You know what makes this new 8 year old happy? Being back on the ball field!
And getting this dirty on the ball field!
Fall ball here we come!
Have a great weekend!
Campy
The key to a fun summer is staying busy with lots of free time. The boys had a few camps to keep busy…Maxwell had basketball camp earlier in the summer and then he also did soccer camp…
and baseball camp!
Thank goodness for all the awesome summer camps that Samford offers.
Spencer did McWane camp last week with two buddies…
He loved it!
Samantha hasn’t been camping but has been staying plenty busy with gymnastics and dance…
We have about 1 month left of summer and no more camps scheduled…just camp Susan!! There is nothing better than camp Susan!!
Happy Friday! Happy Summer!
Dance Recital
Samantha’s recital was at last a week ago Friday and she was just as excited as could be! Susan and GJ went on up to save seats while I got her all ready in her costume, a bit of hairspray, and a little blush and lipgloss too! I think she was most excited about the hairspray and blush! 🙂
Taking a bow!
Showing off her makeup to GJ…
We took a few pictures on the stage before the show and she was the eating up all the attention!
She did not like it when her brothers were trying to steal her spotlight! ha!
It was so fun to be dressed up with our dance buddies!
The performance was adorable. The other class was the rain and Samantha’s class was the sun. After they danced separately they then did a little bit together as a rainbow! too cute!
Samantha’s wasn’t nervous on the stage at all and did great following directions and lining up where she was supposed to be! She was adorable!!
I’m not sure who loved it all more – me or her!
We were all so proud of our sunshine!!
Can’t wait for the big stage next year!
My little sunshine
Oh, happy day! Samantha had her very first dance recital last week and it was just perfect! I took dance as a little girl and always loved the recitals, the costumes, the makeup and all of it. I have dreamed of doing it with my own little girl someday and the day did not disappoint!!
The class got their costumes several weeks ago and looked so cute trying them all on…
They were supposed to be the sun and they were very bright and happy!
They then also took their official pictures several weeks ago. My smiley sunshine was ready to go that day!!
Let’s just say she NAILED her photo!!
Aaaah!! It does not get any cuter than that. Nope, it does not.
Here’s her whole class with Smiley Samantha Sunshine in the back!
Recital pics to come…yay!
Spectators
Of course, I have to recognize the very best spectators of the baseball season! Spencer and Samantha were troopers going to all of Maxwell’s games and, often, practices too. Maxwell was a good helper at all of Spencer’s games.
They were there in good weather…
and bad!
Thankfully they had some friends to play with at many of the games.
Spencer loved to go “climb the mountain” at Maxwell’s games and did that just about every week. He rarely actually watched Maxwell’s game! Samantha wanted to climb the mountain as well but after I had to go get her off the mountain once, I told her you had to be 5 years old to climb the mountain from now on! ha! After that she tended to hang with me in the stands and play with any toys that she brought.
Of course, I think they mostly liked going to Maxwell’s games because they knew they’d get an Icee! Whatever it takes!
As crazy as it was, I’m going to miss these days at the ball park this summer!
Pretty sure they’re just going to miss the Icees! 🙂