I realized I never posted about 4th of July – the best one yet! Here are my favorite pictures. Only a little bit late…
The kids first baseball game
We went to our first Mariners game today. The kids had corndogs, garlic fries and all the other game goodies. Their favorite part was getting the baseball cards that the ushers give out to kids. They each have 3 and the fighting over them has already begun. I had to bribe Alex to take a photo, & he got dippin dots. We all had a good time, even though Sara got a bloody nose at the end. Apparently, Alex was picking her nose. Why? I have no idea. Good question.
Summertime hose drinking
Sara started it, then changed her mind, then changed it again and they both had a wonderful time drinking from the hose. Ahhh Summertime!!!
Swimming lessons
We are glad, but we are sad that lessons are over for us this summer. It was such a great couple of swimming sessions. Alex went from barely dog paddling to swimming the entire length of the pool. His favorite was the back stroke and side stroke (because he didn’t have to put his face in the water), but then they taught him the “pancake” - where you start with the front crawl stroke and flip over to a back float/kick and catch your breath. When you’re ready to go again, you flip back over. He got it and loved it. Swimming the entire length of the pool this way. Very cool! Alex had the same teacher as last year, Sarah, and she remembered his enthusiasm. He also loved getting to dive for toys that sink to the bottom – he is very determined and will get it!
This was Sara’s first year of lessons. She wanted to get in the pool so bad last year, but wasn’t quite old enough for the kid-only swim lessons and the parent/child lessons were only during the day. She was off and in the pool and was so brave. She was working on being comfortable in the water, face in the water, blowing bubbles, getting her ears wet, lay/floating on her back in the water, and plain old having fun (jumping in the pool). By the end of the 4 weeks – she was doing “bobs” all by herself and showing us how she can count her bobs and do them at the same time. There are so many things involved with swimming, keeping yourself above water, kicking your legs, using your arms and oh – breathing. No wonder it’s so challenging. But, she is working on all of these and having so much fun. She loved her teacher, Gene. When Sara was in the water, you couldn’t help but notice she was smiling the ENTIRE time. She loved it!
When you see a child learning how to swim – they use ALL their muscles. Every muscle in their body is working towards doing all the necessary things: legs, arms, head in, breathing. It’s no wonder that they loved every 30 minute class, but would come how wiped out. And we had some c-l-e-a-n kiddos.
Can’t wait for next summer!
Lemonade stand
The kids have had their first lemonade stand and it was amazingly wonderful. Alex and his summer camp thought up the idea about having a lemonade stand at camp for another class. And he was so excited to tell me all about it. They made their signs and poured glasses of lemonade to all the friends in the other class. He was so excited and wanted to bring it home. We were having a cleanup at the entry of our
neighborhood this past Sunday, and I told him that it would be the perfect time. Hot and sweaty workers and fresh cold lemonade. A perfect mix.
He already had his sign (“Mom – the “e” is silent – that’s why it’s not there). All we needed to get was the lemonade. When I initially asked him how much he was going to charge – he said 10 cents. Then a little bit later, he said that he just wanted to have fun at it and wasn’t going to charge anything. Then one of the neighbors drove by while we were setting up and asked what he was charging – he said 25 cents. Fair, but reasonable. Love my boy! He was so happy and loved giving all his neighbor friends lemonade after a lot of work cleaning up the entrance. We were all thirsty and lemonade hit the spot!
I hope we do a lemonade stand again soon!
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