The catching up continues!
Last winter, we sat down with Ian to talk about his sixth birthday party....and we all lamented the fact that all of us winter-born folks know to be true: being a kid with a winter birthday means that you can't do all of the fun outside things that all of the summer-born kids can do. The solution? We'd have a HALF-birthday party for him in August.
But what was so much MORE exciting was that--thanks to co-scheduling with my cousin, Isaac's, temple endowment--we were able to have our favorite friends AND family (31 people!!) to celebrate! Ian's request was to play at a playground (we chose the AWESOME playground at the new elementary school in the neighborhood), and eat hot dogs and chips. (Two foods that we rarely--if ever--have).
Again, as is our late-summer routine, I took the boys to pick blueberries (and picked up some peach seconds at the same time....mmmmmm). Ian was THRILLED to get his very own container this year, and Blake was less-than thrilled to NOT have his own.
For the sixth year running, we made the summer trek down to Newport, Rhode Island to see the US Polo Team play. We usually go in June to the match against Scotland...but this year we wanted to go see the English team play--which happened to be the Saturday of Labor Day weekend. Oh, boy--what a difference a weekend makes. It was SOOOOOO crowded--more than 4,000 people were there. (Four-thousand people!!) We had a GREAT time, but we might go back to the June schedule next year. =)
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| Ian wanted me to make a "giant sandwich," and since sandwiches are basically my favorite thing in the world right now, I was happy to oblige. Blake couldn't get enough of his portion--it was hilarious watching him eat it. |
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| One thing I love about polo is how it's sort of "yuppy tail-gating." The people next to us had a tablecloth, candles, and a cheese platter that they nursed during the whole match. My mouth was watering. |
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| Ponies. Not horses. Ponies. Being a Non-Horse-Person, I didn't realize that these were the SMALL ones. |
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| No one loves a halftime divot-stomp more than Ian... |
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| ...except maybe Blake. |
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| Polo is fun for all ages!!! |
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| See? TONS of people! |
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| I love me some English polo post-game high-fives! |
I LOVE the "yuppie-tail-gaiting" that's hilarious.
ReplyDeleteIf you only knew how much we miss New England and all of its many charms! We would have loved a polo match with you again. Or fruit picking. Still trying to find the charming things here and snakes aren't making that cut for me. We'll just have to come back in the fall someday!
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It was fun to see your updates and we're glad we could be a part of some of the fun!
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