Dress up day at Karate

Friday is an extra day at karate usually for sparing I think but right now they are practicing for the tournament, it was also dress up day.  Ella is going to compete in her first tournament in two weeks so I brought her in all dolled up as a fairy.  It was so cute!

Misc

I have been trying to keep up the blog this summer, but it has been hard!  I have a bunch of misc stuff to post that doesn't really have a need for a post all its own so I thought I would just get it done before I forget and never do it!

I made a fabulous shrimp, corn and avacado salad with lime-cumin dressing.  Everyone, even the kids ate it!




Ella got to wear a costume to Karate on Tuesday, she wore her Angry Birds costume.  it was funny to watch her to Karate in it!










i took the kids to the free summer movies on Wednesday and to the Carousel afterwards.











And tonight we had Fruit Salad for dinner and The kids helped me "cook" it.  Ella cut up the strawberries and cantaloupe and Wes took the grapes off of the stem.  They were both very proud of the meal we made!

Twins and Mermaids

Today we drove down to Hampton Cove and did a photoshoot with the kids.  Mom and I made the girls matching outfits for the first day of school and they wanted to do a twin photoshoot, we also made them a second outfit each, but slightly different.  So we took pictures of them in those outfits too.  I had also promised Brenna to do a mermaid photoshoot for her so we squeezed that in as well.  It was not such a fun time, the girls, especially Ella were cranky from staying up way to late the night before. but we got through it.  The rest of the day was much better so that is good.