What’s for lunch?

So what do you do all summer with all the kids home asking “what’s for lunch” about ten times a day?  You get creative.

Make home made orange Julius drinks with frozen burritos during a swim break in the back yard.  Nothing says hello summer like a frozen burrito and cold drink out in 106 degree weather!

 

Too hot outside?  Why not bring the picnic inside?  My kids love to finish off almost every meal with warm tortillas with melted butter on it.  They get this recipe from their dad.

 

Picnic not good enough any more?  Go ahead and play “train ride” while mom tries to mop the floor.  They are in the dining cart eating more frozen burritos and sandwiches.

 

Hmm, so what’s for lunch today?  Any good ideas?

Shave and a haircut

So if you’ve known me a while you know I have this comfort with long hair.  I’ve had long hair for well, a long time.  I finally decided to cut it and each time I went in I felt like I had gotten a lot cut off only to realize two weeks later that it’s still long.  I’m not brave enough to do it all at once.  I like to go in stages.  So here are my stages.  I didn’t realize it had gotten so long.

Hair was at my waist about a year ago:

8 inches later:

4 inches after that and here we are today:  

If they could see me now

This summer has been busy for Abigail. Between dancing, singing and acting, she's got quite the theatrical bug in her. She had her dance recital a few weeks ago and it was great. They performed the ballet "Cinderella" where she was a pumpkin. Then she did a tap number to "Surfin' Safari". They did a great job and her dance skills have really improved since last year.

Then she did an acting camp at Stockdale High School where they did a "Night at the Improv". They did about 20 different variety numbers. I had no idea what it was all about or what she was even doing until the night of her performances. She was in about 9 different numbers where she sang, danced, and was a puppet for a skit.

She loves dancing around the house, singing all sorts of songs and making up a bunch of her own lyrics and moves. Now that the performances are over we are taking a break for the rest of the summer and will start up again in fall. Can't wait to see what this next year will be like. She has decided to move from tap and ballet to jazz and ballet. She keeps us on our toes for sure.

Pumpkin

Surfin Safari

Not liking all the make-up

She gets these lashes from her dad. Lucky girl.