The Lawry Crew (Declan and his Triplets): What Happened to Summer?

Sunday, August 2, 2015

What Happened to Summer?

I feel like my lack of blogging should have been due to all the things we accomplished this summer... but unfortunately it's not as the kids return to school tomorrow and the summer was filled with a lot of heat and very little checked off our "to do" list... But here's what did happen this summer: Declan turned 7, he is swimming like a fish, he's playing baseball like a stud, he met some best friends who I think he will be friends with forever, he bugged his sisters to death, he decided he liked bananas, then decided he didn't, he tried broccoli for the first time and liked it (but only cold), he picked up boxing and loves it (and throws a mean hook), Stevie turned into our best talker and is using ~10 word sentences, Stevie pooped and peed on the potty (but she's not fully trained), Aven turned into a tomboy but still prefers to wear heals, Bria became an artist who's work I'm sure will be on an exhibit one day, Bria and Aven can "swim" by themselves with their wings on, Stevie is terrified of any body of water besides the bath, all the girls learned how to ride their bikes and push the pedals by themselves (for short periods of time), the girls went to their first movie, the girls have almost given up naps, Declan went to WI to see all his grandparents, the whole family went to Chattanooga (with the girls first hotel stay) and realized we've been to way cooler Children's Museums in our prior lives, the girls and I went to the Atlanta Aquarium with their Aunties and loved it, we had a lot of visitors this summer and then it was all over and we all are returning to normal starting tomorrow.

Declan is going into 1st grade and his teacher is Mrs. Jones - we've heard good and not so good things about her, but one of Declan's besties had her (who is just like Declan) and he loved her, so we have our fingers crossed. The girls are starting 5 day a week preschool at their school from last year - half days, but we are excited for them! They LOVE school and their teachers (Mrs Deb, Mrs Tammy, Mrs Winnie and Mrs Tiffany) and they love them. Declan will continue with Baseball, Hockey, Boxing and Parkour and we are trying to find time to fit in Gymnastics for the girls again as well as playdates with their bestie, Maycie.

Here are some photos from the summer, in no particular order since I need to go try and get Declan to fall asleep since 6:30 AM is going to come early!!!

Aven at Declan's birthday party decided to get into someone's sun screen and us A LOT of it...

All the sisters of the boys at Declan's party... Princesses!

Princess Parade...

Declan, Andy and his bestie (and their dad)

7 year old!

Bria and Aven getting down in the tub waiting for Stevie to poo on the potty...

Per my earlier comment - I'm convinced the reason they don't consistently go on the potty is because they always have an audience and they hate it!

Bria swimming in the pool

Me and the kiddos

L to R: Aven, Bria and Stevie

Silly kids and Declan trying not to break a smile...

Tennessee Aquarium...

Me and Bria

This is how the girls slept (in my bed) in their very first hotel stay... I wasn't all that comfortable. But I'm sure Andy and Declan were great in their bed ;)