kind of a long time to inflate everything.  

While Ben was working on the base, Evie and Kiersten had fun with the donuts. 

Kara fell asleep on the couch, so we wanted to make sure she could be included in the fun. 

Maybe we got a little carried away. We did end up with a donut on each limb, and the small one on her head. 

I'm super good at ring toss. 

Party time!

When the pool finally opened, we took it with us on our first pool day. It sure looked funny sticking up out of the sun roof. We now have a new method, where the post is sticking down into the car instead of having to wrestle it into the back seat, the bigger part just sits on top. 

Fun times!