Tennis

Here are some pictures from the kids' first day of tennis lessons. Andrew is a bit on the young side for them (he missed the age cutoff, but they let me enroll him anyway) but he's trying!

Yoga and other stuff..

Isabella and Gianna started their first yoga class and they both loved it and learned so much!

Andrew and I, in the meantime, relaxed at our hangout spot where we go for coffee and hot chocolate, with whipped cream please.

Did someone sneak a shot of espresso in his hot chocolate?One of the projects in the girls' yoga class was to make a jar to open when they are angry. The jars are full of ideas that they came up with to use when they are angry - yoga poses, count, read, etc... I LOVE this idea!

Taking pictures of the jars in their room made me want to share their library book bags. The library is another big hangout for us this summer.The bags have a little spot for their library cards! Aren't they the cutest bags?

Unfortunately, I did NOT make them!

Ariel and Abu

Some canine friends of ours just moved to the area, so to welcome them (ok, and their parents!) we made them peanut butter doggie treats!

And in case any of our canine friends are reading this (YES, we mean you, Jane!) we might have a made a few extra that we will package up and mail soon!

Birthday celebration

Since it was only days before her actual birthday, we celebrated Mom's birthday when she was at our house...

Isabella giving Grandma her artwork and handmade gift...
Here is Gianna giving Grandma her gift...
Grandma wearing Isabella and Gianna's gifts...
Assisting Grandma with a gift...
The next morning, I captured a stolen moment between Isabella and her grandma...

(Thank you Bev for noticing them!)
Gianna with her 17th (I'm not kidding) and final pancake of the morning!

Fourth of July 2012

The Fourth of July was H O T here (and everywhere, I bet!)
We did what we could to cool off - slip and slide and popsicles.
Then we went back into the air conditioning...