Sea World Trip Day 1

We made our summer vacation a trip to Sea World San Antonio. We drove on a Thursday afternoon and got to the hotel in time to swim a little while before dinner.

On Friday morning we hit Sea World bright and early. It was HOT so we made sure to catch some shows to cool off. Reese was fascinated with the trainers and has been saying she wants to be a dolphin trainer when she grows up:)

These guys were huge and so beautiful.

Reese really liked the carousel but her FAVORITE was the Shamu roller coaster...we rode it about 4 or 5 times:)

After roaming around the park most of the day Reese was ready to get wet. The had a huge Sesame Street Splash area for kids. Since we were planning on going to the Sea World water park the next day we were not wearing bathing suits. But it was SOOO hot and I had brought an emergency change of clothes so Reese splashed in the water in her clothes:)

Posed for a quick pick with "The Count" before getting wet.

Sure do love this little water rat:)

Little Swimmer-Summer 2012

Reese started her 3rd session at Emler this summer after taking a break from lessons during the spring semester.

She was not a very solid swimmer when we stopped lessons in December but this little girl has become quite the little fish this summer. I feel like I can breathe a tiny sigh of relief that she could get herself out of the pool if God forbid she fell in. I'm so proud of her but I get a little teary eyed every time I watch her swim across the pool by herself...what happened to my little baby girl:(

Floating on her back is her least favorite part, but she is getting really good at that too.

Reese and I both love her teacher Miss Hallie. She is very sweet and positive and she loves Reese too. Every week she tells me that Reese is a bright spot in her day and then she tells me the funny stuff that Reese has been telling her. Silly Reese.

Happy 4th of July-2012

This year was the first time Reese got to stay up late enough to watch the fireworks and she loved them!! We braved the massive crowds and ventured out to Kaboomtown. We got down there earlier enough to eat dinner and roam around a bit before the fireworks started. Reese was a trooper. She wanted spaghetti for dinner and as we were walking by restaurants deciding where to eat the first few were not italian. She said it's ok "I'll be patient mommy". Wow! I'm so proud of this little girl. After dinner little miss romped around in the bounce houses.

Then it was time to find our place to camp out for the fireworks and get ice cream of course:)

Happy 4th of July!

Wordless Wednesday-Rain

Reese thought I had lost my mind when I asked her if she wanted to go out and run around in the rain:) (There was no lightening or thunder of course.)

Up Up and Away

Last week Reese attended Vacation Bible School at our church. This was her first time to attend vacation bible school and she was excited but didn't really understand the concept. I went to VBS every summer as a kid and I have many fond memories. I was tickled for Reese to get the opportunity to go and an extra bonus I was able to work from home in the afternoons so she didn't have to go to daycare all week. SCORE! The theme for the week was "Sky-Up up and Away". They did some really neat activities and Reese met some new friends and learned a lot. We got a CD with the songs they were singing and all week we listened to it in the car. Makes me happy to hear her singing songs about God. They made some fun things every day like this airplane hat.

These wings were by far her favorite. She was wanting to wear them to bed:)

On the last night they did a little performance of the songs the learned and had a pizza dinner. Not a great pic but you get the idea:)

I sure do love this little girl and I'm happy that she is learning to love the Lord.

Landry's Dance Recital

Reese's favorite friend Landry's dance recital was the week after Reese's so we were able to go and watch her dance as well. Landry takes dance at what Reese calls a "real dance place". Reese has been getting bored with the dance class at Primrose and she has been talking about wanting to take "real dance". After watching Landry's dance recital I definitely think Reese is ready and will enjoy taking "real dance" in the fall:) Hopefully we can even work it out for the girls to be in the same class. Landry's dance was number 15 and shortly after her dance was intermission. I assumed we would leave at intermission because I wasn't sure Reese would stay interested in sitting and watching dance for more then an hour. We went out to take some pics of the girls and afterwards Reese insisted on staying to watch the whole show. She sat and watched for 2.5 hours...she was LOVING it. Of course I don't have any actual dancing pics of Landry because you know I can't operate a camera:)

So glad we got to be a part of sweet Landry's first dance recital debut!

Dance Recital 2012

A few weeks ago Reese participated in her second dance recital since she started taking ballet at Primrose. She was looking forward to wearing the costume and getting on stage but most importantly getting to wear makeup!

 
Big yawn! This is my favorite picture of all...my sweet sleepy little dancer. 

Our sweet friends Erin and Landry came to watch and of course take pictures for me:) If it weren't for Erin I would never have a single good picture of this child:)  Thank you for the pictures E! I just love these two little girls to pieces.  

 Reese had quite a fan club, with Nanny and Poppy, Daddy, Erin and Landry and of course momma!:)  

These little girls did a great job dancing and most importantly had fun. I am so so proud of my sweet little dancer.

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