Wild Maine Blueberries and Some Pool Fun!

Today we took the kids out to rake blueberries behind our house. This is the third time we have been out, but we have not raked this much before. We had daddy with us today so he was able to fill a bowl quite quickly. The boys had fun. They found some blackberries and quickly made that their home for the rest of the journey. Brody sat in his stroller and was content as long as someone was continuously feeding him berry's. I raked while constantly thinking " please Lord don't let me get any tick's on me, please!" I didn't. I am terrified of ticks. They are just so disgusting to me. Fortunately we all made it back tick free. Brody had a few misquitoe bites, but other than that we were clean. On our way back home we found a bunch of blackberry bushes that should be ready in a few more days. Randy and I spent a couple of hours picking through that bowl in the picture. Cleaning out all the leaves and sticks. We only made it through a quarter of them. I guess I know what I will be doing tomorrow.


We have been spending quite a bit of time at the pool this summer. It has been good for the kids. Calvin and Grant are pretty much swimming on there own now. Brody loves his float. He has no fear of the water so we really have to keep an eye on him. I will post a video of Calvin jumping in the water. At the beginning of the summer he wouldn't even get in the pool without his life jacket so this is a big accomplishment for him.

I can't believe how quickly summer is coming to an end. We will be taking a trip to Boston's Childrens Museum this week for our last bit of summer fun before school starts. Grant and Brody have birthday's coming up at the end of the month. Brody has been walking everywhere all of a sudden. A lot has happend in such a short time, and there is a lot more to come. I will try to keep up with my post of our upcoming fun.