Visiting the Lake

We decided to go walk around one of the local lake on a nice weekend day. It was fun that my mom joined us too!

 I always have fun when Grandma comes with us!

It was the perfect day to be out. 

The trees always look so big! 

While we rested, I pulled out my bird book and tried to identify the birds we were seeing! It was fun!

A Birthday Party

Katie got to go to her friend, Ella's, birthday party again recently. She had so much fun!

Thanks for having me over to celebrate!

Guess the Change

Katie was playing with her Shopkins, and if you have never heard of those, they are little toys that are objects you'd find in a grocery store that have a face on them. She put them all together on the table, and then she'd remove one and expect us to guess what was missing. To us, it was impossible. She was just amazed that we couldn't solve her mysteries.

Could you identify the missing Shopkin if I removed just one?

The Book Revisited

Before school got out, Katie had the goal of writing a fiction chapter book on the computer. After awhile, the computer stopped coming out, and I thought she was done working on it. However, she recently remembered it and has continued her saga.

In the evening, I like working on my book for awhile. I'm done with two chapters. My goal is to write five.

Thank You

Katie was so surprised to find a box with her name on our doorstep. When she opened the box, she found the best surprise gift from my sister, Debby...a box of books!

Thank you, Aunt Debby! You know I love to read!

Back to Ballet

Katie took last year off of ballet to focus on tap, but she decided she missed it, so she signed up for summer classes.

It felt good to start practicing my ballet positions again. 

My teacher taught us everything down to how to hold our fingers. 

It's a lot slower pace than tap, but it takes concentration to move just right. 

I liked my new teacher a lot too. 

After my first class, my leg muscles were sure sore for a few days!

A Summer Haircut

Katie always looks forward to her summer haircut sometime after her spring dance recital.

I was excited to change my hair a little again. 

Time to start snipping! 

I ended up getting my hair cut to my shoulders. 

Thank you, Nikki!