*FIRST DAY AT DISNEY*

We spent all day traveling to Florida. The girls were good and took a nap on the plane, so they were well restd to go to Downtown Disney. There we ate at the House of Blues and walked around at the shops. The girls both got a Vynalmation Mickey, which is a little plastic Mickey figurine. Alexa was funny, because she really watched the prices and was conservative on how she spent her birthday money.
After eating and shopping, we headed back to Shades of Green to get rested for the next morning at Magic Kingdom.

*GIRL'S YEARLY CHECK-UP - 2010*

The girls had their yearly checkup before school. Trey and Michael spent the night last night, so they got to go with us. Everyone acted really well during it all. It was a long appointment, so I was pretty impressed.
Alexa doesn't need to get a shot until she is 11, but Maren was asked if she wanted her 4 shots and her blood drawn now, to wait until she was 5 or to split them up. She opted to get them right now. She was such a big girl too. You could tell it hurt her, but she didn't want to cry in front of Trey and Michael. It took them forever to get that little vial of blood too. They had to keep squeezing her finger. Now we know she doesn't have diabetes. I didn't think she did, but they went ahead and tested her. She also got to pick out 5 toys from a special drawer they had, because they said she was so brave.
Alexa's checkup was pretty simple. They just looked her over. However, they did discover she had an ear infection, so we had to get her on medicine. It was perfect timing, because we are about to get on an airplane and fly. Luckily her medicine will be working by then, so it won't be painful.

*SCIENCE CITY*

Since it was a muggy day we decided to take the girls to Science City. We went to the Dinosaur 3-D movie where we learned about how paleontologists dig up bones and then we went to the Planetarium where we learned about how telescopes worked. Alexa mentioned after going to both shows how educational the day was. I think she also convinced Maren to be a paleontologist.

Today is also Grandma Hauk's 55th Bday. She lives far away in Georgia, so we couldn't be there, but we would have loved to be!

*ALEXA'S 8TH TOOTH*

I know by now we are all thinking "What color was the tooth fairy's dress?" It was dark blue this time. She also left 5 whole dollars. I am pretty sure it was because of how hard Alexa worked at getting the tooth for her.

This little tooth did not want to come out. For over 6 months now we have been thinking it was time. All through the school year it bothered her, but it hung on. Finally, after all this time it came out (of course after a little pulling and tugging by Alexa.) It came out the day we left for the lake, so Alexa stuck it in a plastic bag on her desk for when we got home. The whole way home she kept asking us if the tooth fairy was still working since it was getting really late.

*FOURTH OF JULY*

We decided to head to the lake this year for the Fourth of July. It turned out to be a great idea since it rained in Kansas City and stayed pretty clear at the Ozark's.
We played all weekend on the lake. Alexa finally got the nerve to ride on the jet ski again. We let her try driving it and she loved being in control. It gave her more confidence taht she was safe, so she begged all weekend to go back on it.
Maren of course loved the jet ski, but also became more confident at swimming off the dock in her life jacket. She even swam without her Zoey tube. Both girls are getting better at swimming.
We ended up heading home late on the 4th, so we watched a lot of the fireworks driving home. Since it rained that night in Kansas City, we were able to catch a lot of the fireworks once we got home and the rain cleared.

*GIRLS AT THE ZOO*

The zoo had a members only late night, so we decided to go. It was nice because everything was free, so we were able to take the tram and train everywhere. It was pretty warm, but the girls seemed to have a lot of fun.

*WYNN TWINS 2010*

This was Maren's first dance recital and her last one (Alexa's last too.) They both decided to move on and do new excited things. This is bittersweet for me since I will have my Monday nights back, but I will for sure miss them doing their dance thing. I loved watching Alexa for the past five years (and Maren this year) getting dolled up in their little dresses and making their shoe bows.
However, they did do great this year. Alexa went from being in her big poofy dresses (like Maren's) to big girl outfits. It was the first year she didn't dance in a straight line, but moved around the stage. I was very excited we moved on from that. She did great in both numbers, but I really enjoyed her "We Will Rock You" tap number. I thought that was her best performance out of the two.
Maren did "Beautiful Doll." Super adorable and she went out on stage like she had done many times before. I was surprised since she seems to be my more shy one out of the two.
Both nights went really well and many people came out to watch the girls dance their hearts out at the Music Hall.