Oh to be a tween...

Its been a good week. Ally had her over night to Farm School and she had a blast. She took care of cows (brushed them, cleaned their stable and fed them - but didn't have to pick up poop!), had lots of time with her classmates, chopped onions for chili and proudly told us she cried. The only bad thing she said (when I pressed) was that there were so many mosquitoes and she got a bunch of bites. We all know a mosquito bite is a big deal to Ally - she swells up like a golf ball at the site and it gets all red for a few days. She was really annoyed with the one on her forehead right at her hairline!

She got back Tuesday at 3 - went to practice for a few hours that night, at the request of her coach. Had Wednesday off school for Yom Kippur, so she slept in and went to her friend Colette's house for a while and then came home and went to evening gymnastics practice.

By Thursday morning she was a little tired and not feeling great - she ended up staying home with Becky who was home sick with a terrible migraine. Ally woke up - freaked out a bit at how crummy she felt and went back to sleep for 4 hours! By the time I got home she was in better spirits. We baked cookies and she went to ballet class. She didn't miss much school, yesterday and today the whole grade is taking a bike safety class with the local police department so there are only a couple hours of academic work happening. It was a good day to go back to sleep and rest. 

At her request we made sugar cookies - and at my request she cleaned up afterwards.

Ally LOVES these cookies.

I call this picture "Portrait of a fashionable athlete"
She loves it - and all the name brands - Ivviva shirt, Athleta jacket, Zella pants, Nike shoes and she proudly exclaimed Under Armour socks!
I think its hilarious. As you can tell she is happy and healthy and feeling good this morning.

She'll only be in a school for a few hours today - she is not participating in the bike class so I will pick her up at 11am for the day. I told her she can come to my office and do home work and read while I wrap up my work for the day. Hopefully I can get enough done to take her out for Fro Yo before the Friday activity craziness begins. But maybe not.