I Live To Bowl! - Jul 27

Summer. It's almost over.

If I'm counting correctly, there are 2 more weeks left before school starts. Summer break is a very weird thing as an adult because I feel like as a kid summer felt like it lasted forever. As an adult, especially an adult with a kid, it's an entirely different amount of time. In a way, it does feel like it has gone on a long time and while I don't feel like we have done a lot, I guess we kind of do stuff all throughout the year so it's hard to remember if it happened over summer break or not. This particular summer we checked a few things off my long term calendar and we still have a few more to go.

This week was pretty low key but last weekend Heather and Chloe managed to drag me to Santa Cruz for a day, lol. I really was not interested to go but while I probably complained about it, Heather & Chloe love the beach and Chloe was so excited to go. It took us basically 3 hours to get there (which is more or less why I didn't want to go) and the weather was only about 70 degrees but that didn't stop Chloe for 1 minute from running around the beach collecting shells and getting in the water.

I opted not to bring an actual camera to the beach this time(sand, theft, etc) so I didn't really take many photo. Just a few snaps to prove we were there, lol. This week Chloe and I went bowling FOUR DAYS IN A ROW. The last 2 days Chloe decided it was finally time to go without the bumpers. She has improved quite a bit over the summer and I have to say it can only be from one thing: BOWLING FOUR DAYS A WEEK!. HAHAHA! It's fun for us and I like that she excitedly asks me to go bowling every day. Hopefully she's having some fun with her old dad. =)

Have a great weekend, folks~

-B

Trying Again! - Jul 20

This week feels very much like last week but with one important difference: The guy at the bowling alley actually knows Chloe's shoe size by heart now.

LOL.

So far we have gone bowing this week 3 times. Yesterday Chloe bowled her highest game to date(123) and I'll be honest that is higher than my score most days haha. On Thursday I brought up the idea of running r/c cars to Chloe and she was game. I really was hoping this summer at some point that her and I would take a trip down to the racetrack figuring it would be something fun to do together. The biggest bummer being that the track is about 45 miles away and traffic is an issue typically in both directions depending on the times of day. It's also a long way to go only to find that it's busy and Chloe won't be able to putter around the track without being in peoples way, etc. She's definitely at the age where she would/could have fun with this but I wish it were closer to home(of course). She seemed to enjoy it and she definitely gets better as she gets older even without having done it in a long time(hand-eye coordination I assume). Just snapped a few while we were outside playing..have a great weekend, folks~~

-B

Beans! - Jul 13

Oh hey! Another fun filled week has flown by and by fun filled week I mean BOWLING.

It has been super mega hot this week pretty much going over 90 degrees every day so indoor activities have been a plus. Normally I'm not super into swimming but I've offered this week and Chloe has declined. *Shrug* On Thursday Chloe and i both reminded each other that we have been discussing planting pumpkins so on our way home we dropped into Home Depot. Generally I like to buy already started plants but of course they did not have any. LOL. Seeds it is! So we planted our pumpkins and Chloe also grabbed some kind of beans. Our garden isn't super fantastic this year but we're giving it a shot.

Hoping for a cooler week next week. Here's a few snaps because that's how I roll.
Have a great weekend, folks~

-B

New Haircut, Who's This?! - Jul 6

So last weekend after we got back from our trip Heather decided it was time to get Chloe's haircut. It was getting long but it was all pretty damaged from all the swimming and from not having a haircut in a while so it was deemed time. I got a text while they were at the place something to the effect of "Chloe want's BANGS what do I do?" lol. I don't think Heather was super into it but I basically texted her to let Chloe decide, show her some pictures and make sure she really wants it because it's going to be a long time before it grows back. Also, the way I look at it, screw around with haircuts while you're young and your hair does grow back fast. if she doesn't like it, it won't be long before it resolves itself. =)

And there you have it, BANGS! My(our) assumption is that Chloe really wanted that style because a certain Harry Potter female character has bangs. Cute. It took me a minute to get used to it but it's not so drastic that she's unrecognizable, lol. I actually think it suits her really well. APPROVED.

Also this week of course was the 4th of July! The 4th has typically been a holiday we have spent with our friends and as the years have gone on there has been less and less fireworks and festivities going on. This year it seems that everyone that usually gets together seemed to have their own individual plans so we thought we were just going to be hanging out at the pool by ourselves. A few days before the 4th our friends plans changed and we ended up spending the 4th at our house with Shannon, Chris, Hailey & Taylor. We went to the pool for a bit then just came back here and BBQ'd and let the kids play. All the kids decided they were going to find sticks outside and create their own Harry Potter wands. A quiet 4th of July at home(without fireworks) just hanging out with good friends. =)

That's it for this week, gone in a flash! Just a few pics to share. Have a great weekend~

-B