Dog Days of Summer

We are right in the middle of our summer and trying to stay busy!  It is not easy keeping Abbie and Carter busy while still trying to let Elisabeth get as much sleep as she needs.  She was forced to go down to one nap a day once summer started because we just couldn’t fit two naps in.

This week Abbie and Carter kept busy with another camp.  This time Abbie did cheerleading and Carter did basketball.  They both had a great time at camp this week and at least it kept them busy during the mornings. 

On Wednesday Carter played a little exhibition game while Abbie cheered so Mimi and Bebe came up to watch them and go out to lunch with us afterward.  We always love when we have visitors during the middle of the week!  All of the kids were super excited to see them as usual!

Thursday was the “official” end of camp game and cheerleading program.  Stephen met Elisabeth and me during his lunch break to watch them perform.  They both looked so cute!  It was a great way to end a week of camp!

Elisabeth worked on her latest trick all week, climbing the stairs!  She LOVES to climb on them.  If someone comes down the stairs and doesn’t immediately close the gate, she will be on the stairs in a second.  She crawls up the bottom half but them holds on the railing to walk up the second half.  I guess she wants to be a big girl!

Friday night Halle and Lauren came over for a mock slumber party.  They played, ate pizza, went for frozen yogurt and watched a movie.  It was quite a party, the only thing missing was the “slumber”! 

The girls had a lot of fun playing dress-up in Abbie’s old ballet costumes while I managed to keep Carter and Elisabeth away from them. 

Of course, they all ate dinner together, with Carter right in there with all the girls.  At one point the kids were all telling each other their middle names.  Lauren didn’t want to tell everyone what hers was.  Carter chimed in with, “You can tell us Lauren.  We are all friends here.”!  He thinks he is just one of the girls!

I had a 15 minute head start with the big girls at the yogurt shop before Stephen brought Carter and Elisabeth in his car.  As we were all outside eating our yogurt I heard a kid yell “Hey guys!”.  For a second I was thinking “Who is this strange kid screaming across the parking lot?” and then I realized it was Carter.  He is a mess!

We all came home and the kids cozied-up in the playroom to watch the latest American Girl movie about Saige.  It was the perfect way to end a fun evening with friends!

We managed to stay busy and survive another week this summer.  Only five more to go!