Another week of camps: Annabelle and her friend Sofia attended Gaga for Fashion Camp and Gwyneth attended Storybook Art Camp. The classes were across the hall from each other which meant far less driving for me, but still a much needed break for them. (they spend A LOT of time together)
Tuesday Annabelle spent the morning at the pool with Sofia while Gwyneth attended the Tinkerbell Tea Party at the kitchen. (Annabelle stuck around for a quick photo op…she is cool, but not too cool for Tinkerbell. C’mon.)
Gwyneth’s dear friend Ella joined her for the fun.
How cute is this group, really???
Their best Tinkerbell sass faces
Annabelle’s girl scout friends joined us to make sit upons for camp next week.
Annabelle and Olivia are oh so crafty. Olivia stayed for a sleepover too and they crafted all night.
The next morning we took a little swim break with the Minick’s. We had to leave early to go to camp, so we arrived early and we had the pool all to ourselves. The only bummer is that the slides don’t go on until much later, but we still had a peaceful, fun morning.
This has to be the cutest picture ever taken….look how sweet Annabelle and Ethan are together. If not the cutest, come on, at least top 10. They are flippin’ adorable.
Annabelle and Sofia had their fashion show today and they ROCKED it!
Gwneth showed us some of her new art techniques
On the 3rd, Ruby joined Gwyneth for a sleepover. While we waited for fireworks they had an epic water balloon fight. They didn’t even wait to put on swimsuits. It was madness and giggling and water everywhere. No one was safe, so naturally I watched most of the battle from inside!
For the 4th we headed downtown to meet friends for fireworks. We started our adventure at Steubens which is still one of my favorite restaurants. The food is good and the atmosphere is fun and well, they have bacon peppercorn bloody marys. Yeah, that’s right. Enough said.
Doin’ some day drinkin’ at Steubens
We met friends at the Outlaws game. I know very little about lacrosse and even though I’ve been to a few games now, I still know very little. What I do know is that the fireworks show at Mile High is amazing. One of the best I’ve ever seen. If I have my way, you’ll find us here again next year.
We turned our trip to the Outlaws game into a small staycation downtown. Our first night we stayed at the Sheraton downtown, which is not my favorite hotel, but they do have a great rooftop pool. These girls definitely look like they could use a little R&R, huh?
Life is rough for this little lady
Never quite checked out (see that phone in his hand….) but he been assigned guard duty by the girls and he is starting to look more and more relaxed.
We grabbed lunch at the Mellow Mushroom, B’s favorite and then checked in to The Westin for a second night downtown. The hotel was very helpful because we had tickets to see Wicked. We saved ourselves a trip home and back and we were able to walk to the show.
I enjoyed our second hotel much better. Better room, better location. Not a better pool though. The rooftop pool had great views but it was small and honestly kind of lame. The girls didn’t really care though. It was a pool on the roof. Yeah, life could be much worse.
Having a little Pre-Wicked fun at The Corner Office. These girls can sure clean up nice.
The Corner Office is our pre-theater tradition. They have the best kids mac and cheese and cotton candy for dessert. Did I mention the fabulous dirty martinis? Well, those are pretty amazing too.
Gwyneth sharing her cotton candy. I’m the lone family member who doesn’t like cotton candy. It’s a weird texture. All sugar, just dissolving away. Gross. Don’t cry for me, I just ordered another martini.
Wicked is right!
The popcorn never lies.
I worried that Gwyneth would be scared of the show, but she absolutely loved it. Perhaps a little jumpy, but come on those flying monkeys are creepy. She asked so many questions afterwards and wanted more, more, more. This is Annabelle’s second time seeing the show and so continues our theater quest. I can only imagine how many shows we will see together before they head to college. Maybe they will grow tired of it? Maybe not? I really hope not.
Meyered...With Children 