Catching up!

Sorry I didn't get a post up last week. No real excuse. The girls and I went to Montgomery for a few days to visit Grandma and Pap Pap. Summer swim and tennis lessons are both over now so we are just enjoying as much pool time as we can. Curly continues to do well with swimming. The Bear is fairly timid in the pool; however, just today she actually allowed me to let go of her so she could float on her own (with a floatie of course). This is a HUGE improvement for The Bear and she normally clings for life to someone's arm or neck or hair or whatever body part she can grab. I am hoping this is finally the beginning of her becoming more independent in the pool.

This week the girls are in music camp at church. It's a Rodeo theme. Curly goes to her class by herself for a few hours each morning. I go with The Bear to her music class. She was shy at first today but thankfully her sweet friend, Kate, is in the class. Kate is full of happy energy and she got The Bear in a dancing mood. It didn't take long for her to really start enjoying the class. I am finishing up my last few weeks of Boot Camp and Zumba classes. Have you ever tried Zumba? Well you should. If you don't know what it is, just google it. It's a lot of fun. Boot Camp, though, literally kicks my bootie. My teacher is tough but great. Only two weeks left for both classes.

I just realized I never did a post about the 4th of July. The four of us went to the parade in downtown Woodstock. It's very kid friendly. The girls had a blast. We also had some good friends come into town Saturday afternoon for the weekend. We went back to Woodstock for their fireworks show Saturday night. We tailgated in a Lowe's parking lot until they started. This was the first time we took the girls to fireworks on the 4th. Curly had seen fireworks at Disney World but never on the 4th. Since fireworks didn't start until 9:30, we didn't want to go far from home or get stuck in hours of traffic in Atlanta to see a bigger fireworks show. The Woodstock show was perfect for us right now. Thanks to Alan, Jenny , Laura and Jeffrey for spending your 4th with us. We loved having you all visit. Here are some pictures from the 4th:

American Girls

Not really sure what The Bear is thinking here but she appears to be annoyed at Curly (which often happens).

Waiting for the fireworks

Love this picture of Jenny blowing confetti at Laura. Perfect action shot.