Family of Four: VBS

Tuesday, August 16, 2022

End of Summer Fun

We ended up with COVID after returning from our Minnesota trip. Unfortunately that ruined a lot of time that we planned on spending with Aunt Linnie and Aunt Sara, who drove down from PA to spend time with us. We had a "socially distanced" lunch in the front yard though.

Some backyard chalk fun:

Some front yard chalk fun:

I'm not sure Owen would qualify this picture as "end of summer fun." My desire to enjoy bike rides together far exceeds theirs :( yet I keep trying ;) While we were in MN, we walked to a BMX bike park that looked super fun. Auggie had his bike but it was far too small for my kids to try on the course. The other cousins were able to try it out, so I looked up to see if our town had any BMX parks. I found a local one listed that's not far off the greenway that we use most frequently, so we gave it a try. It was a dirt track and, unfortunately, had rained a bit before we tried it out. It wasn't necessarily a smooth track, plus the mud didn't help. Owen ended up slipping in the mud on a turn and the pedal gave him a good bruise on his leg. It was over for him at that point. Willow tried sticking it out a bit longer but I had the most fun. Maybe a GoPro video will find its way into this post eventually. Maybe we'll try on a drier day...and drive to get there instead of biking there.

We enjoyed blueberry picking with the Caldwells and Nana. The picking was good and it always helps when the kids stick with picking longer!

The raspberries were too hard to walk by. They were opening them for picking that evening but were kind enough to let us get a pint. They didn't make it 24 hours off the bush!

Pool fun with the cousins:

Pool fun with Aubrey at Linda's house:

Willow enjoyed helping out with elementary crafts at VBS this year for the first time. I helped with preschool crafts and we both left exhausted every day :)