A Fairy House Moved In

We won a birdhouse at the family reunion auction and decided to tell the girls it's a fairy house. Nick snuck it outside on our way to church. Then when we got back home we "discovered" it with the girls and told them the fairies must have built it there. Since then they have LOVED it! They were so excited when they found it that they even sat outside and read books to them! Of course we told them they can't touch the house because it would scare the fairies and they would never come back. Such a fun thing for them to believe in!

Lewis Family Reunion

I'm slow to record the events of the family reunion and now I don't remember all the details. However, I have pictures of my favorite part! Jordan busted out the karaoke and the kids ROCKED it! I was so surprised that they were so willing to sing in front of all of us. Shasta was the first to get it started and she sang Girl On Fire by Alicia Keys. She got nervous and said in the microphone to me, "everyone is looking at me" in which everyone quickly looked away and I was able to convince her that it was just me watching her. I sang along with her to give her some more courage, and she did great! I was so proud of her for being brave! I don't have any pictures of her singing, but this park had an amphitheater off to the side and she sang on the stage. 

When we passed the mic onto the other kids, they were much braver and stood right in front of everyone to sing. They all took turns and Gigi probably would have spent the rest of the night singing cover songs if she didn't have to share! It was so fun seeing all the kids sing and dance and have no fear.

Itty Bitty Ball

Shasta got to participate in Itty Bitty Ball this Summer. For three weeks she got to try a new sport. They played t-ball, soccer, lacrosse, basketball, and football. It was just a brief introduction to each sport, but it was fun to see her try a bunch of different things and see how she liked them... even though she was a GIANT pain about it! She is an observer through and through. She doesn't like to try new things until she's confident she can do it without messing up. And she worries about other people watching her. It took bribery to get her to participate. We told her we would get snow cones everyday that she participated and had fun. The first day she faked her fun to no end. Seriously! But it worked. She earned a snow cone every time after that. (It was only Tuesdays and Thursdays that she played.) The last day was probably the best. They did a smorgasbord of the five sports they had played and made a relay out of them (although I don't think Lacrosse was included). She got to retry each of them and had a lot of fun with it. At the end she won the award for Most Improved and got a gift card to Pizza Pie Cafe. Then everyone got a gift card to Chick Fil A for a free kids meal and Wendy's for a free frosty. That right there paid for the sign up fee, but she also got an Itty Bitty Ball shirt! It was fun, but I don't think we'll do it again. At least not for Shasta. We might let Shelby try next Summer.