July Fun

Of course, there's been plenty of swimming as things have been heating up around here, and we've had several pool ball parties as we do every summer with the boys.  When we're not out in the pool, we're with friends or at the library.  The kids have loved the summer reading program and the rewards that go with it.

Here we are enjoying our free whataburgers and later we got our free cookie dough from Papa Murphy's.  Not a bad deal just for reading!

They've also had special visitors at the library like Critterman and a magician.  We weren't thrilled with the hissing cockroach, but touching the python at the end was pretty neat!

Hazel did Princess Dance Camp again this summer at the Wylie Rec Center, which was just for 4 days, 1 hour each of ballet and a craft.  You can see her cute bun in the picture above.  She wore a different princess bow in her hair each day because her Aunt Natalie gave her a few more while we were in Waco.  Lucky girl!  

We've also watched a few Disney movies for the first time this summer, one of them being 101 Dalmatians.  They loved it.  Sometimes their cuteness is just too much.  Sure, they fight occasionally, I get frustrated too much, and one time I left Kroger crying, but most of the time they're just the sweetest things ever and I can't believe they're mine... like when I find them in these unprompted moments... 

when they have several chairs to choose from and they choose the same one,

and when I'm in the kitchen and I hear Hazel "reading" to Grayson,

and when I watch them hug each other every morning because they're so excited to see each other (the night is much too long),

my heart just melts.  I'm a lucky mama to have these two playmates everyday.