Swimming and Picking

The last two weeks have pretty much been all about the pool. Every morning is practice followed by Lucas' swim lesson. Then every Monday evening the Little Vikings get to participate in a swim meet. It seems like Clara is progressing nicely. I have included the video I took from her 'lollipop swim' on Monday, July 7, 2009.

We all had a nice fourth of July. We enjoyed watching the DC fireworks from a grassy spot in front of the Pentagon. The fireworks mesmerized Eli completely... I don't think he blinked for the entire 17 minutes! Clara kept telling us what she thought they looked like... we heard a lot of "wow, a chrysanthemum". It was wonderful for us, too. We had a great view and we didn't have to deal with the DC crowds like we did last year.

Saturday morning we headed to a blueberry farm in Maryland to pick blueberries. It was just supposed to be a fun little outing for the kids, but it was so addictive... I found I couldn't walk by a bush without inspecting it for any remaining ripe berries. The five of us (yes, even Eli helped do some of the picking) ended up leaving with 8lbs of blueberries. That doesn't even count all the ones that the kids ate right off the bushes. At one point, Eli was eating the berries right out of the bucket faster than Lucas could collect them. I do think that will be something that we try to do again next summer.

It's also been quite a social week for me. I enjoyed a rather fun mom's night that lasted embarrassingly into the wee hours of the morning. Saturday, Jason and I went over to some friends for a night of Rock Band, which is always exceedingly fun. Followed on Sunday by a lunch with Jason's former coworker, which was highly enjoyable. Pretty good for a couple of anti-social-ites.