Let the Summer Fun Begin!

Well, it appears that I haven't written for awhile. Whoops. Track kept me busy, but it's now over. We ended the season as conference champs in both 7th and 8th grade (oh yeah!) It was piles of fun and I can't wait for next year. Despite what people often say, I think middle school girls are awesome! Today was the last day of school, so summer has officially started now! I'm looking forward to slower days and a relaxed daily schedule. Garden season is gearing up now and soon I'll be eating lots of yummy things from my backyard. And now for pictures...
Sundays are hard on Keilah as they interfere with nap time. Here she couldn't make it through lunch before succumbing to precious sleep. That's sad, because Sunday-pizza-for-lunch time is the only time she will eat any sort of meat.
She continues to stop whatever cute thing it was that I was trying to get a picture of the moment she sees me get the camera. I have piles of pictures of her doing this and not of the cute thing I was trying to snap a picture.
More cheesy "smile" faces.
They just never end. 
Some day I'll get that picture I wanted.
Caught her the moment before she tipped her head back for another fake smile.
I managed to put her hair in pigtails the other week for the first time one Sunday morning. I had to work quickly. 

I cleaned off the back porch from winter time and Keilah has been delighted by the expansion of her world. Much time is spent back there playing and making that room into a mess. I sneaked up on her and quickly took this picture before she could see me and give another fake cheesy smile.
Sitting in the car with me and eating a muffin while we wait for David to be done with band at the middle school. She's wearing her favorite purple shoes. Anytime I try to put another pair on her, she refuses to walk and sits down crying as she tries to get the offending shoes off her feet. It kind of reminds me of a cat with shoes on its feet. 

This was Ana's ride to school today. She won a coloring contest held by the fire department. They picked up a kid at their own home from each grade and took them on a tour around town before putting on sirens and lights and driving them to school. It was a fun way for Ana to get to school today. 
And now summer vacation has officially started. I hope to post more frequently in the days to come, so stay tuned!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

A Tribute To My Mom

I am undertaking a three week challenge as a way of support for my dear mother.  I would include a picture here of her if I could, but she would not appreciate that (though I do have permission to write this post) Years ago, as a wee little lass, she had the misfortune of contracting polio.  While she was able to regain normal function and led a very normal life for most of her years, polio has reared its ugly head once more in her life, this time in the form of post-polio syndrome.  Click here for a link to just what post-polio is.  For those of you who prefer a one sentence summary of PPS, it's mainly a continual weakening of the muscles that were affected when polio was first contracted - it can range from mild to quite debilitating.  My mom has been struggling with full blown PPS for a couple of years now.  There is really no cure at all, few medicines to help, just learning to listen to your body in what it now has decided that it can no longer do and trying to keep your activ
Read more

Triplets Nine Years Apart

Image
Aaron and I always comment that by looking at one of our girls, you've seen them all. Apparently, I had triplets nine years apart. Below are 20 different pictures of the girls at similar ages. See if you can figure out who is who. I tried to find pictures without obvious clues in the background (siblings, house changes, etc.), though if you look really closely and know us well you'll be able to pick up a few giveaways. Answers will be at the bottom of the page. No peeking! 1. 2. 3.  4.  5. 6.  7. 8. 9. 10.  11.  12.  13.  14.  15.  16. 17. 18.   19. 20.  How do you think you did? I am interested in seeing how my family and friends do on this challenge. Drop me a comment below and let me know how many you got right! Scroll down for the answers... 1. Ana;  2. Abby;  3. Abby;  4. Keilah;  5. Ana;  6. Abby;  7. Keilah;  8. Ana;  9. Keilah;  10. Abby;  11. Abby;  12.
Read more

Abby's New Look

Image
We've had a busy last week or so.  Here's some big news in Abby's life.  She lost her two front teeth. They came out about four days apart.  She truly lost the second tooth and wasn't able to put it under her pillow for the tooth fairy.  The tooth fairy apparently isn't as vigiliant about leaving money when there is no actual tooth to collect.  But after a few days, our tooth fairy remembered and finally slipped some money under Abby's pillow along with an extra quarter for having to wait so long for her to decide to show up.  At the same time, David had a tooth under his pillow for about three weeks waiting for the tooth fairy.  The tooth fairy finally had to visit during the day when he wasn't in his room, when she finally remembered to pick up the tooth.  It's hard on the tooth fairy to show up when David stays up later than the tooth fairy does these days.  Here's Abby's new look: She's also delighted with the fact that she doesn't ha
Read more