Simple Sweet Saturday

Last Saturday was fun and simple.  We had a great family day.  We took the boys to ride their bikes and scooters at the park.  They worked up quiet the appetite so we took them to chic fil a.  They were doing a fundraiser for people with special needs so the boys got to see horses and dunk a guy in the dunk tank.  After that we drove to the same farm we went to a few years ago to pick strawberries.  It is never crowded and always quiet.  When we are done picking you weigh your strawberries and they have a little market.  We got some fresh “snaps” as my Grandma would say.  I love to buy local but do not do it often enough.  Unfortunately I am enticed by the convenience of the grocery store being behind my street and whenever I am near a farmers market or stand I have no cash on me.  Pretty lame excuse, I know, like I forget all about ATM machines these days.  Anyways, we picked lots of yummy strawberries.  Enough to eat off of for a week and freeze some too.  We headed home for late naps.  The boys had lots of fun.  They had been asking to pick strawberries for a few weeks now.  I’m glad I didn’t miss my window of opportunity and it was still pickin’ season. 

The boys each picked me a flower at the park.  Then they took them all back from me.  Rude little boogers! hasn’t there mom ever taught them it is not cool to be an Indian giver.

The big boys could ride forever so sometimes Easton just needs a little thumb sucking break with his Daddy.

Gavin loved doing this but wasn’t very gentle with them.  He did great trying to find the big deep red ones and not pick anything else.

Bradley and Daddy worked together and filled their basket the quickest.

Then there was Easton who never had any strawberries in his basket because they were all over his face :)

 

“Hey boys, show us your strawberries you picked!”  Easton and Gavin look so unimpressed.  Brad always jokes at these moments and likes to think of what they might actually be thinking!

There we go Easton, that is much better!

When we told Gavin to show us his strawberries, meaning pick up the basket, he began to tell us about the strawberries instead.  He said “these are all my strawberries and I picked them” while waving his hands over them as if it were some kind of magic trick.  My sweet silly boy!