Asian Infusion

Marble Soda

After the T-ball game on Friday night, I was craving sushi. We decided to actually go out for dinner. It was actually perfect timing because in the book we just finished reading with D-man, the characters traveled to Japan and ate sushi. We headed over to Blue Moon Sushi and sat right by the fish tank.  We talked about the difference b/t a bread roll and a sushi roll and yes, that really is seaweed we were eating. The boys were very well behaved and both enjoyed the sushi. T-man liked the mackerel and the tuna and D-man enjoyed the smoked salmon and cream cheese rolls. And of course, the "marble drink" and steamed white rice and chop sticks were a big hit (the 3yo ate it out of the bowl sans utensils).

Sunday, the boys and I joined some friends at the Dragon Boat Races held at Sloan's Lake in northwest Denver. The boys enjoyed the races, a magician, learned their Chinese Zodiac animal (we have a Dog and a Monkey), and enjoyed some snow cones and funnel cakes. Right before we left, D-man was mesmerized by the break dance performing in the cultural tent. Needless to say, he was spinning on his head and rolling around on the floor right after we arrived home. I think it is always great when the boys can be exposed to things they don't see every day - whether that be people spinning on their heads or rowing weird contraptions across the water.

The rest of the weekend had much less cultural flavor, but was still quite enjoyable. Saturday afternoon brought a family trip to the pool. Since the boys and I were home this summer, we joined the Colorado Athletic Club up the street. We've biked to our swimming lessons there and enjoyed being able to have D-man go off the diving board (I'll post video soon) and T-man enjoy his flotation device. We've yet to bring in our cans of beer, but there is still time.

Sunday night we enjoyed having friends over for dinner and eating a nice meal on the patio.  We even had fresh cherry crisp that I made from cherries we got from our neighbor. Oh, what a domestic (and once in a lifetime) summer this has been.