Tapping out the Summer

The summer is winding down and we enjoying the last few days of it.  Two weeks ago, Lillie was the Magician's Assistant at the Library event.  After the Library event, we went to the mall and Lillie was officially tall enough to ride the carousel by herself.

Last week, Lillie started her Tap/Gymnastics class.

This last weekend, we went to Frankenmuth, Michigan.  We stayed overnight at a hotel with a water park.  By the end of the day, Lillie's favorite water attraction was the 3 story tubing water slide.  We did some shopping at the outlet mall and at Bronner's Christmas store.  It was a Christmas store, the size of a grocery store.  We only had an hour available to shop at Bronner's and we didn't see everything.  

The next morning, we saw Zehnder (the hotel and water park mascot).  Lillie was excited to see him, but not Sophie.  She still hates life size mascots.  

Congratulations Dan and Sarah!

This past weekend, Lillie and I traveled to Vancouver, Washington to celebrate the marriage of my Sister and Dan. Lillie was the flower girl. When she posed for this picture, she was ready for her flower girl duties.

 Before the wedding, we had our picture taken with my Mom (Nancy), Sarah and Dan.

After the wedding, we had some yummy food and started dancing.  During the first dance, a little boy came up to Lillie and asked her to dance.  No one put him up to it.  They danced to every song and they tried to dance like the professional dancers.  Notice Lillie's hand in the air.

 Lillie and her "Washington" friend, Luke.

Soccer Camp and Animals at the Library

This past month has been busy with Gymnastics, Soccer camp, and a couple of visits to the library to see animals.  We visit the library one to two times a week for the summer reading program, including crafts, to turn in our reading log, and see special events.

Firs,t Lillie was in soccer camp with several of her friends.  She kicked the ball around the field, but

She also held hands with a friend and sat on the field picking flowers with the other girls.

 The library that we go to for Lillie's story time had a tortoise,

 an armadillo,

 and a python.  There were several other animals that zoologist talked about and let the kids pet.

At Sophie's story time library, Alligators came to visit.  Sophie was sleeping while Lillie and her friends got to pet the alligator.

Her friends above were also in soccer camp: Camille (in green), Gavin (in the hat), Lillie, Libby (in front of Lillie) and Ashley or Amanda (in blue shirt).  The twins usually wear pink or purple to help us all tell them apart.  Libby was the girl that Lillie held hands with and picked flowers with at Soccer camp.  She is also the girl in the red dress at the other library event with animals.