We're Patriotic

One of the best things about having kids is going all out for holidays and really getting them excited for it! So we all wore our red, white, and blues...

 We had patriotic fingernails...

 Had red, white and blue drinks (these turned our way better than I thought they would)...

 And a patriotic cake...

 That is, a REALLY patriotic cake, as per tradition....

 Patriotic hair, again, a tradition.....

 And ended the day at the town celebration for fun and fireworks.

We had a great time creating and continuing traditions and celebrating the 4th!

Racing Champ!

So, for months before the new Mario Kart came out, Mike and Alexa obsessed over it. They watched every trailer for it, read (or listened to) just about anything they could find online, and counted down.  Every morning I was greeted with, "How many more days until Mario Kart??" She's gotten pretty good as evidenced here.  Not only her first time getting first place, but she ended up winning first place in the cup! 

Gymnastics

We signed Alexa up for a gymnastics class a while back, and while it was rough in the beginning, she really ended up loving it.  The parents weren't allowed to watch the classes (hence the rough beginning) but they put on a show for us during the last class.  We were really surprised at how focused she was the whole time, but she did a great job listening to the teacher and ignoring us spectators! 

At the end of their performance, they were given "trophies" with their names.  The class was usually twice this size, but it did make the performance much quicker! It was really cute and they were all so proud- with good reason!