July is Off and Running

I would love to tell you that July has been thrilling and fun so far... but it's been pretty low-key. Which to be honest, is more my speed. 

The Mississippi is flooding which has closed a bunch of roads downtown. It truly hasn't affected our family much though the kids took a 3 day sculpture camp at the art museum and parking was a nightmare. But compared to entire towns being destroyed by tornadoes and water that's not really a problem. 

The art camp was fun for the kids though. We haven't gotten an email to come pick up the sculptures, we have to wait for them to be fired and completed. I also didn't take any pictures of the experience but trust me they went. 

Our 4th of July looks pretty much exactly the same as our holiday has always looked. We made a flag strawberry lasagna which has been our tradition for 3 years now. 

We watched The Music Man, we had a cookout of hot dogs, grilled corn and potatoes, and then watched Macy's Fireworks on TV with our glowsticks party. 

M had a fishtail braid which held up nicely and added a lovely wave to her hair for a few days too. 

On the 5th we went to see Despicable Me 4. 

And we liked it a lot. C was over the moon excited because he's always always loved all the movies from the franchise. 

We took him to see The Minion Movie for his first big movie theater experience. Then a few years later, Despicable Me 3 was M's first big movie theater experience. We definitely saw Minions Rise of Gru in the theatre. 

I took a group of kids to see Despicable Me in the theater for a field trip back in 2010. So that means of a franchise of 6 movies total, my kids saw 4 in the theater and I saw 5. That's pretty great actually. 

We took a trip to the pet store where Santiago got himself a new floating Betta Log. Because he's been looking bored lately so we figured changing things up in the tank was a fun idea.

And we did not buy a kitten. Though 2/4 of us really wanted to! 

So that's what we have been up to. This week is low-key, we are staying on top of not ruining our minds or letting them turn to mush and working ahead for the school year.