End of Summer

Just a quick photo dump to re-cap the end of our summer.   We had a lot going on in the month of August.  Tessa had her very first dentist appointment and did excellent!  Of course, she was the most excited to be able to watch cartoons while our dental hygienist, Rochelle, cleaned her teeth.  She wanted her sisters to be in the room with her for moral support, and at the end of her cleaning she chose a green popper toy as her prize.  I also started my final season with the cross country team and have brought the girls along with me for various events, such as our 60-minute fundraiser run and trail maintenance.  Lastly, we celebrated the end of summer with our neighbors at our 3rd annual Clearbrook Ct. BBQ.  Sophie was the coordinator, and she planned a slew of games, organized a bicycle parade & face-painting station, and choreographed the girls' dances they performed.

60-minute fundraiser run

Tessa ran a total of 3 laps all by herself.

McKinley and Piper ran together this year.

Afterwards they feasted on watermelon, and then we met the team at Round Table Pizza.

One friday morning for practice, we gathered as many rakes and shovels as we could find in order to spread out the bark chips over our home course's trail. 

McKinley and Piper were happy to help.....

......while Tessa stayed with me and munched on donuts.

Piper's favorite cross country girls: Jaci & Savanna.

Trail maintenance crew.

Our neighbors: Sam & Will.

Tessa and McKinley did a routine together.

Piper did her own dance.

And McKinley also performed her own dance, which included cartwheels and scissor kicks.

Momma did not do so well during the pie-eating contest.  After my first two bites of lemon meringue pie, our neighbor, Brian had inhaled his piece of banana cream.

The girls, however, were pie-eating champs, and they all received a prize!

During the bicycle parade, the girls threw candy to the crowd.