He has eyes!

We took Milo to the groomer for the first time! He loved it, because they let him play with all the other dogs while they wait for their turn. He was sooooo exhausted when he got home that he immediately crashed! He even left the cute little scarf on for a bit before trying to chew it off. :)

Cold

Avery picked up a nasty cold from her Girl Scout camp out. Poor thing was totally stuffed up and not feeling well. She ended up staying home from school for two days. Of course, to be on the safe side, we went and got a COVID test. She didn't have a fever or any "official" symptoms of COVID, according to the school. But, we still wanted to be sure she was ok to return to school. We went through a drive thru location that did a throat test. So, it was pretty quick and easy. We got the results back in 6 hours! And it was a PCR test, not a rapid test.

Weekend

Started the weekend off with a soccer game. And look what was the best part... an ice cream truck stopped by the parking lot! He knows where to go!

Then, we dropped Avery off for a Girl Scout campout. She originally had not wanted to spend the night, so we were planning to pick her up at 8:00 PM. But, I got a text from the troop leader saying Avery really wanted to stay over and if we would bring her some clothes. So, she had her first sleepover! I think she had a blast!

While Avery was at camp, Morgan and I headed to Crystal Lake to hang out with the fam and go to a carnival. There were a few rides, a petting zoo, a maze, a magic show, a hayrack ride... just lots of fun things!

Grayson and Morgan getting ready to ride the swings

These swings go WAY high in the sky!

Morgan's other favorite ride - she rode this like 7 times

Large obstacle course

Selfie on the hay ride

You can see the carnival rides in the background

Morgan spent SO much time at the petting zoo

With the bunny

Finished off the day with a blue snow cone!

We also celebrated Erin's birthday with pizza and cupcakes!

 

Um, it's not THAT cold!

It was a little chilly today, so the girls threw on jackets. Avery decided she needed gloves. Ha!

Avery got her ears pierced!

Avery has been asking for a while to get her ears pierced. Considering she freaks out about getting a flu shot each year, I was really surprised she would purposely want a needle through her ear! :) But, she was ready! I did some research and found a tattoo/piercing parlor by us that came highly recommended for kids piercings. We had to wait a bit because the place was super packed! I think that added to the nervousness. They had two piercers come in and they did both ears at the same time. So, it was over really quickly. She did great and sat very still. She said it hurt, but not that bad. She got to pick out the earrings, so she picked some pink opals that are very pretty. She's counting down the weeks until she can switch out the earrings and wear all kinds of fun ones! We celebrated with a blizzard from Dairy Queen for the ride home! :)

Fancy

The girls went to their friend Bianca's birthday party last night. Bianca is one of Avery's besties and she had her party at Dazzling Divas, which is where Avery is having her birthday party. Ha! They all got manicures, makeovers, glitter hair, etc. Then, they went for pizza (and got to drink soda)! Avery said she picked Sprite and Morgan picked Orange Crush! So much fun!

Soccer practice

Our soccer team is working on a lot of things this year. 3rd grade soccer has so many changes and it's taking some time to get used to everything. Tonight we were working on defending the goal and kicking the ball AWAY from the goal towards the sideline. :)

 

Puppy Kindergarten

Milo started training class at Doggie Depot near our house this week. He did great! He was exhausted when he got home. :)

 

Block party

The block next to ours had a party on Saturday. Since we are in the middle of two streets, they invited us as well. It was a hot day, but nice to meet some of the 3rd Street neighbors. One of our neighbors, Mike (who has the golden retrievers that Morgan and Avery love!), is in a band, so they played at the block party. They were really good! And I found out he has a brother who plays in a pretty famous Chicago blues band. Kind of cool!

The fire department showed up with a truck for the kiddos to check out. So much fun!

This is one of our babysitters, Hope, with the girls and Milo (and another neighbor girl Addie). Hope is Lily's younger sister. Lily is off to college, so she wasn't at the block party.

 

Enjoying my gift from Erin :)

 

Curriculum Night

The girls' school had a curriculum night on Thursday. The girls had soccer practice with Matt, so I went to the school and bounced back and forth between their two classrooms. It worked out well because Avery's teacher finished up early and I could go sit in Morgan's classroom for the rest of the time. The teachers have little notes for you to fill out to leave for the kiddos to find in the morning. Also, Morgan's teacher had a quiz for the kiddos to grade in the morning to see how well we knew them. :)

Relaxing Labor Day

We didn't too much for Labor Day. Avery and I did a little shopping with my mom and Erin in the morning.

We walked around the neighborhood and saw a bunch of monarch butterflies!

Then, we went to the park the girls practice soccer at for a bit. Fun times on the zip line...

We got a little training in for Milo!

 

Birthday cookout

We had a cookout at Erin's house and celebrated Labor Day and my birthday with everyone. The weather was gorgeous, so we took Milo and he hung out on the back deck. Mostly slept. Ha! He's pretty chill. He loves attention!

We have cupcakes and strawberry pie! I had lots of help blowing out the candles!

I'm not even sure how she got blue icing on her cheek!

Busy Saturday!

We packed a lot into our Saturday!

We started off with a girls' mani/pedi day. Morgan got blue polish! Avery and I got different shades of pink. :)

We have been trying to take Milo on walks. It gets more successful each time. This time, we got to the end of the block and he laid down and rolled over for a belly rub. Ha!

Here we are back on the sidewalk, up and walking!

Family selfie!

In the afternoon, the girls and I checked out the carnival at Ty Warner Park. It was pretty small, with just a few rides and games. Lots of booths for food and BBQ, so I think that was a main draw. Morgan rode the kids dragon roller coaster and the ferris wheel.

They put her with another group of kids so she wasn't by herself. (Avery wouldn't ride this, so we watched down below).

Of course, Morgan loved it! That's her waving at the top!

Then, we played a couple of games.

After the carnival, we met up at the park with the cousins and my parents. They were in town for the holiday weekend and had picked up Nolan and Calvin to stay at Erin's house for the night. So, all the cousins got to hang out together.

There was a baseball game going on with Papa.

Morgan just running around... never stops moving!

The other cousins playing on the park equipment.

 Such a fun day! We were all exhausted by the end of the day!