Summer, days 40 and 41

Two playoff games down for Greyson's baseball team, and the next one is on Saturday. If they make it to the championship game, we'll be sticking around here through the 31st rather than heading to Michigan on the 28th as originally planned. His team has really been playing well together, and they have terrific coaches who encourage and teach rather than yell and put down, so I'd especially like to see them at least get to play in the championship game. However, I'm DEFINITELY going to be ready for a vacation whenever we do leave. I might have to misplace my iPhone for the duration of our trip so that I can't respond to emails from either of my jobs. Ironically, I am technically unemployed August 1st through the 22nd, and I expect to be busier then than I have been the past two weeks.

We had a lovely potluck dinner at Greyson's game tonight and even managed to save enough food for the boys to eat after the game. Then, when we got home, Reece was in charge of checking the garden for bounty:

We have had a few ripe cherry tomatoes every day for the past week, and just today Reece and Grandma discovered some cucumbers that were ready to pick. I planted most of the plants closer together than they should be, so it's always an adventure to find the vegetables under and between all the growth. We also have a small eggplant! Reece is dying to eat it, but I fear he's not actually going to like it and will be very disappointed. He also noticed a teeny tiny green pepper starting on one of those plants, and the sunflower plant are now taller than I am but don't have flowers yet.

In other news, we started Reece in private swim lessons, since he thinks he can swim but he can't. His instructor, Miss Katie, came highly recommended by multiple friends, and after two lessons I want her to come home with us and whip the boy into shape in every facet of his life! She is no-nonsense but also very kind, and he can already float on his back and puts his face in the water. He spent 1 1/2 lessons alternating between screaming and trying to talk Katie into doing what he wanted, but they finally came to an understanding (she's in charge, he needs to stop talking) and he was so excited about the floating that he wanted to go back again the next day. He'll have two more lessons before we head to the Michigan lakes, and I'll be surprised if he's NOT swimming on his own by then.