Matt's 34th birthday won't go down in history as his happiest birthday since it unfortunately coincided with the death of Matt's uncle Robert Reid, we tried to make the best of it. The girls made him Mickey/Minnie characters from Sculpie clay in excitement of our upcoming vacation. They also helped make his cake, including the valentine's day heart sprinkles on top. 
Here is a late picture from Camille and Lily's summer dance class performance. Lily wasn't interested in wearing her props during the clown themed show. Camille was really got into the dancing. Lily just has a good time where ever she goes (except when it comes to wearing an itchy paper hat and stinky clown nose:)
Camille with her friends Tatum, Julia, and Emma H.
We brought Camille's friend 
Madison with us for the week, and they had a blast together. She got to play at our house for the afternoons too.
It's hot outside, but Camille and Lily love to spend time at the Dallas Arboretum. They have had exhibits with the Beatrix Potter stories, and they are so adorable! Camille and Lily love an adventure, and finding Mr. McGreggors garden required a 2nd day trip to the Arboretum.
These mallard ducks came to our front yard in the mornings and we fed them a few times while waiting for Camille's school bus. They were timid at first, but not for long. I would bet these are the same ducks that were searching around our yard during that last snow storm. Then the other day (June 26th) I pulled the car out of our garage and looked back to see a tiny baby duck running into the garage. He was chirping away. I took pictures with my phone but I have to figure out how to get those on the blog. I ended up taking him to the side yard and letting him go in the shade. The girls were very excited! I hope he found his parents, but it's not like we could raise a duck in the back yard! I have no idea where the nest is. 
We decided that we needed to cut our losses with the CRV. I decided that the minivan fits my uses the best, and it's been great so far. I think Camille must have taken this picture too:)
There were lots of parents who went on the field trip. So, I only had Camille and one other girl in my group.
Camille and Matt had a great time with the YMCA princesses campout back in April. While it wasn't snowy like the previous campout, it really wasn't very warm. Matt said it was some really cold swimming but Camille was enthusiastic about everything. Matt had his hands full this trip chaperoning Madison as well since her Dad had to work that weekend. Camille is very proud of her vest. In the picture you can't see that the sides of the vest have fringe with beads down the seam, which she worked hard on. 
We have been very impressed with Camille's school, and their program was great too. The kids are all so engaged. In this song they were doing dance moves too.
All the kids used some sort of instrument during the program. Camille has a rainstick here.
We nearly missed bluebonnet season this year. They were past prime before our first photo session. Unfortunately I took the girls myself the first time, not knowing that the camera was in a strange setting. On the second attempt several days later there were many fewer flowers and less enthusiastic subjects, but we got this cute one of Lily.
In this last picture Lily is sitting next to a tiny bronze mouse that she likes on the rock. 
