Friday, July 22, 2011

Quincy's Dress Rehearsal (from last May!)

I never got around to purchasing the actual DVD of Quincy's ballet recital, so I am uploading her dress rehearsal instead.  Keep in mind that this took place about 30 minutes after she was sawed out of the car by the nice policeman and several (really handsome) firemen.  What this video shows is (1) kids have short memories (but not me...I went home and had a big ol' glass of wine afterwards), (2) four-year-olds really aren't professional in their dancing (but they sure are cute!).

Swimming...

Ellie and Quincy have the most wonderfully perfect swim instructor, Emily.  She is a beloved former AP Physics student of mine who also is one of the Fabulous Three trio of babysitters we used for two  years while they were all still in high school (we now use the trio as vacation house-sitters when they are home from college).  In addition to being super smart and ridiculously fun, she is also an AWESOME swimmer who has a knack to get the little ones to swim really well considering their young ages.  Above is a video of Ellie doing the butterfly---at five years old!  Considering Ellie's first time in a pool was only two years ago I think this is just amazing (well, I actually think Ellie is amazing!). 



...and Quincy (age 4) doing backstroke....

...and Ellie doing freestyle.....

...and Quincy doing freestyle.  I am soooo proud of them!

Blueberries, 2011

A couple of weeks ago we went to our fourth annual blueberry-picking playdate.  As usual, we picked a ton of blueberries and ate way too many. 








This year my girlfriend, Julie, and her daughter, Emma Rae, came with us so I have a few shots with me in them (this is for you Judy!).
 

Emma Rae spent her birthday with us!
...and brought cupcakes!


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