Dancing with Daffodils

 July is my favorite month of the year because it is completely free of school and is usually filled with pool days, beach days and family fun. I also love July 4th and I really love fireworks. I am sad today is the last day of July and summer goodness will be coming to a close soon but I'm grateful for all the fun we've had this month.  When we got home from the beach we watched the Cox girls for two days while their parents were in the hospital welcoming baby brother. Lily babysits for them a lot so she took good care of them and I filled in when needed. Little kids are a lot of work but they are sweet and cute and we were happy to help. I remember how stressful it was to not have anyone to watch Lily when Curtis was born so it was an honor to help them as their family grows. We went to the library and and Lily danced and we picked up groceries and then I went to book club that night. There were just three of us but we still managed to talk until 10:30pm!  Wednesday I w...

 

 July 4th fireworks were fun and that whole week was good. Tuesday we went to Newtowne Neck for a bit but then Lily had dance every afternoon. It cramps my style a little bit but it is good for her to keep up with it. As it turned out, a storm came through right at the time we had to leave so that made it easier. Wednesday I went to the gym and taught some piano lessons and took Emma to the dentist. Thursday Curtis went to the orthodontist and then the Valles were so nice and took him to Sky Zone for the day and they didn't even bring him home until 8:30. It makes me happy for Curtis to have a friend and I hope he and Noah can hang out more. Friday was our packing day and Curtis went to his last all-star baseball practice. He was bummed to miss the state tournament games but they ended up being rained out on Saturday and were on Sunday so he would have missed them either way. They lost both games so no Little League World Series for us.  Saturday we left for North Carolina and...