Olympic Gymnastics

We've been having fun watching the Olympics (it helps having two teams to cheer for).  Amelia's favorites are beach volleyball (she likes the sand apparently) and gymnastics.  Whenever they show the floor exercise is on she watches and "copies" the gymnasts while practicing for her first gymnastics meet which is next weekend.

T-Ball

Today Amelia had her first T-Ball session.  (Yes, it's been a week of firsts).  This will be a Daddy thing but he had his last class this morning so Mummy braved the heat instead.

Dancing

Amelia had her first dance lesson this week.  She loves it.  Next week I'll take the better camera and sneak some more pictures but this was the best we could manage for now.

Enjoying the Garden & Bunnies

Now the deck is finished we have been enjoying spending more time in the garden. . . well at least until it got too hot.

Amelia has discovered Popsicles this summer . . . not sure why it's taken us this long

Tea Party.  There was no room for Mummy.

We have bunnies living under the deck who will sit stock still and stare at us for a while before running off.  Amelia likes to chase them around the garden.

Amelia loves the heat.  I think it was 100F when she decided to take some books outside to read.  She allowed us to put the umbrella up at least.

July 4th

Amelia really got into the parade this year.  She even started yelling to the participants to throw candy (this is a big deal in our house).  The "Easter candy box" has now become the "parade box".

Out Around Town

Kevin has spent the last four Friday nights and Saturdays taking a class, so Amelia and Kate have been seeing what the city has to offer to entertain us.

We had a lot of fun at the Des Moines Art Festival.  There was way more for her to do than I expected.  Daddy beat us home by half an hour that night.

Playing in the fountains.  She got a lot wetter than this.

Painting a puzzle piece.  They put 1500 pieces together by the end of the festival to create a sculpture

Last week we braved the heat and checked out the Downtown Farmers' Market.  We may have stopped into the Science Center for 45 minutes to cool down.

Blank Park Zoo

We've invested in a Zoo (& Science Center) pass this year (thanks Grandma Marilyn).  We took Grandma Becky & Daddy on Fathers' Day weekend then some friends when Daddy was at a Saturday class.

Amelia has discovered feeding the fish.  She refuses to let us help and throws in the pellets one by one.  It takes forever.