Now that it’s time for school to start and schedules to be regulated, I’m missing our long and lazy days at the pool. It’s hard to believe that Independence Day was over a month ago. It was probably my favorite family holiday of the summer.
I love days where the girls are content to play with their cousins and I can spend some time with my sweet sister. We read a LOT and as you can see, drank plenty of DP.
This girl feels the need to pose for every picture. It’s making me dread the age of thirteen even more than I already was. She also decides to boycott the water from time to time and spent plenty of the afternoon coloring bricks on the pool walkway.
These girls are such sweet buddies. UNTIL they’ve been together for about two hours. After that, Ella will tell me that she and Molly were getting tired of each other. At least they’re honest!
Sophie is too quick for group photos these days, but it doesn’t stop me from trying.
Ella did manage to find some help from C for awhile on the sidewalk chalk adventure.
As always, we found ourselves on campus at our alma mater later that evening for the big fireworks show. We were too busy chasing Taz this year to get any good pictures of the fireworks (or each other), but we enjoyed a picnic in the rain with lots of yummy, greasy fast food. I love that my girls will know what to expect every fourth of July and that summer picnics on the quad with a spectacular light show will be one of their favorite summer traditions!
