My little Bakers

I thought it would be fun if the kids started learning to cook/bake this summer. I told Robby he could be the first one to choose what he wanted to learn to cook. So he chose pumpkin pie ( in the middle of the summer). I did want to encourage him so we went for it. Robby helped with the pie part and Jessy was in charge of helping with the crust. They were so excited that we had enough dough and filling to make 2 big pies and one little one for them to split. Aeryka didn't have a chance to help with this pie but she did plan dinner another night and she is learning to make homemade macaroni and cheese one of the few things that she loves to eat. Nick is learning things that he is interested in baking such as cookies and bread. Every once in a while he will help with dinner, he is actually more interested in eating dinner than what actually goes in it.

Gymnastics

Aeryka has been doing gymnastics for about 6 months now and man does she love it. She is on level orange (2) and she is doing great. These pictures are of her when she passed her first level and of her spring spectacular. She is really strong and was able to do a backwards pull over on the first time she had class. Bar and floor are her strong points and she will keep on working on vault and beam. She always has a blast and she is very excited to move to the next level. I thought that she would be on level orange for a while but one of the teachers told me that she is almost ready to pass to the next level. I guess we will see when she has pass offs in the beginning of August. I am so proud of Aeryka and the hard work that she puts in to improve herself in this sport. One of the things that I want to remember about her is how funny she is when she leaves the living room. She always does a cartwheel or a round off or a flip over to leave. I think it is so funny. I am so thankful for this sweet little girl in our family. She has been a great helper to me this summer and it is so fun to have this shy sweet girl in our family.