Summer Week 7

This week Merrick had a multi sport camp every morning.  They played baseball, basketball, soccer, and football.  He had a great time, but unfortunately I have no pictures to prove it (mom fail!).  When I picked him up on the last day, one of the coaches pulled me aside and said he just wanted me to know know that Merrick was such a positive kid.  He had never said anything negative or unkind or complained.  This was no surprise to me, but is still nice to hear from an outside source.

So this week CC and I had the mornings to ourselves to do girl things.   We ran errands, went shopping, and just played games.  One morning we had a little extra time and we decided to pick blackberries.  I learned an important life lesson for living in the Pacific Northwest; you should always had a Tupperware container in your car because you never know when the timing will be just right to pull over and pick berries by the side of the road.

One day this week I also had Becca's littles while she and Ben celebrated their anniversary (her bigs were at camp).  At one point Carrigan and Isabel were giving each other checkups.  I had to laugh at their technique of rolling the subway car up and down each other's backs.

On Friday Merrick had his last day of camp so we stayed after and played in the splash pad with some friends and Becca and her littles.  As if that wasn't enough excitement, then we rushed off to the police station for a special story time and tour of the station.  They even let the kids explore a police car and dusted for their fingerprints.  We joked that now Merrick is in the system.

It was a great week, but the summer is seriously flying by!  In fact it is almost time for our trip to AZ for Garret's wedding.  Merrick was getting excited so we made a countdown chain.  Only 11 days left until we go.