On Their Way to the Beach

This weekend was a busy and fantastic Fourth of July weekend.  I have so many things to post and tell everyone about!  We'll start with our visitors that arrived Friday night.  My long-time friend from high school Sarah, her husband Christopher, and their daughter Alexandra were stopping through on the way to visit Christopher's family at the beach in South Carolina.  They only stayed until late Monday morning, but we were so lucky to get the chance to see them.

Friday night we all stayed in and enjoyed a little grilled sausage for dinner.  We all sat around and chatted, except for Alexandra and Evan who spent the time getting used to everything and not eating much of their dinner.  They are one day apart from each other in age so it's always great to see how they interact with each other.  The first night they basically kept their distance.  After everyone else went to bed Sarah and I stayed up far too late catching up like we always do.  It's so nice to talk to old friends.

The next morning the kids played for a little while, and the parents got ready to head out.  Unfortunately, all two-year olds share a lack of desire to share, so there was a lot of fussing over a fire truck that they both wanted to play in.  I've discovered the useful tool of the timer.  I can set it and tell Evan that he has to share when the timer goes off.  It seems to work as well as anything else.

After we had all mobilized we headed out to the blueberry patch to do a little berry picking.  Actually we started out in the blackberry patch which is small and quicky picked over.  We did manage to get a few though.  Alexandra definitely liked those the best, depositing most of them in her mouth.  Evan was more concerned about only picking the ones that were completely black with no red on them, so he didn't pick many.  However, once in the blueberry patch, Alexandra just wanted to be carried while Evan was content to eat bushels of blueberries.  You never know what two-year olds will like.

(The Yurasko family getting ready to pick some berries)

Once we had picked our share the Yuraskos were again on their way.  We were sad to see them go, but happy that they had come to visit.  We can't wait to see them again, maybe heading up to DC for a trip.  Once a year is too long in between visits.  Take a look at Alexandra and Evan at their first meeting a year ago and then this weekend.  What a difference a year makes!

(June 2009)

(Our little berry pickers today)

(A budding romance, what do you think?)