Summer!

Summer is here and we are loving it!

 Fun on the swings. 

 

Yes, I did try to eat the rocks and they are delicious.

We started weekly picnics to someplace new.  Our first was to the Ballard Locks and it was a success. 

Callie's First Ballet Recital

Callie had her first ballet recital.  She was so excited to dance on stage.  As we were leaving I asked her what her favorite part was.  She said "First ask me what I didn't like." So I did, and she didn't like when it was over. 

 Getting her eyes "colored."

 

 Dancing on stage.

 

Her turn to be on stage by herself.

 



It's blurry, but she's so stinkin cute!

Miss Jennifer said to stop on the "x" so I'm going to! 

And I'm supposed to do an arabesque here.

 



Backstage waiting to go on for the final bow.

Gymnastics

Callie LOVES gymnastics.  As in she gets giddy as we enter the parking lot.  This is seriously her happy place. 

 

 

4th of July

We've had a great and relaxing 4th of July.  We walked down to watch the Normandy Park parade.  It is such a great, low key parade that still lets cars throw candy for the kids.  Callie loved the "silly, silly cars" which would be any car that was decorated with streamers, balloons, or flags. One car even threw money to her! 

After the parade, we came home and tested out some of the pop its while Greg and Nancy were here.  They were a hit.  She loved them and figured out she could throw a whole handful at once for much more effect.  We had only bought two boxes, so we ended up taking the money she got from the parade and walking up to the firework stand to buy some more.  She wanted to wait until it was darker to try them and the rest of the sparklers.

After going through most of the sparklers, Mike and Callie prepared for a camp out downstairs to wait until it got even darker for the last of them.  We'll see if she makes it.

Lighting a turtle with Dad...this one was not a hit.  It was too loud. 

Action series of throwing the pop its.

Sly little look...did you see what I just did? 

Fascinated by the sparklers. 

We had told her not to throw the pop its towards people, but I really wanted to get a picture of her throwing them.  After explaining that is was okay to throw them towards me because I was far enough away, she said "I can go like this!" and set them on the ground and stomped out.