Saturday, July 28, 2018

The last week of summer vacation

Elliott lost one of his top front teeth on the Saturday that I was in Pinetop. The other top front tooth came out on Monday the 16th. 

He was delighted to take his toothless monthly picture. 

6 years 7 months

He's also been waiting for years to make this video. 

Ginger took a comfy nap that afternoon.  She used to always nap on her beds.  These days I'd say it's 80% sleeping on the floor and 20% on a bed. 
The kids and I did back to school clothes shopping on Tuesday the 17th.  I took them out to lunch when we were done. 

Cathy gave me this koozy when she was here.  I used it for the first time that afternoon. 


The kids went to day camp and Michael and I went on a day date on Wednesday the 18th. 
First we went to brunch.  We shared this flight of mimosas.  I was pretty tipsy when it was all said and done. 






I took Elliott to swim lessons that afternoon.  This is my new $5 dress from the day before. 

Ginger actually sleeping on her bed on Thursday the 19th. 
I popped into the mall that afternoon.  I got a dress for a birthday dinner I was attending on Saturday.  I got it from some store for teenagers that I've never even heard of. 

That night was meet the teacher.  Elliott got exactly who he wanted. 

I looked for Art Masterpiece volunteers since I am now the official coordinator. 

Spencer has five teachers this year, so we only took one picture with his homeroom teacher. 

A lovely sunset that evening. 

Oh, and Elliott lost his fourth tooth in seven days during Spencer's meet the teacher presentation.  Look at this snaggly mouth. 
On Friday the 20th I was making macaroni and cheese when the spoon I was using to stir it snapped in half.  I had to use some tongs to head in there on a recon mission. 

And finally, a selfie with this toothless boy that night. 

And that was the totally non-magnificent last week of school. 

Friday, July 27, 2018

Pinetop- Sunday

Sunday the 15th was our last day in Pinetop.  The weekend went by so quickly and we were so sad. 

It was Shireen's birthday, but she insisted on making all of us breakfast.  We decided to eat out on the patio.  It was a perfect morning.

Then we all took pictures with the bear in a tree that was in the room Lauren and I shared. 








Our Sisterhood in the Pines collage. 
After a leisurely morning it was finally time to pack up and head home. 

We used the timer to take a group shot. 

Silly selfies while loading the cars. 


The neighbor took these. 


Brenda had to turn off the water to the house. 

We hit a big patch of fog on our way off the mountain. 


It was so thick in a few places that Brenda had a hard time seeing. 








And then, just like that, I was home with my babes. 

We're already planning another weekend get-away in two years. Maybe to the beach.