6 Weeks of Princess Dance Camp {The Summer Chronicles}

I originally planned to wait out the summer before enrolling her into a dance class in the fall. Then I saw an opportunity arise for her to attend a 6 week Disney Princess Dance Camp! What better way to get her to try out dance AND get to wear princess dresses doing it!?

They focused on a different Disney Princess each week and they got to dress like that particular princess. It was a "creative movement" class for 2-3 year olds and they would dance to songs from each movie.

She absolutely LOVED it! I signed her up for the fall dance season and she can not wait to go back!! 

Hanley in Gymnastics {The Summer Chronicles}

At the end of spring Hanley tried gymnastics. While I think Hanley definitely enjoyed the gymnastics classes, I don't think it's exactly her strong suit. Although I believe maybe with more consistent classes she would become better, 6 weeks just wasn't enough time. She did have a lot of fun and occasionally we could pull her away from her comfort zone and do things that surprised us.

If we end up revisiting gymnastics, which I'm not against, it will be at a different gym, rather than The Little Gym where she went. I just know I could find just as good classes closer to home and cheaper too!

Wagontrails Animal Park {The Summer Chronicles}

Our friend, Amanda, invited us to her birthday outing at Wagontrails Animal Park earlier this summer. Conrad was only just 5 weeks old and still a teeny little newborn. I wore him in my Solly Baby Wrap Carrier and made having 2 kids so easy! Hanley had so much fun feeding all the animals and I can't wait to take both kids back there when Conrad gets a little older so he can enjoy the animals also!

 

Puddle Jumping {The Summer Chronicles}

Saying Hanley hates bugs is an understatement...she literally screams like she was just set on fire when one gets close to her... Since its been raining for the past too many weeks to count, she is always asking to go jump in muddy puddles (thanks Peppa Pig,oiiinnnkkk!). So we put on our rain boots and headed out the door..

After finding the smallest puddles known to man (I guess we waited too long) she jumped for awhile then spotted the huge dirt pile that is now the corner of our front yard... ...The gas company has been tearing up all the sidewalks and part of our yards down my street to replace all the gas lines so the corner of my yard is now a big dirt pile...

She was on the hunt for worms, which shocked me to the core, so we started digging. Much to my dismay we found one (that she later named Cossa) and I thought for sure she would scream once I picked it up with a stick but sure enough she grabbed it with her fingers. She was insistent on bringing it to the house to show her daddy and in the process dropped it and ripped it a few times lol

 

So back to the front yard dirt pile to search for a new worm... The second one we found was bigger and juicier and she named it Foosa. She proceeded to give it numerous baths in the puddles and made it a nice home when it was time to go inside. 

Just wild to me that she was totally fine with worms. It was cute and fun to be playing with her one on one like that doing exactly what she wanted to do with no pressure or resistance from me.