Swimming Lessons - Day 1

The girls started swimming lessons today. One was excited, one wasn't. I bet you can't guess which is which. I'll give you a hint. The one that wasn't excited woke up at 4:30 today and was ready for a nap by swimming lessons at 10:00!

The good news is they were both all smiles after swimming lessons!

The Little Mermaid

GranDi treated all the girls to a trip to Montgomery to see The Little Mermaid at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. It was fabulous, as expected. Charlotte took about a 45 minute nap in the middle. She woke up and got right back into it like she hadn't missed a beat!

Julia did not like Ursala or Prince Eric's ship. She kept waiting for a pirate fight to break out on the ship! We had a little wall separating us from the section below. When Ursala was on stage she would sit on the floor and lean against the wall until she was off stage!

hiding from Ursala

Such a fun girls day! We can't wait to do it again next summer with Beauty and the Beast! 

Kindergarten Prep!

Julia had her kindergarten screening this morning. She has been so excited about going to the kindergarten school today. We were waiting her turn when Megan Kaminski brought another kid out and he told his grandparents that he was a "kindercat" now. When Megan had taken the next student back Julia looked at me and said "I hope I'm not going to be a Kindercat". I explained to her that a Kindercat was a nickname and that all the kids at school would be kindercats next year. She thought about it a second and said "Well I don't want to be a real cat because then I can't live with you anymore." (I'm allergic to cats) I assured her that she could still live with me if she was a Kindercat!

Charlotte had to get in on the picture taking action too. She even fixed her own hair!

 

When we finished with Julia's screening we went to Wal-Mart to buy her school supplies. She had so much fun picking everything out. I would read what she needed off the list and she would find it. For the most part everything was pretty straight forward but she did want horse notebooks. The only notebooks they had with horses were Lisa Frank. I can't believe Lisa Frank is still around! 

Sissy was a good sport today!

 

Her favorite thing she picked out was her stuff for her lunchbox!  

After naptime this afternoon we busted out the girls magic ice cream makers that Rusty and Cristy gave them for Christmas. You're supposed to put the ingredients and ice in and shake for 3 minutes and you have ice cream. It wasn't quite that easy. After 3 shakes Julia told me she had shaken it for 3 minutes! They lost interst and said they were tired before their 3 minutes was up. Three minutes is a really long time when you're trying to get a 5 year old and an almost 3 year old to do one thing for the entire time! The ice cream never quite made, but it was cold and slushy and the girls still loved it. They've already asked when they can make more ice cream.

Megamind

Christie and I took all 5 of our kiddos to the movies in Dothan today. Today's $3 movie was Megamind. I had never heard of it before. I admittedly talked through most of it and we were about 20 minutes late so I still really can't tell you much about it, but our kids enjoyed it! We had the brilliant idea to go to the food court at the mall to eat after the movie. I'm not sure whose idea it was, but somehow we survived!

Horse Camp

Julia had her first day of horse camp today. To say she was excited is a gross understatement! When I picked her up I asked her what her favorite part was, her answer was "the horses"! 

 

ready for camp

Mrs. Karen posted these pictures of camp on Facebook. Julia rode Bella today. She was off the lead line the entire time and even trotted again. I'm so excited about some progress!

Charlotte and I hung around the house this morning and met Michael for lunch at Torrerro's. Charlotte was so excited to pick Julia up and see "her" horse Lilly, but she fell asleep before we got there. Julia was exhausted this afternoon too but fought a nap like it was her job! Thank goodness for early bed times!

Splash Pad Fun

The girls and I stayed pretty close to home today. We ventured to the splash pad late this afternoon. This is the first time we've been this year. Julia didn't love it last year but she did today! Charlotte enjoyed it to until she got too distracted by the slide.

Charlotte insisted on wearing her rain boots to the splash pad!

When we got home from the park the girls played in the pool in the backyard. Charlotte got her first fat lip going down the slide. I'm not sure exactly what she hit, I think she actually bit the inside of her lip when she went down it.

The girls are playing in Julia's room and Michael and I are watching Hart of Dixie on Netflix. I was looking for a new show to watch this summer and we've gotten hooked on it. It's in it's fourth season so we have lots of catching up to do!