First two weeks of summer vacation

Two weeks down, lots more fun to go! The first week was pretty mellow, kind of. Wyatt started his Dynamite Dolfins swim team. This is an abbreviated swim team/lesson three times a week. The goal is to get the young kids used to the swim team atmosphere and teach them some of the strokes they will need to know to compete next year. Wyatt is loving it, of course, and seems to be doing very well (from my unbiased perspective, of course!).

Annabelle started her guppy swim program which is basically group swim lessons twice a week for 30 min., with the swim team head coach. It follows directly after Wyatt's, which is great for all of us! Both kids are pretty exhausted from the swimming and have been napping on the days they swim. Good for the pregnant mommy!!!

The swimming continues through the month of July, and I think Wyatt gets to participate in a couple of mini-swim meets in July. Although getting everyone and everything (lunches, etc.) packed for the pool all week long can get tiresome (especially when there are other camps to contend with, too), it gives structure to our days, which is great!

At the end of last week, we had some crazy storm where there was dry lightening. This started over 800 different fires around Northern California. Added to the couple of massive forest fires already burning, it feels like everything is burning around us. The closest fire is in Napa, but we are feeling the intensity of all of them through the gross, thick, brown/gray smoke layer that has not left our skies for over 7 days. It is really starting to get to me. Today is the first day I've actually been able to see the blue sky, but the smoke is still there. The sun is a weird kind of beautiful orange during the day (if you can see it) and the moon is the same kind of orange at night - again, if you can even see it. It's supposed to be cleared off around Monday, but luckily, we'll be in the clean air of Washington by then!

This week, Annabelle had a dance camp at the same place she did her creative movement class in the Spring. It was 2 hours per day Mon. thru Fri. She had a blast! The theme was princess related. Each day they would do a dance for a certain princess and then spend some time making a prop to go with that princess. On Friday, they had a performance for the parents with their props! It was really cute. We will definitely do this one again!

Getting ready for the first dance.

Twelve Dancing Princesses

The Little Mermaid (I don't know what's with the tongue!?)

Cinderella dressed in rags.

Cinderella Dance (the mop became the prince!)

Digging in her "cubby" for her next prop!

A beautifully decorated pinwheel!

We're off to Washington for the Fourth of July! It looks like the weather might be good for us while we're there! We will have tons of great pictures and stories when we return!