Anna Grows

It was a cool summer day (only 94 degrees as opposed to the seemingly normal 100 degree days of late), so Anna and her parents loaded up the car and headed for the mountains for some early morning peach and berry picking. The loading of the car took longer than anticipated, largely because Theresa decided to take the bikes along for a short bike ride on one of the bike trails in the area. It may have taken longer to load the bikes than to actually ride them, but it was worth the effort. Apparently several others had the same idea today as Mcintosh Fruit Farm in lovely Berryville, Virginia was hopping at 10 AM on Sunday morning. After having a homemade muffin for breakfast, we grabbed the radio flyer wagon and walked through the peach groves where we proceeded to pick WAY more peaches than we will ever eat. Before we got very far into the peaches, we found the blackberries. Afte r testing several of them, we began picking berries. This proved tricky as we soon discovered the thorn

It was a busy 4th of July weekend for Anna filled with all sorts of fun activities and many "firsts." Saturday Anna attended her first baseball game - the Potomac Nationals (minor league team for the Washington Nationals). It was sensory overload to say the least as Anna asked questions non-stop about what the players were doing and what positions her cousins Andrew and Luke played. The people around us likely thought she was talking about professional baseball players while describing her cousins. Anna is planning to attend one of their games as soon as she figures out how to get there. In between the actual game, there was the requisite hot dogs and even a kids play area that included a moonbounce. All of the baseball activity followed an afternoon of swimming at the pool, which equaled a record sleep-in time for Anna on Sunday: 8:45 AM. Sunday Anna went on her first bike ride with Mom. She was unsure at first, but loved it after they got going. By the time the shor