1. We started summer later than usual due to making up snow days from school. But once that pesky school contract was fulfilled, we started summer! The good news is that I still have a job for next year and I'm still teaching 3rd. I also get to keep my awesome room!
2. I took some girl time with 3 of my sorority sisters and we headed to Dallas for an overnight trip. We had so much fun talking the entire way (no radio for us) and shopping. The perfect way to relax and enjoy the blessings of friendship!
3. We have started potty training! I feel like we have a new puppy in the house. We are ALWAYS in the bathroom! I've never spent so much time in there. It's like our new family room. Let's just say we've been reading a lot of Fancy Nancy books and looking at maps (she loves them!)
4. We took a 10 day trip down to Texas to see Clay's family. We had so much fun spending time with them. We even lucked out with the weather not being miserably hot. WOO HOO! Coming back to reality, though, was tough. I enjoyed 10 day of no grocery shopping, cooking, laundry, cleaning, etc.. A girl could get used to that really fast!
5. We've discovered the terrible two's. Not my favorite part of being a parent. I suppose it's a rite of passage, right? RIGHT?!
6. We've also discovered the world of dress-up. We stayed overnight with Clay's best friend and his family during our trek down to Austin. Their little girl, Abby, loves dressed up like the Disney princesses. Courtney was in awe of the "older" girl in the house and wanted to do everything she was doing. She loved dressed up. Like a sucker, we made a stop at an Austin Target and bought Courtney a Cinderella dress. She loves it! And with doing so well at potty training, we bought her a Snow White one too. Clay's co-worker so me buying it and the next day brought Clay a Minnie Mouse dress that is too small for her daughter. We're consumed with dress up. We wear them. All of them. Everyday. All. Day.
7. We bought a family pass to the OKC Zoo this year. We've been a couple of times this summer. Courtney loves looking at the animals and talking to them like they're listening. Gee, I don't know where she gets her gift to gab from!
I'd love to write that we're jetting off to some foreign country next, but we're not. We're staying home and enjoying the lazy days (are they really lazy?) of summer. I'm sure we'll squeeze in a few play dates, lunch dates, zoo days, etc. before we both go back to school!
Hope everyone is staying cool!
