Swimming in Westwood and late summer doings

Last Wednesday, while in Westwood, we went swimming in Cousin Phillip's pool. How lovely! Nathan was wildly jumping in the pool doing mean little cannon balls. Thomas would not jump and would only slide in the side or have me deposit him into the pool. So driving home, he pipes up from the backseat: I should of jumped. I asked, the pool? Yes, Mom. So, he was thinking about this and wishing he had had the guts to jump. I do not force them, of course, and figure in good time he'll have the confidence. Then nothing more was said of it. A second time he brought it up again over the weekend expressing his wish that he had jumped. Perhaps, he'll get his courage up next time having thought about it some in between times.

I can't believe this cool weather. We are already into the hot chocolate and long sleeve jamies! We've had some good raspberry picking and working on canning peaches. The boys are a big help. They slip the peaches out of their skins after they've been blanched. I appreciate the help! Also, have been freezing corn and again I'm quite grateful for little hands! They help me husk the entire bag (about 50 ears). All I need to do is tell a story while we are doing it and they husk away! In fact, I end up just cleaning the last of the silk off each ear.

Bike Riding

On quiet Sunday evenings, we have been going over to the elementary school for some black-top bike riding. There is a nice playground and some open space for frisbee action....it's a very enjoyable way to pass the evening. Nathan took a dive and scraped his hand where he already had a cut, so we had a few tears but he bravely got back up on his horse! They were both pretending they were jockeys racing their horses. I heard Thomas saying "come on, horse!" We toured the race course in Saratoga last weekend so the idea of racing and jockeys has been a recurring theme during this week.

Maybe a new pictures soon

Jennifer's computer has been replaced, so maybe we'll see some pictures uploaded soon!