Cup Cakes

These were fun and yummy too!

9 years old

Abbie is now a big 9 year old and had a very fun filled day! She loved all of her gifts and is feeling like such a big girl. We started the day with gifts and then her friend Haleigh came over to help decorate cup cakes, it was Haleigh's Birthday yesterday; she's nine as well. The girls shared a party together later in the day. We used the rec. room and pool near the house...great idea it was such a fun easy party. We had a little rain so we had to break out an old pin-the-tail on the donkey my mother had sent me from when I was little (yes it's a classic). The rain cleared up and we all got to enjoy the pool. Now we are getting ready for our first small sleepover and I'm not sure what to expect... I just have some wild memories of some of my own sleepovers as a child. Yikes!!!

Tooth

Hayley has lost her front tooth, this is the third tooth she has lost and there is no messing around with this girl! In the afternoon she had let me know her tooth was loose, she wiggled and pulled so much that before going to bed she had pulled it out! This seems to be a trend with her, once it's loose just to pull it out. Makes her look so big. I guess she will be starting 1st grade with a whole new look.

Fun Swim

Freestyle

Breast stroke

Butterfly

This was a local fun meet in our town that Abbie had a good time swimming in. I can see she is getting very strong and still has a very competitive drive.

Ice Skating

Hayley has taken up ice skating, so we have spent a little time on the rink this week. We were surprised at how well the girls can ice skate. I guess roller blades do help. As for Tim and myself we found it to be a bit of work. Hayley has five more weeks of lessons and a lot of practice time. I think I will stick to the sidelines!

Beach

I did it! Wow!!! Here is a little video of the girls on the beach. Tim bought me a new video flip for my Birthday, I had so much fun with it at the beach but not much luck getting it set up on the computer. Today's my lucky day I got the video on the computer, now I just need to work on moving them around to where I want them.

The Big Climb

There she goes up to the top! Made it like a champ all the way up to ring the bell.
We went to the Back to School Fair on post yesterday. Lot's of booths with information and the usual bouncy house and rock wall. Abbie was the only one in our group wanting to climb.
We have been keeping busy this summer. I will start working again next month and the girls will start school the end of August so we are enjoying all we can before the routine starts again.

Back from the Beach

The North Carolina Aquarium is always so much fun. We stayed at the beach for a week and spent a few hours three of the days exploring the aquarium. We did an evening dinning with the fish, that was great! Nine people in the entire place and we got an aquarium educator to answer any of our questions (did you know this is the year of the frog...). The first three days of our trip was very windy...great for kite flying. The nights were a bit restless thinking the trailer would plow over. However we all made it just fine.