Dbacks fever!

Man, we had one lucky night at the Dbacks game this week! The Lamis girls ruled the jumbo tron!

Bella's performing dance group performed at the pre-game show. Her group did really well and it was so neat to see all their hard work pay off! The little girls (Bella included) were so taken by the jumbo tron behind them that they spent most of the time forgetting their steps and craning their necks to catch a glimpe of themselves on screen. It was too funny- at least they are cute and little so everyone laughed it off.

Curlers in her hair and ready to dance!

Waiting.....

Already noticing themselves on the screen- oh boy!

Let's just say that it is not part of their routine to have the entire bottom row craning to see the jumbo tron!

Gumby Bella in her splits (in middle) for the finale. At least she is looking straight!

Julia has been a little jealous of Bella's involvement on this team (understandably). So, when she was chosen to be one of the hotdogs that "run" the bases, she was beyond thrilled! Seriously, how did they know that Julia needed this little boost?! She was beaming the entire night!

*Julia is the hotdog on the left.

Way to go Julia!

The Lone Rocker

Julia, Bella and I went to the Jonas Brother's/Demi Lovato concert! The tickets were insanely cheap ($20 for all 3) and there was no school the next day, so why not??

They loved singing to all their favorite songs (I may have joined them a few times) and actually "seeing" one of their favorite singers (Demi Lovato).

These little rockers stood for the first 2 hours
but quickly faded by 9:30pm. Even amid screaming fans and loud music, Bella was the first to crash. Julia quickly followed and soon I had 2 sleeping girls on my lap. After realizing that I was the lone rocker and didn't need to stay any longer, these "rookies" (as Chet called them) left the concert a little early. :)

*I love this picture of Bella fast asleep with her Jonas Brothers tattoo peaking out! Still so little but yet so big already!

Girls weekend!

10 years ago that might have meant a trip to Vegas with a bunch of girlfriends
but these days my "girls" are a little shorter!

Chet is out of town this weekend and I am happy to hang with these 3 fun peeps!

who keep themselves entertained all day with
dance parties (Camille even fights for her share of the "stage")

and pouring over all the Halloween Costume catalogs (thanks Nanny!).
I even have to ban these catalogs during meal time.

And I will try not to eat my fall decor!

Not blog worthy

Seriously, that is how I sum up our last few weeks. Nothing blog worthy. But, things are changing....

We are finally getting cooler weather at night and in the morning- looking forward to riding bikes and scooters after school again. We have had true cabin fever around here! Luckily we have these 3 cuties to keep us entertained!
This last week, we were finally able to go to the park and caught this amazing sunset (taken on Chet's phone)!
We also got a new niece in the family! Chet's sister had a beautiful baby girl (Keeley) last week. Soon, Camille and Keeley will be the little girls running around together- watch out!

The girls are still loving school (awesome teachers this year!)

Bella is LOVING Kindergarten. I am amazed at how much she has learned. She is starting to read and can write over 25 words (which she couldn't do at all just 4 weeks ago). She leaves the house every day with a ton of Silly Bandz and loves trading them with all her new friends.

Julia loves 3rd grade. She is a super serious student and takes everything very seriously. I even got a call from the school nurse one day- Julia was in her office sobbing (uncontrollably) because she forgot her homework folder at home. Her teacher said it was ok but that didn't help. Poor thing- she was so shaken up. Julia's 3rd grade class was paired with Bella's class and they are "Special Buddies"- a title that Julia is so proud of. They do fight, but they are such good friends!

a whole 2 days?

Bella was the first one up this morning at 7am. I thought nothing of it until she came out of her room with her school clothes on and her hair brushed.

Me- "Today is Sunday sweetheart."

Bella- "I know" as she proceeded to sit down for breakfast.

Me- "You don't have school on Sundays"

Bella- "You mean we get a whole 2 days off...again??

Too funny! Apparently, she only needs one day to recuperate and is ready for school again!

Meet the Creature

There is a neat program at the Environmental Education Center (where I work)- a program by East Valley Wildlife called Meet the Creature. Julia and Bella love going to this program- they always bring in the neatest animals like Sugargliders and baby hummingbirds. Today, was a little different- it was the Great Guinea Wash day where they bring in all the guineas and let the kids bathe and groom the guineas. So fun and definitely the the highlight of our week.

"help me!"

Julia reacting to one of the guineas shaking dryAll warn and dryShe even got a bow. A few minutes after this shot was taken, this guinea but Bella's finger pretty hard and even drew blood (and lots of tears). We think maybe "she" is really a "he" and didn't like the bow. :)

Bearizona

I came home from work on Saturday intending to suggest a day trip to Chet but he beat me to it by suggesting a trip to Bearizona. Apparently, we both felt the need to get out of town and the stifling heat.

Bearizona is a new drive-through bear park up north. We saw black bears, bison, wolves, etc- all from our car. At the end, you can get out and see baby bears and bobcats in their zoo habitats.

I love this picture- Camille is just starting to mimic whatever the older girls are doing.

My favorite crazy animal!

Happy to be out of her car seat and run around

After the park, we headed to Kaibab Lake for some exploring. As soon as we got there, Camille signed "bath" and started taking off her shirt. We stripped her down to her diaper and let her wade around. The water was kind of cold but she didn't seem to mind.

It was a gorgeous day and always nice to do something new!