The Lopez Family Blog: Strawberries!

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Strawberries!

As I was getting ready for bed last night, I had the idea to take the kids on a fun outing today. I would like to do a few special things with them before their baby brother arrives so I thought strawberry picking sounded like the perfect outing for today! I did some research on farms late last night and called Ruth bright and early this morning to see if she and her girls were up for joining us. We gathered snacks, sunblock and cameras and headed out to pick them up. Ruth and I were a sight to see - the two of us with our big bellies (me 2 weeks away from due date and her 3 weeks away from due date) and our four kids. We purchased our buckets and headed out to the fields. The kids had a blast and picked and picked and picked. We originally thought we would fill two 1-gallon buckets, but the pregnant mamas were getting tired and hungry so we decided to consolidate our pickings and share one bucket. Alexia LOVED eating the strawberries and it seemed like she was eating them faster than we could pick them.

Ruth and Anjuli getting started

Diego enjoyed having his buddy Anjuli to work with

Alexia loved showing me which ones she could and could not pick

Taking a strawberry snack break

Notice the juices dripping down her arm. She was a MESS!

Below are some pictures from the end of last week:

Diego loved having a boy to play with. Elijah and him were great sword fight buddies (luckily not enemies!)

The kids enjoying their last breakfast together

On Sunday we hosted our church home fellowship group. It was so beautiful outside that we just threw out some blankets and after dinner continued our time of fellowship on the grass. It was great!