Pumpkin Patch

You can't get much cuter than pumpkins and kids! Here are some pictures from our visit to Barrett Orchards pumpkin patch.

Superhero/Princess Race

Lexi and Zara ran their first race this weekend. It was a 1 mile race and the theme was dress-up like your favorite princess or superhero. Lexi chose an Elsa costume and Zara chose American Girl. The run went well and they both finished. Lexi was fast and finished in around 15 minutes. Zara was a little slower because her costume was itching, but we caught up with one of her friends from school towards the end and that perked her up to finish strong in 20 minutes.

First day of Kinder

Today was the first day of kindergarten for Zara and Lexi. They were so excited. We drive by their school every day and they ask, "when can we go to school?" every day. They had orientation last week so we had already met their teacher and been to their classroom. This morning we all walked down the street to school and dropped them off in their class. They waved bye and that was that. It wasn't a big deal to them after going to preschool for over two years. 

This week is a warm-up "transition" with the kindergartners going just in the morning to learn the ropes before school officially starts for all grades next week. The school has over 500 kids and 4 kindergarten classes. We chose to have the girls in the same class this year, but will likely split them up next year

When we picked them up they were full of stories about breakfast, racoon books, rockets and filled me in on all the school procedures. Zara declared it "the best day ever" and Lexi said, "I didn't like it, I loved it." 

Summer Time!

So behind on the blog, but most of the house is unpacked and we are having lots of fun enjoying the Yakima sunshine. We joined the tennis club that's near our house so we can go swim in their pool. The girls did swim lessons the first week and we've been spending lots of time there ever since. In June, Lexi and Zara did an art/dance camp every morning for a week. They studied dancing, art, food and music from Jamaica. The twins and I took a road trip to meet up with my sisters and their kids at Great Wolf Lodge. It was great! Now this week, the twins are doing summer camp at the Yakima Country Club every day. They do tennis, golf and swimming every day. Lucky girls! 

This is a picture dump from my phone. Here we go.

First swim in the new backyard

Early morning run with the rooster

Fathers Day

Art/Dance camp

Jamaica week - dancing on sticks

Chillin at the pool

Mt Rainer - driving to Great Wolf Lodge

Her favorite toys

YCC Summer Camp

Happy 4th of July!

Unintended blogging break since we've been super busy selling a house, buying a house and moving to another state. I'm hoping to catch up soon, but in the meantime we had a great day with these three patriotic cuties.