Run Mommy Run

 Mommy ran in the Chicago Marathon and I was so proud of her.  I can't believe that she can run that far.  It is 26 miles.  Really far.

The McAfee's mom ran in the marathon too (and so did Mrs Lori) so we went all over Chicago with them to see different parts of the race.  And we stopped and at some donuts!  Yummy!

We got to see Mommy four times.  Every time she would stop and hug us but I wanted her to keep running!  Maybe she needed a break?  Gram and Papi and Grandma met us for a couple stops too.  Then we spent some time walking around Chicago and going to the American Girl Doll store and some other shops.  It was a great weekend.

OMG! I am Nine!

Now that I am nine years old I only have 1 year before I add a "1" in front my age.  That is so crazy to me!  I already had my parties but I got a stool for my new but old vanity.  Miss Lori gave us the vanity from her daughter. And I got a nice jewelry box today.

And Luci gave me some earrings and necklace with a "R".  The best part was that she put in a flower jewelry box that she made for me.  We went to Earth & Fire a few weeks ago and she made a blue flower for me right in front me and I didn't even know it!  

At school, Mr. McGuire gave me a hard extra (pretend) birthday spanking.  He did one to grown on with his hand but it was hard and he said I must be growing a lot this year.  I hope that I do grow because I am almost as tall as Grandma now.  

I picked Cluckers for dinner and Gram and Papi joined us.  Then we got ice cream at Graeters.  That is a good birthday!

Surprise...A Bowling Party

I had a bowling birthday party with my friends...well Luci and her friends too.  And it was a surprise! We were supposed to be going bowling with Daddy and then when we turned the corner in the bowling alley it was a surprise...I was so shocked!  I didn't know what to say for a minute.

We had fun bowling and eating pizza and playing with the goody bag toys.  I was thankful for my friends that came and Mommy and Daddy for surprising us.  

Back to School, Back to Football

When school starts that means football starts.  And cheerleading starts again.  Me and Luci are cheering again for the Pioneers.  This year we supposed to be cheerleading for basketball too.  I hope there are cheerleaders for the girls games.  Then Luci might have to cheer for me!

A Week On The Beach

We are on vacation this week in Florida.  The last time I was in Florida was when I was only 6!  This time I have all of my cousins here: Landon, Jack, Rowan and Maggie.  There are 3 different condos for each family.  Plus we spent the night at Gram and Papi's house one night too.

We spent a lot of time on the beach making sandcastles and burying ourselves. 

Here is a picture of me in the ocean that Daddy took from the condo.  I like the beach and ocean but I always want to go to the pool more.  I can't get enough of the pool even if we have them in Indiana.

One fun thing we did is get out glow sticks after a walk.  And we had a little dance party.  Jack was so funny how he was dancing.  

My third grade teacher is...

...Mr. McGuire. It is like I'm going back to kindergarten!  I just found out today.  I am really excited because that is the teacher that I wanted.  I am happy that Abigail and Lyric are in my class and I'm also excited to know who else is in my class.  Mr. McGuire has an auction with McGuire bucks at the end of the semester. He also does science which is one of my favorite subjects.   But I'm still not totally ready for summer to be over.  I want to see my friends but I am not ready for homework!

Kindergarten Graduation with Mr. McGuire

Champs

Like always, Champs is the day before we went on vacation.  And it is a long, long day with a lot of races.  We hung out with the McAfees.

In the closest lane getting ready for 25m butterfly.

I did 5 races and I got 5 medals.  I won my heat in backstroke and I got a ribbon that you could show at the tent for a popsicle.  I ended up with three 4th place medals (2 relays and individual 25m backstroke) which were yellow.  I also got orange and brown medals for my other races. Uncle Tim said I looked like a rapper with all of my medals.

And my team, the Seacats, won again.  We won last year too.  So we got to push the coaches in the pool at the end.  Then we got in the van and drove to Florida.