Wrapping up August & Back to School

 After getting back from Alabama, we had about two weeks left before school started! We made an effort to get in any last minute summer break requests including...tie dye!

A pre-game clinic with the Chicago Red Stars women's soccer team for Jade, followed by the game for us all!

An afternoon at Funtopia, of course.

....and a day at Cypress Cove Waterpark.

Jade had her middle school orientation! We got to join later in the day to walk her schedule and set up her locker!

The girls also got manicures before the first day of school!

Of course the weather on the morning of the first day of school was pouring rain, so things didn't go quite as planned! Nonetheless, the girls both had great first days. I ended up snapping some pics after school once the sun had come out!

4th Grade for Jemma this year, with teacher Mrs. Wenkel! She has a lot of her best friends in her class, so she's really excited about that!

First day of MIDDLE SCHOOL (6th grade) for Jade! She is super excited to have a locker, rotate to different classes with different teachers, have the option to buy ice cream at lunch and ride her bike to school!

Our neighbor made these shirts for them in 2019, look how much they've grown! 

Jemma (Kindergarten - 4th grade)

Jade (2nd Grade - 6th grade)

Just a short week of school to kick things off (2 days) followed by back to back weekends of soccer tournaments for Jade! The girls won their first tournament and should have been in the finals in the second tournament (long story) but due to a scoring technicality they placed 3rd. Shout out to Grammy, Grampy and Aunt Mar for braving the heat to come cheer on Jade!