Summer Fun and Dive Meet UPDATE!!

Well, technically, the "dive meet update" part will come first. As it turns out, Madison actually WON the dive meet on Saturday! She won the 1 meter and the three meter and was the high point winner - which meant a medal. Pretty good stuff. She is quite the proud child!

As for the rest of our summer, we have been involved in a lot of potty training and a good bit of spontaneous dancing. Sometimes those two events collide in a most unusual way.

(please note, Mac's underwear atop Barclay's head)

We also made a trip up to school to take care of some general business. All three kids had to hop on top of the bulldog in the office and insisted on having their picture taken!

This week, the girls are going to gymnastics camp - and got some new (to them) duds to wear. After they got home, all three of them put on a "show" for us. It was mostly a very LOUD screaming rock and roll performance (all three were lead singer and on lead guitar). Also, please note Mac's "microphone".

I have been promising Ashley a picture of one of the new beds we planted around our back patio this summer - so here's a teaser!

Dive Meet

Today, Madison participated in her first dive meet. I am completely impressed. She had never (to my knowledge) been off a high dive before, due to the fact that our club doesn't have one, but when they asked her if she wanted to compete in the high dive division also - she (literally) jumped right in. She did a front dive and a front dive with a half twist (the later without even so much as an attempt during warm ups). Man, am I impressed. She is braver than I am!

I will have to admit to some bribery here ... Mac was pretty bored after the first hour of warm ups and low board - so I resorted to ice cream.

Pretty cool back dive too (yet another dive that is not in my bag). It seems that 7 is a big year for Madison.

What form!

Growing Up

This is my handsome boy on the 4th of July. He is getting too big, too fast. He's gonna be a heart breaker - watch out ladies!

I will try and get some more 4th pictures and some from our trip to Nashville (where we saw the Villere clan) posted soon. We had the tummy bug for the 4th weekend, so no beach - just a lot of yard work!

Happy Camper

Madison went to sleep away camp for the first time last weekend (just after her 7th birthday!). She went to Camp Beckwith over the Bay for three days.

Mama and her beautiful girls - Barclay REALLY missed Madison and decided that she definitely wants to go to camp too (good thing, since she has no choice in the matter - but don't tell her I said that).

My Babies

Barclay and Mac had a lot of fun exploring the camp grounds.

Daddy with Madison and Mac - still checking out the camp. It is absolutely beautiful and right on Weeks Bay, which is at the mouth of Mobile Bay.

Not surprisingly, Madison chose a top bunk. Good thing, too, since her bunk mate managed to throw up the second night. Barclay really thought the bunk beds were cool. Madison's assistant counselor, Kate, braided her hair which added to her particularly precious campy look.

Maddie missed her Daddy and her Daddy missed her. A lot. Seven is very, very grown up. Beware, seven.