Soccer

I guess this year we didn't think we had enough to do, so we decided to throw soccer into the midst of it all! Of course, the girls can't be on the same team (due to the age difference), so we're running around like chickens with our heads cut off trying to keep up with practices and game schedules. The girls have loved it, but I think they like the idea of being on a team, wearing cool shin guards, running around and the possibility of playing goalie more than they like to get in there and kick the ball. I guess whatever keeps them active, right? It's been fun and it's nice to be able to sit outside and have the other kids play on the playground. One more week...we can do it!

Get Your Lemonade!! Only 25 Cents!!

This summer, our project was a lemonade stand. We converted a puppet theater that Austin had made for the kids several years ago into our stand. We got an amazing response and lots of very generous customers. In the first two times they did it (a total of about 3 hours), they made about $40! They would have people stop their cars and just throw money out of their windows! One very nice construction worker paid $10 for his little cup of lemonade. How crazy is that!?! Needless to say, it was worth our efforts and the girls even learned a little about how money actually works (except now they think that all you have to do is stand out on the street and people will give you money for nothing...hmmm...I'm not sure that that is the lesson I was trying to teach them.)

Swim Lessons

To me, the essence of summer is swim lessons! The kids had a great time. Their lessons started at 6:30 pm and it was perfect. It wasn't too hot, Austin was there to help and because we were the last lessons of the night, we were able to stay and swim until they closed at 9:00. Paige got brave and started going down the big windy slide (about 3 stories high) all by herself. Kamae and I loved to just float around in the lazy river.

Paige's Dance Competition

Paige was in a competing dance group this past year at Progressions Dance Academy. Here are some pictures of her and her team getting ready for their second competition. They did a jazz dance to Someday My Prince Will Come by Ashley Tisdale (blue costume). It was so dang cute. At the beginning, Paige has her back to the audience and they are supposed to bounce their hips to the beat. She'd get so into it that her head would start bobbing too. I loved it! The other dance was a lyrical dance to "Second Start From the Right" from Peter Pan. In their first competition they took 1st in their lyrical dance and 2nd in their jazz dance and in their second competition they took 1st in both! Way to go, girls!