1. Tee Ball Back at the beginning of June, Jacob finished up his first tee ball season. He really enjoyed playing and made some new friends in the process. He started the season with a bang -- three homeruns in the first game. After hitting three homeruns your first three times at bat, where do you go from there?!?! (Ssshhhhh....don't tell Jacob that when playing tee ball at this level, if you're the last at bat, you always get a homerun.) :)
Even though he had fun playing, his favorite part of tee ball was receiving a trophy at the end. And yes, he wore his sunglasses in almost every game. :)
2. Summer Camp Then came summer camp. We had an olympic / sports theme, so the first week, during our opening ceremony, each camper made an olympic torch to help "light" the olympic flame. Here are my two little olympians.
Summer camp was tons of fun -- exhausting, but fun. We played sports, went to the beach, took weekly field trips, played games, made all sorts of crafts, etc... At the end of every day, all three of us were completely worn out. I passed out on the couch just about every night and the kids usually fell asleep in the car a couple minutes after we pulled out of the church parking lot. If Annabelle fell asleep in the car, that usually meant she was out for the rest of the night. I put her right into bed and she never woke up. She missed dinner several nights this summer. But don't worry, she made up for any missed dinners with plenty of snacks the next day.
3. July 4th No Independence Day celebration would be complete without fireworks. This year, we went out to dinner and hung around outside the restaurant to see the big show. Actually, we were able to see three different sets of fireworks from here. Fireworks are great...except for the fact that they never begin until after 9:00 PM. By that time, crankiness has had plenty of time to set in and both my kids turn into firecrackers themselves -- a little "bonus entertainment" for the people around us. In any case, we all had fun and, consequently, slept really well that night. :)
4. Tooth Fairy Before summer, Jacob told me had a tooth that was "a little weak." It was his first loose tooth. When I wiggled it to confirm, I think I actually shed a tear...just a tiny one. He's just growing up so fast! Several weeks later, we had a visit from the tooth fairy. I packed a nectarine for Jacob's lunch one day. As he sat at the table eating wth his friends, he bit into that nectarine, forgetting all about his loose tooth. His tooth was now just sort of...hanging there. He gave it a quick twist and it came right out. That made Jacob a superhero. Everyone in our summer camp class (especially all the boys) couldn't believe he just lost a tooth. Wow! Jacob couldn't have been more proud. He walked around showing everyone. That night, the tooth fairy stopped in to collect Jacob's little tooth and left him two dollars (special gold coin dollars) in return. Very exciting.
5. Fashionista Annabelle developed a new passion -- cosmetology and fashion. She loves barrettes, headbands, and ponytail holders. And she loves to put several of these hair accessories in her hair all at once. The more, the better. "Do I look pwetty?" she says. As many times as I said I would never do this, I have occasionally let her go out in public with all these things in her hair. We went out to eat one night and she fixed her hair in the car. When we arrived at the restaurant, she probably had seven barrettes, a headband, and a ponytail holder in her hair. She completed the look with a tiara. She had worked so hard on this and was so proud of herself, I didn't have the heart to redo her hair.
She is also very picky about her clothes. She will hardly ever wear shorts or pants now because "shorts don't twirl and spin." She will only wear "pwincess pants," i.e. dresses and skirts. And she has her favorites. She wears a little black sundress with "sparkles" about three days a week and she really loves a certain brightly colored skirt with flowers on it. If you come to our house one morning and find Annabelle crying, it's probably because she's just found out her favorite outfits have not been washed yet and are unable to be worn. And that brings me to another topic: the neverending laundry. She changes clothes no less than four times a day...just because. "Annabelle, why did you change your clothes AGAIN?" I ask. 'Because," she says, shrugging her shoulders, "I just wanted to."
It may not sound like a whole lot, but that's, pretty much, our summer in a nutshell. We stayed busy, that's for sure. Jacob did celebrate his 6th birthday a few weeks ago, but that deserves a post of it's own. More to come later!
No comments:
Post a Comment