Rainy Day in Bristow

I woke about 6:00, came down and fed Coco, and the house was quiet till about 8:00 when Evie got up; it's now 8:30 and both girls are still sleeping.  We must be tiring them out.  We are off to Hayden's swim lesson around 11:00, in Manassas, about 30 minutes away.  She's not too excited about going but it's good for her to practice her strokes.  The girls were pretty tired last night, especially Halle, who tends to just crash.  We are off to Ellen's later in the day, and the  girls are excited, especially since Ellen offered to show them Julia's doll house.

One of the above pictures is from Hayden's field trip to Wegman's on Wednesday; they not only got a tour of the store but a lecture on eating healthy.  The next morning Hayden got up and talked about her breakfast, how she ate whole  grains, some carbs, proteins, and lots of fruit.  It must have had a effect.  Kids today seem so much more aware of their healthy than in the old days when I was young.  We had not a thought about eating healthy or a healthy life style, perhaps because we were living it...with none of the distractions of the modern world which leads the young to passive lifestyle.  And not just the young, all of us are spending hours a day watching TV, surfing the web, playing video games, watching movies, and not getting out as much as we should.  I feel like I sit around too much but I am not sure what else to do.  I guess I have to get a LIFE!

Hayden had swimming lessons at 11:30 at the community center in Manassas, a town that looks as though its undergone an extensive face lift, to make it more modern and interesting.  Although we just drove through it, it did have some character, and not just a series of new stores at a mall.  Clearly, it's a town that's been there for quite awhile, perhaps the center of Prince William County. After swimming, we took it easy this afternoon, as the girls played barbies in the basement, with no neighbors, and they had fun.  We left for Ellen's about 3:45, on a gray, wet rainy afternoon.