The Right Time

Another week, another blog entry.  We have had a busy couple of weeks settling in to the new house.  We are pretty set at this point but there are pockets of space that have not yet been addressed.  We will get there soon enough.

The kids had a busy last full week of school.  Lily had a visit to the local creek on Friday as her last field trip, ice cream and pizza at school and an end of the year party after school.  Jack and I went to an Orioles game on Friday night and he had a great time.

For the weekend we also had a visit from Cousin Emilie who came down from New York to visit and help us further settle in.  Em earned her stripes putting together some Ikea furniture for us with the help of Lily and Jack!

On Saturday morning we had swim team time trials for Lily.  These were her first races - freestyle and backstroke - and she did great.  She is on the "B" team for the 7 -8 year old group and will have first meet on Wednesday.  She has been meeting new kids and things at the pool are going swimmingly.

We finished off Saturday with more time at the pool and then dinner with Grandpa Maurice.

Sunday was clean up time and Emilie and the kids built a great house out cardboard boxes while we cleaned out the garage.  It was a great success.  In the afternoon, we dropped Emilie off and headed off to our old pool for a goodbye party thrown by our former neighbors.  We had a great time seeing everyone and hanging out at the pool.

Camp starts next week and summer is in full swing.  Here are some pictures and video.



Em and Jack waiting for the swimming to begin.


Ready to dive in for warmups.


Taking a breather.


Jack with a mid-trials snack.


Being social.


Freestyle time trial.


Making some music.