Busy Busy Busy

Sorry for the delay in posting.  Life has been zooming past at high speed.  So, What have we been doing??

Croquet in our front yard

Well, we have played croquet, been to our town beach a few times and down to RI for some ocean beach time as well.  The kids finished off their tennis lessons and played outside on the swing set and in the basement with their toys.  We went to my nephew, Nathan's, birthday party.  The girls had a blast seeing their cousins and swimming in Uncle Pat's pool.  Unfortunately I didn't take any pics while at the party.

Ali, Sofia and Michael at the Wickford Art Festival

On the weekend we all headed down to Wickford with my Mom, Sister in law, Jen, and my nephew Michael to browse our way through all the tents of the Wickford Art Festival.  The kids actually seemed to enjoy looking at all the different artwork on display.  We took time to have lunch and then Dell's lemonade.  Dell's is just so delicious that it is one thing that I just can't say no to when the kids ask since I enjoy it just as much.  We had to laugh because at one point Jen was showing Michael how to get the lemonade out of the bottom of the cup and a women walking by commented that we were obviously Rhode Islanders since we were teaching our children the proper technique for drinking a Dell's and that only an out of stater would use a spoon with a Dell's.  She was so right!

Blueberry picking at an organic farm near our house

With the weather continuing to be hot I was keeping my eye on the pick your own blueberry farms.  There is an organic farm near our house so we went blueberry picking and picked about 6lbs of berries.  I've made blueberry jam, muffins and cake as well as freezing blueberries to enjoy later.  This was the first time I've made blueberry jam and it turned our delicious.  I will definitely be doing this every year!

All this while also maintaining the daily to do lists such as grocery shopping and mowing the lawn.  Fortunately the kids enjoy going grocery shopping with me now since the grocery store we go to has small carts for the kids to push around as well.  They have fun pretending they are adults doing their shopping.  Little do they know I'm looking forward to when they will be capable to go to the grocery store on their own with a list from me!  I consider this time the training period!