Once Upon A Dream

Gabby auditioned for a play that took place at a local theatre. The play was The Jungle Book, and she was cast as a monkey. There were kids auditioning that were Gabby's age all the way up through high school. Here are some pictures from her fantastically fun week. She made a lot of great friends and memories. We also added a couple of videos from the play....Enjoy!

Grammy surprised Gabby by showing up for the show. The cast had to decorate bags to keep their clothes and costumes in during the week of rehearsals and shows. This is Gabby's bag.

Gabby the monkey, and Grammy asks Gabby to sign her shirt and playbill.

Gabby with her directors - Kyle and Teal.

The monkeys' silly cast photo with Kyle!

Mowglie's Wolf Family, Kaa, and The Wolf Pack

Photo 1 - Hathi the Elephant, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the Mongoose, Darzee the Tailor Bird, Buck the Buck, Young Girl, Nag, and Nagaina
Photo 2 - Mowgli, Bagheera, Tabaqui, Shere Khan, and Allison (Assistant Director for the week)

Monkey See, Monkey Do

Gabby's line....she's the one who says-"We're not afraid of you!"

We do the Monkey

The Jungle Song....part of the finale...

This may very well be the best Pediatrician in the world. We were lucky to find this excellent Dr. shortly after we moved to this area. I am so thankful for her. The girls LOVE going to see her like they are BFF's. PS - Sorry about the wreath hat Dr. Mian.

The girls stopped over at the local library to collect their prizes for the summer reading program. Mrs. Noyes was nice enough to take a picture with us....but she just barely had time. That library is sooooo busy!

The girls and I slept out under the stars for the first time last week during the Perseid Meteor shower. The girls loved sleeping outside. We were able to view the shower perfectly because we began to see "shooting stars" as soon as the sky got dark. However, it didn't take long before there was a lot of snoring happening on the back deck.

Here are some shots from the morning after....

I know what got the "smart moves" of the summer award....signing up for ice skating lessons for these entire hot three months. The girls have been having a chilly time with their skating buddies.

Gillian has long given up her afternoon naps, but playing out in the sunshine can really take it out of you. There have been a few times this summer that we have found Miss Gilli asleep on the couch just like this.

Are we really getting to the age already where we have sleepovers??? = Apparently.

Gabby and Hannah

We picked this monster the other day. We had to take it off the plant before the whole thing tipped over and ripped out of the ground. I am telling you....it is almost the size of Gabby's head.

We have been riding our bikes a lot this summer. We sometimes get together with friends and ride around in some of the neighborhoods behind our house. Sometimes our bikes become abandoned, and we end up with seeds growing off our noses or some other strange thing.

We would like to send out an extra special "Thanks" to the dads who patrol the neighborhood, move cones, hunt down stray bikers, and attach fallen greasy chains......without you this sport would be dead.