Christmas in July

• Forgot to mention a few days ago... after hearing how my sister and her husband celebrated "Christmas in July" (July 25th) I pulled out my cookie press, my green food coloring and made Christmas tree cookies for dessert. They were a hit!

• Also, on Wednesday, Vyasini had her final piano lesson. The last 10 minutes were review and a mini recital. She is moving away soon. I'll miss her.

• This morning the kids and I are going downtown to visit Ross at work (it's been a year since the office staff has seen Jane and Emma), pick up some food at the Food Court (the tunnel mall area) nearby, and let the kids play in the spray fountains, which are part of a new park right across the street from the federal courthouse.
• I have a piano lesson mid-afternoon. Allen and Abby will also do mini-lessons today and choose something to play for a Daddy recital sometime this weekend.
• Tonight after a spaghetti dinner (we gotta have a carb-packed dinner for our runner!), we'll pop some popcorn and have an Olympic party as we watch the Opening Ceremony.
• Tomorrow Ross is running a 35K (about 22 miles) south of Dallas. They start at about 6am, but with how hot it gets here, it's still going to get pretty toasty. While he's gone I'm going to take the kids over to Catherine's pool for some swimming.