Cinderella camp

While Morgan was at nature camp this week, Avery was doing a theater camp. She spent the afternoons rehearsing and then put on a short play on Saturday. Avery has done some theater at school in a large group, but this was the first time we'd seen her on stage like this. She had such a blast working on the play all week and performing on stage. She got selected as one of the top three performers of the week! She got to be Portia, one of the stepsisters! (Fun Fact - Aunt Erin played Portia in the same play in high school!)

Started off the day with mani/pedis (since we were leaving for vacation the next day!)

The program

On stage with the other stepsister, stepmother and Cinderella

"Cinderella, my flowers!"

"It fits!" (not so much!)

Singing a song with some other castmates

A few videos from the show...

 

     

Some pictures after the show...

New shades for vacay!

We picked up a few new things to take on our upcoming vacation to NC.

Morgan got these shades and this "Dog Person" hat (she loves it!)

Milo

Milo knows he's not supposed to be on the couch... but sometimes he'll jump up there and just look at me like "whatcha gonna do?" Or maybe he's giving me the sad eyes like "you're not really going to kick me off, are you?"

Here he is at daycare... all the dogs were running towards the door for outdoor time and Milo is perched on the tiniest little cot just looking at them like "hey, where y'all going?"

Sunday

We ended up with an extra bag of dog food, so we donated it to the Hinsdale Humane Society. While there dropping it off, we walked around and looked at the animals up for adoption. The girls loved the cat room! They wanted to bring home a kitten so bad! Too bad Daddy and Mommy are allergic to cats!

After lunch, the girls had a birthday party at a water park. Morgan loved the huge water slides and Avery loved the whirlpool.

When we got home, Avery wanted to chillax, so Morgan and I headed to the Rotary Fest to check out the rides. It was SO packed and the lines were ridiculous. We spent most of our time in lines. Once we met up with Aunt Erin, we took turns waiting in lines and timed it so we could go quicker from one ride to the next.

Family Reunion

My cousin arranged another family reunion and it happened to be right in our neighborhood this time!

Friday night, we had a pizza party at Erin's house. We celebrated my mom and Uncle Dave's birthdays.

On Saturday, after soccer, we headed to a park for a cookout. It was pouring for the first half of the cookout, so we all just hung out under the shelter. We celebrated my parents' 50th wedding anniversary. We also played a game with white elephant prizes. Morgan won a hat and gloves!

Last soccer game of the season

It was kind of a crazy season... lots of bad weather, cancellations and reschedules! In last week's game, both Avery and Morgan scored a goal! The game got cut short due to lightning. This week, we played the full game and took a team photo at the end! We've had a fun time playing on the park district team with some of their classmates. Next season, we are switching to Roadrunners, which is a little more intense and competitive. We'll see how it goes!

Happy 1st Birthday, Milo!

Milo turned 1 year old on June 24th! We celebrated with a grooming session and then a doggy ice cream treat (peanut butter flavored, of course!) He loved it!

He still is a crazy pup with lots of energy and hasn't calmed down too much yet! He keeps us entertained and we can't imagine not having him around!