Princess and the Frog Dance Camp

The last week of June, Campbell got to experience The Princess and the Frog Dance Camp with her Aunt Lindi. (Lindi is one of my BFF's who treats Campbell like her own aka. spoils her rotten.) As you can tell from the pictures Campbell had a wonderful time. They laughed, played and learned something called the Tootie Dance which is still on our daily routine. Dance is something Campbell thoroughly loves and I love watching her have such a great time. We are doubly blessed to have Lindi as her teacher, it just does not get any better.

Here are all the sweet children that Campbell got to spend the week with including her three teachers. This picture was taken on Friday when they had their performance for all the parents to enjoy. I was amazed at how much she learned in one week. Thank you Aunt Lindi for sharing your gift with us!

Swim Lessons x2

Well summer can officially begin since we have completed our swim lessons with the Luttrell's for the year. Can I just say how wonderful the girls' swim teachers are, they are amazing!!

Kaylee was once again in the older class with Lynn this year and continues to amaze me with her ability to know so many different strokes to use when swimming. I am so thankful that she loves to swim and can hold her own in the water.

It was especially fun to watch her jump off the diving board. She told me that she did not know if she was going to take lessons next year because Mr. Lynn kept telling her "good job and beautiful job" so she has probably mastered everything. HAHA! I love the girl's confidence.

This was Campbell's second year to take lessons from Mrs. Sherri and she loved it! There was nothing that she would not do. I think the highlight of lessons for her was when she had class on her birthday and all the kids sang Happy Birthday to her underwater. Who wouldn't love that!! It will be a neat memory for her to have of her 5th Birthday. The other kids seemed to enjoy it too.

Mrs. Sherri has the patience of Job because each time it was Campbell's turn to jump off the diving board she could hardly contain her excitement. I think she would only ask about ten times if she could go yet before each turn;-) I love this picture of her jumping off the diving board because she has the biggest smile on her face!

Thank you Luttrells for the wonderful lessons and your precious hearts to teach year after year!! We will be looking forward to next year. Now our summer can officially begin!

Campbell turns FIVE!!

On June 16 my baby girl turned 5 years old!! I still cannot believe it. This year we had her party at Primetime and most of her precious friends were able to make it so she was happy. My sweet friend, Lindi, made the adorable mermaid cake for her so she was very excited. I was happy because Lindi makes the best buttercream frosting ever;-) All of the children played in the children's play area for about an hour then we enjoyed some pizza and cake before heading to the arcade.

As you can see from this picture one of Campbell's favorite parts was opening the presents. I love a birthday party but I enjoy it more when it is over and I can breathe a sigh of relief for a few months till the next one comes around.

The funniest part of celebrating her birthday early this year was that when her real birthday came around she thought we would have another party at Primetime for the friends who could not make it to the first one. Unfortunately for her not the case. We did go to Chuck E Cheese as a family though.

Here are my two sweet girls at Chuck E Cheese.

Now I am going to list 5 things about Campbell:

1. She is a Princess with her share of Drama. There is no place she would rather be than dancing around the house in her ballet shoes and a costume putting on a show.

2. The girl definitely has an opinion. I do not ever have to worry about her being talked into something that she should not do.

3. She still tells me that she loves me randomly during the day and it still melts my heart.

4. She loves to play with anything and everything. If you have ever given her a toy I can assure you it has been played with a lot. Barbies, My Little Ponies, Littlest Pet Shop, Dress-up clothes, jewelry, and anything girly!

5. Campbell loves her family and especially looks up to her big sister. She gives the best hugs too.

I am so excited that Campbell turned 5 years old because she has been counting the days for months. Everywhere we go she is so proud to tell everyone that she is FIVE.

I love you sweet girl and am so blessed by your spirit (even the strong-willed part). You are my cuddle bug and tiny dancer. I cannot wait to see what wonderful things you are going to learn this year. I pray that 5 is as wonderful as it can possibly be for you.

Rangers Game with Friends

One of the highlights of Kaylee's summer so far has to be the night she got to go to the Rangers game with her Dad and two of her best Buds along with their fathers. Kaylee has inherited her Dad's love of the game and since we do live near Dallas the Rangers are her obvious favorite. On this night they were able to get to the game early for the autograph signing before the game and a few other activities too. In this picture she has the most serious face as she is waiting to crush the ball. Too cute!!

I feel like I was at the game too since for weeks after they attended I got to hear about the game every day. The girl did not miss a beat I can honestly tell you. I have heard many funny stories, she thought Mr. Jason was hilarious. Thank to Mr. James two of my favorite people had a great night. I am so glad that Cary and Kaylee have found something that they share a passion for. I love my sweet girl and all of her interests.

Kaylee's new Love, Softball!

If you have checked my blog at all the past few months then you have see your fair share of posts on softball. While Kaylee did play last year, this was the year that the sport really clicked with her. If there was an opportunity to play then she was there with a smile on her face and joy in her heart. I have to say that I think she is really good and even though sports are not my first love I thoroughly enjoyed watching my first born do something she loved so much. So you can imagine how excited we were at closing ceremonies for the softball season to find out Kaylee made the all star team. They only pick twelve girls who are voted on by the coaches and Kaylee was one of them! She was most excited to get to play a little longer and the trophy was just icing on the cake. I love this softball girl and cannot wait to see how much she improves next year. I better get all my Softball Mom stuff together because I think we are in this for the long haul;-)