Summertime catch up!

It has been a while! Life has been happy and busy for us and we are sending the girls back to school this week after a summer of swimming, playing, visiting and relaxing. Mia is so excited for 2nd grade to begin, I don't think she can stand it any longer. Ellie will be at Mia's old preschool, 5 mornings a week and I'm so happy to be able to walk them both to school and then have a little bit of time to get the house in order :)

Mia turned 7 on July 30 and had some friends celebrate with her at our local frozen yogurt shop. She does not like cake at the moment, so she had fun creating a huge yogurt sundae with all of the fixings. She became quite an accomplished swimmer this summer and her big achievement was reaching 48 inches so she could ride the "Loch Ness Monster" roller coaster at Busch Gardens.

Ellie has also become really brave in the water after weeks of swim lessons. She tried gymnastics this summer and wants to try dance in the fall. It is amazing to see her ride her little bike without training wheels and do all of these big kid things because to me she is still my sweet, cuddly, freckle faced little baby.

A few pictures below highlighting the end of school and the summer of 2014! Back to school, here we come!