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| 4th of July fun! |
Where has the month gone? 4th of July, YMCA races, gymnastics, more swim lessons, Lake Siskiyou, camping at Trinity, Mt. A 5K, 50 Shades of Grey Trilogy, berry patch picking, and an upcoming trip to Portland. Plus the regular duties of yardwork, selling produce, keeping up with the weeds in the garden and the pumpkin patch, laundry, and feeding three HUNGRY men. I guess it has been a busy month.
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| Enjoying some raspberries at the local berry patch. |
Miles talks a lot right now, but seems to eat even more. The good news is that there doesn't seem to be anything he won't eat, the bad news is that the cost of groceries continues to rise. He has quite a sense of humor, but is also very stubborn. We tried camping as a family for one night at Trinity and he did not enjoy being out of his normal crib routine, so he decided to piss off all of the campers in the campground by screaming all night. Miles doesn't seem to mind watching his brother's various activities during the week. I think his favorite is swim lessons because he gets to get wet too.
Carter really enjoyed his gymnastics class and has gained a lot more confidence in his second round of swim lessons. He did the backfloat today totally solo for almost a minute! He will jump into the water and swim back to the edge unattended, regardless of the depth. Although I would like to think of him as the next Ryan Lochte or Michael Phelps in the presence of the upcoming Olympic Games, I do think it has a heck of a lot to do with his amazing teacher Ms. Laura. Another highlight for the month for Carter included running in a mile race with Nene and Miles. I do a Tuesday night race series and Carter did the mile last year, and decided to do it again this year. He took a few minutes off of last year's time. He absolutely loves it! Carter also loves Nene's jetski! What fun he had at the lake riding with all of us!
Some of my favorite memories this month are those of the boys displaying their helpful nature. One morning I told them I had to do the recycling. I took both of them outside as well as the outside bin and garage recycling bins. Thinking I would have to make a few trips up to the barn, I was pleasantly surprised as Carter offered to carry one bin, and Miles took an empty CRV bottle from the other bin and they both headed up to the barn. Another morning as we were harvesting from the garden, Carter jumped on his John Deere tractor, put some baskets in the back, and started helping me haul strawberries. Just this last week, Carter was watching his dad unload some gravel by shovel to do some patch work in the driveway and he hurriedly ran away, coming back with his own shoveling and proclaiming, "Daddy, I want to help too!"
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| The YMCA race series. |
