For the past 3 years the kids and I have gone to a local strawberry farm to pick our own berries. It is a tradition I cherish.
We are suburbanites. We don’t even really garden. But, I love for my children to get some real life farm experiences. I love for them to walk down the rows upon rows of plants.
This year my son really went to town.
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My daughter sleeps with so many animals, pillows, dolls, and blankets in her bed, that sometimes when I go in to kiss her before I go to bed, I can’t find her. One night I thought I saw her and then realized I almost kissed her cabbage patch doll. Can you find her in the pile? It reminds me of the old Where’s Waldo books.
Here’s a closer look… there she is!
We took a lot of pictures of my son’s first baseball game of the season,
but without a doubt, this one is my favorite.
His look truly says it all. Is that the face of a happy ball player or what?
This is what little league is all about…the pure love of the game. May he never outgrow it.
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As the kids and I frolicked around the local farm park with friends the other day, I couldn’t help but smirk at my youngest in her “farm girl” attire.
As she eagerly peeked in on the baby piglets in with her dazzling shades and hot pink purse…
She wrinkled her nose and said, “Mommy, something is stinky!”
I couldn’t help but think of Za Za Gabor in Green Acres.
My daughter really is a very patient teacher’s assistant. She will sit quietly without ever saying a word and listen to her big brother as he sounds out the words to read the Bible story each night. It is quite precious.
And the other day I discovered that having her quiz him on flashcards is the perfect way to let her be involved in school. She happily sits and holds the cards up for him and will praise him when he gets the answers correct.
You know warm days are once again upon us, when you stumble across your bathroom sink looking like this.
Probably had something to do with the hours my kids spent digging in the dirt in our backyard this afternoon.
While they didn’t quite make it to China, they were thrilled to dig down to clay. I love spring… even with the rings round my tub and the dirt deposits left in my sinks.
This weekend my daughter had her second soccer game and I am happy to report it went MUCH better than her first. No tears or pouting and lots of smiles and cute waves to Mom and Dad on the sidelines. She enthusiastically went after the ball and always cheerfully raised her hand to kick off or make the corner kick when they asked for volunteers. Like I said, a drastic improvement over game one.
I went in to wake my daughter from nap time today and found her like this.
I’m not sure if she fell asleep while playing or if she was just doing all she could to keep herself from falling asleep. Either way, looks rather uncomfortable to me.
Then there’s her sister.
We looked down during a soccer game a few weeks ago and found her like this.
Yes, that would be my youngest asleep ON the soccer field, during a game.