5 on Friday

First, can I just say that I LOVE SUMMER!

Ok, now that that's off my chest, here are 5 reasons I'm loving my girls this week:

1.  Campbell and I went for another run together yesterday.  Nana bought her a cute new running outfit and we had a great time running on the "zig" and "zag" (curves on the sidewalk). It was great until Campbell tripped on a crack in the sidewalk while running full-tilt and scraped her forehead.  But, as usual, it didn't slow her down for long and she was soon smiling and laughing.

2.  Campbell had cheerleading camp this week (more on that later in the post) which left me and Maggie with a lot of one on one time.  I really enjoyed the rare chance for her to be my only child.  We went to the pool, shopping, lunch, etc. 

3.  We recently learned that Campbell needs glasses.  She has been followed by the same pediatric ophlamologist since the NICU and last year at her check up he noticed that one eye was more far sighted than the other.  This year it was even more so and he is concerned about her developing amblyopia ("lazy eye") if we don't correct it with glasses.  She, Nana, and I went to pick out her glasses and she fell in love with a pair of Vera Bradley frames with flowers on the sides.  She looks so cute in them and is so serious about taking care of them. 

4.  I think Maggie may be a budding photographer.  She loves to take our iPhones or camera, point them at us and say "Cheese!"

5.  Campbell had her first cheerleading experience this week at a week-long camp.  She loved it.  Robbie and I loved hearing her say her little cheers at night that she had learned "R-O-A-R, Hey Let's Roar!" and "Here we go Tigers, Here we go! *clap, clap*".  About mid-week, she asked us at dinner: "If I'm cheering for the football team, who is cheering for me?"  We responded "Mommy and Daddy!"

The first morning when I dropped her off, she was so brave and excited that she barely looked back as she walked into the camp with a counselor. 

Today we got to go watch her cheer at a football game (there was a football camp going on at the same time as the cheerleading camp).  She seemed to have so much fun and it was so much fun for us to watch her do her cheers and even a little "stunt"!

They even did some "tumbling".

Maggie and Mommy enjoyed the performance!

After the game, she got her cheerleading certificate and had a perfect ending to a great week: a hug from the Chick Fil A cow!