Beach Trip 2015

Posing on the pier with Gray and Owen.

Marlo caught a teeny tiny frog by the pool.

Louis doing a little dry land surf training.

Anyone that knows Louis knows that this is a rare occasion... fell asleep mid bite.

We saw a pirate ship (but opted to do the dolphin viewing charter)

We saw lots of dolphins on the tour- even some baby dolphins. Louis wants to pet one.

As part of the dolphin viewing ride they dropped a net and picked up some sea creatures to put in a shallow tank on board. This is one of the 2 sea horses Marlo got to hold.

An eagle ray.

Ohhh! Ahhh! Marlo showing Louis a hermit crab. Marlo wanted to touch everything. Louis held a sea horse for a split second.

Louis loves waves!  The day I took these videos he jumped and played for a solid 3 hours- took one break to reapply sunscreen.  The next day we bought a boogie board and with a little help getting his timing he caught some nice waves. I think he's found his sport.  How old do you have to be to enroll in surf camp?

Kite flying!

TIRED!

A highlight of the trip: There was a gentleman fishing near us at the beach and he caught 2 sharks! One was a 22 inch long hammer head and the other was a 12 inch long black tip.  He brought them into shore and the kids got to see them up close. Marlo got to pet both of them! She is so brave.  I was delighted that they got to have the experience and also very happy to have the shark encounter on the last day at the beach. It was a little unsettling to be in the water after that. The fisherman caught them near where we were swimming- he was standing in chest deep water (about 30 feet from where Louis was boogie boarding) and casting his line out to sea. Rachel snapped a few pictures and I'll post it soon!

Outside

We've been sneaking in as much outside play as we can between rainstorms, tornado warnings, and flash floods.

weeeeee!!!!

Worms! We tried geocaching last weekend. We didn't fine the treasure- everyone ran out of steam and it ended with ant bites, mud and Louis eating everyones snack. Before the meltdowns we did have fun- we'll try again soon!

Creative Action Afterschool Showcase

Marlo played the part of the Principle in a play and did some improv comedy for us.  The video is the awards ceremony.  Truly appreciate the this program, organization and their teachers. They help us maintain a good perspective- Marlo got an award for "Confident Vision" which sometimes we make the mistake of calling "bossy and inflexible" Thanks Ms. Erin, Ms. Taylor, Mr. Micheal, Mr. Justin and all the Creative Action team.
Marlo was also featured in a movie about siblings- they are going to send it our and I will share when I have it.

Last Day of PreK

Kia- Marlo's 5th grade buddy. She will really miss seeing her every Friday.

Pre K completion ceremony

Ms. Tanco

Pure joy!

Summer vacation= Sleeping in + bubbles in your undies

Hiking

We hiked the Homestead Trail at Mckinney Falls last Sunday. The kids did great, hiked the entire 2.8 miles (they even ran sections of it). We saw lots and lots of bugs and flowers. 

2 days later we are learning that we also encountered lots of chiggers (oh, Texas...)

Bevo

Marlo with her school mascot at the school carnival- "Bevo Bash" 

Hard Knock Life

Ever since I took Marlo to see Annie (the musical- aka "the real Annie") she's been wanting to scrub floors and wash windows. Louis is into it too. Quality control is a bit of an issue but I'm not complaining. The bottom 3 feet of our glass door has never been cleaner.