July Happenings

The first week of July Ava had a blast at theatre dance camp.  She broke in her new jazz shoes, made props and costumes, and enjoyed time with her friends.

We were treated to a performance on the last day that included scenes from Annie, Cats and Chorus Line.  This is where Ava's heart is for sure!  It was so fun to watch her dance musical theatre :)

 

We spent July 4th at the beach pool with these 4 cuties...

(photo bombed by their Dads)

We spent the evening at the town's Red White and Boom celebration with our neighbors.

The band was great and the fireworks were awesome.  But the hundreds of chigger bites the four of us woke up to the next morning were not.  (Note to self:  Stay away from the Texas woods in July.  Even if you have two kids who can't wait behind 100 people to use the portable potty.)

 

 

Other fun stuff lately.....

Evenings at the Pool.   We like to take dinner and close it down :-)

And do silly things!

Half-priced shakes after 8 :-)

Saturday morning sillies

Tea Parties with sweet friends

7-11 (Free Slurpee Day!)

Mommy/Ava Day

Air Hockey & Lunch

And pedicures :-)

And to the Dollar Tree for envelopes.  Yes, my 6 year old begged for a box of envelopes because she was all out.  And how could she share her art/books/drawings with family and friends without them?

 

I've switched back to an iphone so Jeff set Ava up to imessage from her ipad.  Here's a clip of our first conversation last Friday afternoon.

I've never seen her so excited about anything!  She has since been given all of her grandparents' and Aunt Kara's numbers and she loves to text them throughout the day. 

So surreal.  My first baby is 6 in just a few weeks!