Last Days of Summer

Hard to believe that summer is almost over - our school district backed the first day of school to September 4, so we still have a few more weeks. But the reality of no more sleeping in, practice schedules, homework, early bedtimes, etc is starting to appear. We have had a pretty lazy August, which has been nice. Here is some of what has been going on ... A yard transformation - going from this:

to this:

Now we have more "play" area for the trampoline that was dug into the top tier, and swing set that is coming soon (as soon as new grass takes). We have had lots of swim days (and ice cream) with friends.

Lagoon Day with Jason's company - gotta love the matching company shirts! I am a total chicken when it comes to roller coasters so Hayden came along to ride the rides with Mia. They had a blast!!

And some play at home days - I have a jar of fun ideas for them to pick from when they say the dreaded words - "I'm bored!" They have made obstacle courses, wrote a play, helped me bake goodies and even got creative with play-doh and wrote out the alphabet.

Piper has loved having so much attention and going and doing all the things the big girls do. She has discovered the trampoline and loves to jump! And she cannot get enough of the pool. She also watches the girls practice their gymnastics and she tries to do what they are doing -- she is going to be shocked in a few weeks when the girls go back to school and she is stuck with me all by herself.