Summer...

We have had a pretty busy summer, it seemed to pass us by and in no time it was time for school to start again. Tess had to go to the Doctor for her 4 year old check-up. We really like her Doctor and the nursing staff. She had a lot of energy that day and was bouncing off the walls and the nurse didn’t miss a beat. I am pretty sure everyone could hear her outside our room and the doctor walked in and got her to calm down a little bit but not much. We had to get shots this year and she was not happy, we got ice cream after and everything was fine. These shots must have hurt because she walked a little funny for a couple of days after but she never complained.

One of the things that filled our time was field trips at school, in Tess’s new class they take trips outside of the school. She went on her first field trip this summer, it was to CiCi’s Pizza but she thought it was the coolest thing ever.

We have played Dress-up, she randomly comes downstairs in different outfits and wants me to either take pictures of her or to help her complete her outfit. She loves her dress up clothes and we sometimes add different items like wands and tiaras to the pile.

We also have spent time playing around the house dancing and singing. I try to be sneaky and record Tess without her knowledge but she always catches me. She doesn't shy away from the camera when she catches me, she always performs more and asks me to either record her and then show her or take a picture and then show her. I don't think we will have to worry about her being shy. 

One evening our little girl had some extra energy and we were looking for something to do so we and some friends took our little girls to visit Chuck e Cheese for the first time. When they walked in and realized they could play all the games it was like Christmas morning. Ivonne and I also had some fun playing some of the adult games. We will definitely have to go back and let the kids and adults play more games.

Clayton and I went to a concert one night and Tess spent the night at her Oma and PawPaw’s house. She was ready to go and took her back and started walking to the car. She now constantly asks when she will be able to spend the night at her grandparent’s house. This is something that I really never did so I am glad that Tess has the opportunity to do often with both sets.

We also did some fishing with Tess’s new fishing pole. We did more avoiding turtles than catching fish but Tess enjoyed the time spent with her Daddy and eventually she will catch a fish on her pole.

We have also rode our bikes, Clayton and I gave Tess a new bike for her birthday. We have spent some time teaching Tess how to ride the new bike. We did not have the best luck the first couple of times but we realized she liked riding her bike more if we were riding ours so we made it a family event.

And last but not least we of course of gone to some Astros games. Tess has started to learn the game of baseball, and she can instantly recognize the Astros logo. She likes to walk around the stadium and play in the kid area. We will have to wait another season to root on our boys.

This summer was fun and exhausting at the same time.