Monthly Moments with Little Sweetie: July 19

Summer has been in full swing and we've been keeping up the best that we can. It's been a lot with swimming and Girl Scout camp and selling a house and power outages from a hurricane before leaving on a 10 day National Parks adventure...we're tired!

Swim season ended on a high note for Little Sweetie. She got 5th in our Division for Breast Stroke, the Coach's award for her age, and qualified for All Stars where she PRed!

End of season awards!

Success at All Stars!

In out true over-programming fashion, we left All Stars just to head straight to Misty Meadows for a week of Girl Scout Resident Camp! She and her friend T were excited for another summer of riding camp.

Ready for camp!

Brave besties ready for another adventure!

I'll both miss my girl and be so jealous of her!

Archery ace!

Enjoying her camp experience!

Getting my baby back!

They had a great time!

She was also a big help as we prepared to sell our home. We are very happy in our new home, but of course it's hard to leave so many memories!

Helping Dad prep the old house for sale.

Last family picture at the old house.

We did something right and thankfully sold our house very quickly and closed at the beginning of July!

We then kept buy with the rest of our usual fun. We did some baking, finished our summer reading challenge, going to movies, Girl Scout programs, and family time.

Making Coal Seam Cookies from the mix Ms. Mira sent.

Up, up, and away with summer reading!

Movie time!

Enjoyed the Junior Journey at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.

Enjoying our time together in the new house!

We also got spend our first Independence Day in the new neighborhood and brought our old traditions to the new home.

First bike ride in the new neighborhood!

Ice cream ball success!

Happy 4th of July!

Excited we are able to see fireworks from the back yard!

We haven't been able to get out on the boat much this summer due to the move, but we did make it out to have fun with Little Sweetie's friend T and her parents!

Fun in the sun, and then home before a hurricane!

Then our summer became a bit more chaotic as Hurricane Beryl hit the Houston area. We were fortunate that our new house sustained no damage, but we were without power for a week. Our old neighborhood was hit hard. Such a tough time for so many.

Picnicking upstairs to take advantage of the sunlight in our post-hurricane power outage.

We were able to run a portable air-conditioning unit in the downstairs, so Little Sweetie bunked with us on a cot.

Making their own fun in the dark by lantern light.

Our helper was a big help with hand washing the dishes!

We thankfully had a nice neighbor who let us use a piano for Little Sweetie to practice since ours is electric.

And then it was time to escape the power outage and head northwest for our big National Parks trip! I will have a separate write up on that coming.

Height and Weight

Literally, no clue. We don't have her height chart up in the new house and with the hurricane and preparing for our National Parks trip, we didn't get her weighed. She's still cute though!

Happy, healthy, and resilient!

Personality

This girl may just be 10 but she thinks she's ready for teenager hood. But I'm not. Stay young, little one!

Developmental Milestones

It's been a summer of survival with all the transitions going on, but she's doing great. She's been very mature and helpful with the move and handling the hurricane aftermath well. We'll see how the trip goes!

Fun Tidbits

Little Sweetie has wanted to go fishing in the big back lake since we moved into the new neighborhood. Unfortunately, with the move and the hurricane, Momma and Daddy just really haven't had the time to take her. However, her babysitter, JM loves to fish and came early one morning and took her! It was quite a bit of excitement for her in the post-hurricane power outage.