barrett: 110 months old

We're into July already - where has the summer gone?!  I always run into the same conundrum every summer - enough activities and camps for the kids so I can work, but not too much that they feel like they never got free time to do nothing/play on an iPad all day.  Next week, Barrett is headed to drama camp, and is doing "RockstarTopia" and "Harry Potter."  Then he's off for a week, hanging out with Memaw and PawPaw, then we're on vacation!  Barrett is pretty excited about our upcoming cruise, and it'll be the first time both he and Britton go to Europe.  Definitely a bucket list trip!  Making it through a 10 hour flight will be a challenge for all of us, but I've promised they can watch as many movies as they like.  I'll try and sleep (now where's my travel pillow?).

We cooked some hot dogs for the 4th of July, but couldn't do any fireworks because it's been too dry in our area.  The kids were ho hum about going to see the fireworks show, so we played a 3 hour game of Monopoly.  Ugh, I cringe when they want to play Monopoly because the game.goes.on.FOREVER.  I finally start making "mistakes" and spend all my money so we can wrap it up!  But Barrett went all in, and he and the hubs were the last two players standing.  

  

Likes: Harry Potter series - we finally started reading them together, Air Force One he got in Roblox

Dislikes: this brutal summer heat

155 months old

Britton dyed her hair - well, half of it!  And for the first time, she did it all herself.  She did a great job, and got exactly half of her hair dyed red, just like she imagined.  We're all firmly in the middle of summer vacation, and Britton has always been inclined to dye her hair fun colors over the summer.  

Britton spent two weeks at sleepaway camp, and then a week at YMCA adventure camp.  She's also going to do a local theater production in a few weeks.  We're trying to maintain a balance between Britton having something interesting to engage in with wanting time off to just enjoy the goal of summer vacation - do whatever you want!  Swim team is over for the season, so we're striking that balance between sleeping in and getting things done.  And we're all gearing up for our trip in less than a month!  While we're looking forward to a big family trip, none of us are wishing away summer vacation.

 Likes:  snuggling with Nella the cat, experimenting with make up, painting Barrett's nails

Dislikes:  putting away laundry