busy summer

Wow! that was fast. Now that we have a kid in school we have had to adjust our travel and playdate schedule to a condensed 7 weeks while trying to relax somewhere in the mix. So these are some random pictures of what we did during that time. We traveled to Montana, or as Kate keeps calling it "Hannah". She's oh so close, right? We hung out with my bff and her Dad and Step-Mom in lovely cool weather, made friends with the little girls next door, set off fireworks on the 4th, and mom got an awesome facial!We even participated in a Tea Party march. Just don't fly standby on a holiday, plan on driving anyway... We played with our playgroup friends at a splashpad & went to a children's museum. We went to a few birthday parties and played at the pool at our gym to stay cool. We also had a Pioneer day celebration and parade. Then it was time to meet our 1st grade teacher and we found out lots of last years friends are in the same class,yay! First day of school was oh so exciting! She handled it like a pro, me not so much. "Does she know where to go?", "it's different playground from kindergarten" and "how will she find her teacher?" It's ok Mom, breathe ! lol :)
She has been talking about cutting off her hair "to the bottom of my neck" she says. I was resistant to this idea at first and then thought it's her hair, it will grow back. Why not? So yesterday off it went... She looks too grown up to me, all legs and ideas of her own. Man, where does the time go? I swear if some boy shows up for a date next week, I will lock her in the closet until she's 25. So I do like her hair and most importantly so does she. "But I'm never cutting it again and it will look like Rapunzel" she says. Maybe she heard that locked in the closet comment?