A Sand Castle Birthday Celebration for a Friend

This weekend, Jessica and Jamison had a sleepover near the beach for their friend's birthday party.  After a fun sleepover night, the girls were ready for a sand castle building adventure!

At first, Jamison enjoyed playing in the water and looking for sea shells.

Jessica was really interested in building a real sand castle.

The girls had lots of fun carving their creations.

Building the moat was also a really fun job.

Building sand castles was a blast!

A Girl Scout Trip to the Nutcracker

In December, Jessica's Girl Scout troop went to see the Nutcracker.  Before the show, the girls got a behind the scenes tour.  Here are some photos from the photo booth station.

a trip to the zoo

Back in September, the girls went to the zoo with Jim and their Mimi.

It isn't a zoo trip without lots of posing on the statues.

The girls thought that the baby flamingos were pretty cute too.

A Girl Scout Hike

In the middle of September, Jessica's Girl Scout troop went on a hike for their meeting activity.  The girls had a great time being silly and even did some hiking.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Party

Jamison and Jessica went to a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory themed birthday party for Jamison's classmate.  The girls loved all the candy themed decorations and candy of course.  This picture sums it all up.

Isabella's 7th Birthday Party

Jessica celebrated her friend's 7th birthday party at a painting store.  She had a blast.

Jessica at school in September

Just a few quick pictures of Jessica from school in September.  She likes to play in the sandbox with friends.

She also enjoyed a pizza party for completing her summer reading assignment (read as many books as possible and keep a log of what you read).  The pizza was well earned as she read over 40 chapter books alone.

sisters cuddling

There is nothing like sister cuddles on a weekend!

First Day of School

Here is Jessica on her first day of 2nd grade.

Once we got to school, she got settled in to her spot at her table.

Jamison started ELC-B a few days later and gets to enjoy one more year without uniforms.

Here are some pictures from her first day of school.  She had a blast playing with her friends.

She also enjoyed lunch with mom and some friends after her first day.

a trip to the Circus

Before heading back to school, the girls had a special outing at the circus.

horse back riding in Indiana

While in Indiana, the girls got to go horse back riding with their Aunt Jenny.

Jamison loved spending time with the horses.

a trip to the Indianapolis Children's Museum

While in Indianapolis, the girls got to visit the Children's Museum.  The first step was looking cute, which is pretty easy to do.

The museum had a special exhibit on China while they were there, so they learned all about the Teracotta Army amongst other things.

They even got to practice digging up their own Army.

It looks like Jessica loves the Children's Museum.

fun at the Indianapolis Zoo

While the girls were in Indianapolis, they visited the zoo.  They fed the giraffes.

And, they got to see lots of animals.

Jessica loved riding the roller coaster.

And, both girls had fun riding the carousel.

off to Camp Mimi

In August, the girls went to Indiana to spend time with their grandparents.  They were excited to go.