That 70s Summer Week 2

So. We don't have a lot to do this summer because we decided not to go to Dallas for the Cinderella International Competition (Lizzie qualified as the talent winner for the state of PA). Instead, we are having a 1970s summer. YAY!!  I've been reading a lot about this online (which is ironic) and it basically means the kids play outside all day, eat peanut butter sandwiches and stay off the Internet.

In this house (because, you know I spent many a youthful summer in the actual 1970s) that also means we watch game shows and soap operas. We're all about authenticity here.

So here's what we did during our second week of summer.

The pool! We really try to get to the pool almost every day and sometimes twice a day. This year it's extra fun because we have a lot of new members who have KIDS. Yay for other kids! Here are Hannah and Lizzie one hot day when we went to the pool for lunch.

Here, you can see how crowded our pool is! The other kids are most often there during the weekends and in the evening but sometimes we bring other kids along because I find that the MORE kids available the LESS I get bothered. And an important part of the 70s summer re-enactment is that the Mom is NEVER bothered.

We have a farm stand about 25 minutes from our house that does pick your own fruit (and they also pick for you, if you are lazy, like I usually am) so on a gorgeous cool Wednesday the girls and I decided to go fruit picking. We started with the blueberries:

The blueberries were DELICIOUS and we picked something like four or five pounds of them:

Then we moved over to the strawberries. The rain that we've been having (a lot!) kind of ruined the strawberries, but we picked enough to enjoy some with cream later on. They spoiled before we finished them all.

 Our haul:

So far this summer we've had TWO tornado warnings. No tornadoes but LOTS of rain. And of course dancing, jumping, chasing, playing in the rain is always a lot of fun in any decade.

See? Here are the girls with our neighbor Abby.

Stay tuned for week three - our spectacular 4th of July!