Week in Review

 Following our Fourth of July fun, we experienced a lovely, "normal" summer week.

We started with meeting friends at the beach on Tuesday. Colleen, Morgan, Lynnette and their kids provided plenty of companionship for Cora and Violet, who spent hours boogie boarding and generally frolicking.

We took Liana home with us for a sleepover. Since Cora slept at Sophia's house last week, Violet has been bugging me about having a sleepover, too.

This situation worked perfectly because on Wednesday morning, we were meeting at Morgan's for a summer Mom2Mom Bible study.

The girls had a great time, and even managed to get some sleep.

Though we said that one of them could sleep in Vi's bed, they chose to share the couch cushion bed on Violet's floor.

One morning this week, we got up and out for a rollerblade/bike trip together. I would love to make this a regular part of our summer...

On Thursday afternoon, JT, Callie and Jonah came up to play and swim. It was great to catch up and see each other. After swimming, they played with the Lite Brite toy.

Cora had gone bowling with Sam and Riley, and we took them swimming with us in the afternoon. Then we went to the Newhall Library, where a company was teaching Hawaiian dancing (see dance floor in background).

The girls didn't want to dance, but they had fun with a library scavenger hunt for children. (Stace is channeling his inner sulky tweenager. And Violet is about to dash off somewhere.)

On Friday, we met up with Mom2Mom friends for a park playdate. The kids painted on canvases, and then played in the playground and rolled down the hill.

Parks, pools, beach and friends - that is summer fun!