after almost a year, i'm going to try to get back to my blog. a lot has gone on over the last year and it's not getting covered today.
i didn't get a chance to start my container vegetable garden this year as i've been too busy and preoccupied with this thing called "life" to have the time.
the small one just graduated from preschool - it was an adorable ceremony and my parents both made it to help celebrate.
going to try to get 2012 beach badges today if i can find someone that has some. time for the big 4th of july beach day!
that's all!
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Strawberry Harvest Festival
so in the spirit of getting the kid out of the house for something a little more out of the ordinary, we decided to take him to a local-ish farm that i found online. we weren't sure what he'd think of it but it turns out he had a GREAT time!
the corn castle (really a shed with corn kernels inside instead of sand) was ok and the bounce house was a hit (surprise, surprise!) so we did ok for the first couple of activities for the day.
took some encouragement for pid to warm up to the very friendly farm animals. it actually took encouragement, the purchase of a bag of food for the animals and a few minutes of dad feeding them for pid to try it. he befriended a little white goat and fed it most of the veggies we bought. lucky goat.
after the animal feeding, we took a break for lunch and to rest a little before heading out to the strawberry patch to pick the berries. the hayride there was uneventful but once we got there, pid was very concerned that we would miss the hayride back. eventually he got into picking berries though.
and boy did we get berries:
the corn castle (really a shed with corn kernels inside instead of sand) was ok and the bounce house was a hit (surprise, surprise!) so we did ok for the first couple of activities for the day.
took some encouragement for pid to warm up to the very friendly farm animals. it actually took encouragement, the purchase of a bag of food for the animals and a few minutes of dad feeding them for pid to try it. he befriended a little white goat and fed it most of the veggies we bought. lucky goat.
after the animal feeding, we took a break for lunch and to rest a little before heading out to the strawberry patch to pick the berries. the hayride there was uneventful but once we got there, pid was very concerned that we would miss the hayride back. eventually he got into picking berries though. and boy did we get berries:
they were sweet and juicy and i made some fun things with them: strawberry jam, strawberry curd, and strawberry shortcake. we also at lots and lots of fresh berries. a definite outing to keep on the list! fortunately they have various pick-your-own items through to pumpkins in the fall.
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