Life, Love, and Marathons: Another 90 Degree Weekend

Another busy and hot weekend in the books! Lucy had her 4th and final camp of the summer last week at American Girl Doll dance camp which, like the Moana dance camp she went to a few weeks ago, ended with a performance for family & friends on Friday. The girls performed 4 dances: tap, ballet, tumbling/jazz, and a dance with their dolls. After lunch at home, the girls played in the backyard with the sprinkler, inflatable pool, and water table.

Beginning of their tap number

More tap

Onto ballet

The last dance with their dolls

Running through the sprinkler

Lucy pulling Cece through the sprinkler

Cooling off in the pool

Cece playing with the water table

It was in the mid-90s on Saturday so we made sure to get to Zoombezi Bay right when they opened to snag some chairs under an umbrella in the shade. As soon we dropped off our stuff, Lucy decided to finally try a few of the bigger water slides that she's tall enough to do this summer. I rode the Sound Surfer with her (we were in a raft together going down) and then her & Todd did the Dolphin Dash together (they went on slides next to each other at the same time). She said she loved them but the lines were getting pretty long so we opted to head to Otter Banks so Cece could get in the water instead of waiting in line again. Once we were home from Zoombezi Bay and Cece was down for her nap, Lucy & I walked to Hoot Studio for the grand opening. It's a new play cafe that replaced another we used to go to frequently. The old one closed at the end of last summer so we were excited to see a new one go in especially since it's only a 5-10 minute walk from our house. Lucy got a balloon animal (she picked a unicorn), some snacks, and was able to check out the play area for awhile. That evening, we dressed up to head to the Park of Roses for our annual family photo session. We were pretty sweaty (especially since Todd & I were chasing after Cece for the majority of it) but we've already seen a few sneak peak pictures and so far, I love what I've seen!

The Sound Surfer slide is the orange one on the right

Dolphin Dash

Lunch break in the shade

Hoot Studio

Lucy & her balloon unicorn

In the play area--she was wearing a costume while playing at the train table

Dressed up for our pictures--hard to believe she'll be 5 in 2 months!

Smiling because we were finally done

Walking back to the car

Finally, we wrapped up our weekend on Sunday by walking to downtown Powell for the Powell Street Market and celebrated National Ice Cream Day by going to Graeter's & celebrating Cece's birthday a few days early with my parents. We have a fun couple weeks coming up including Cece's 2nd birthday tomorrow and her party on Saturday!

Walking to the Powell Street Market; Lucy insisted on carrying her "purse" which had her water bottle in it