Better Late Than Never- Taste of Blue Ash

Jacen and Mommy posed for a picture right before we headed to Taste of Blue Ash on Aug. 24th, 2007. I know that was 3 1/2 weeks ago but I wanted to post these pics even though they are late! We had such a good time together as a family.

Aaron tried these unusual kebobs that promised to be very yummy but weren't as good as the reviews said. We did a lot of eating that night so that we could truly get a TASTE of Blue Ash. I guess we really don't need an excuse to do our favorite pasttime of eating! Our favorite item of the evening was a chocolate covered cheesecake on a stick! Jacen loved it too and had it all over his face as you can see in the photo below. He thought it was an icecream! So, while none of these photographs are particularly flattering to any of us Olmsteds, I have included them so that we may always remember that fun evening together!

One thing that we learned from our night in Blue Ash was that Jacen needs to spend more time outside doing sportslike activities. During some of the free kiddie games we realized he didn't have a clue about how to swing a golf putter or a bat so we quickly bought a little teeball set. We have made it a point to get Jacen to the park more to teach him how to swing and catch/throw. We have a fantastic apartment but NO YARD and we must seek out green patches of grass where we may.

Here are a few pics of us at the park practicing our swing.

Good hit, Jacen!

Jacen shows us how it's done.

We spent most of our time following Jacen around this huge field. He carried his teeball set from place to place only pausing long enough to hit a ball or two. We thought we were teaching him how to play ball but he actually taught us that it is perfectly all right to play ball with no rules. It is so liberating to be able to hit the ball in any of the cardinal directions with no regard to where the other players are located, to feel no guilt at stealing "home plate" on a whim and carting it off to a new field of play, or to self-congratulate at regular intervals by saying "that was a good one!"