Strawberries!

Today we had a fun outing to Sweet Berry Farms in Marble Falls. We went strawberry picking!It was a small group of 3 moms, 5 kids under 4 yrs and my “mommy’s helper” who is 9. We packed a picnic lunch and had a fantastic time. Although Connor was skeptical at the breakfast table this morning. We had a conversation that went something like this:

Matt: Connor aren't you excited about going to the strawberry farm today?

Connor: Yes! And you are coming Daddy?

Matt: No, Daddy has to go to work.

Connor: (with teary eyes) But I want you to go...

Matt: I know but Mommy and Ms Kelly and Ms Jill are going. And Reagan and Chloe and Colton.

Connor: (now pretty upset) But I want someone with a beard!

Here are all 5 kids ready for strawberry picking!

Connor really enjoyed finding the bright red ones!

Cameron really suprised me with how well he could pick them off the the vines.

Connor and Reagan discovered the horses!

"Cheeeeeese!"

They had 2 horses on the farm that we fed strawberries to and got to pet.

Kyndal was a huge help!

This was the best shot of the 3 of us.

We had our picnic lunch right before we headed back home.

We had to make a road side photo opp stop. Have you seen the bluebonnets out this year!? They are everywhere!

Buzz & Woody

We inherited some new clothes from our friend and among them were these AWESOME Toy Story pajamas! My boys are so smitten with the Toy Story movies and Cameron particularly loves Buzz Lightyear. Buzz is among the top used words in his developing vocabulary. When in Wal-Mart or any other store, if we walk by anything with these characters on it, Cameron is pointing and shouting "Buzz! Buzz!" until you take notice and acknowledge that Buzz Lightyear is within sight. We don't own these movies though, we do have them on our DVR. About once a week the boys get to watch one of them and I am so grateful for such sweet little movies that my boys can enjoy. Connor is very sensitive to intense music or characters and both Toy Story 1 & 2 are just totally free of anything tense or frightening. So there's my Disney Pixar endorsement.

Oh, the other funny thing about these pj's is that they are sizes 5 & 6. Cameron (21 months) wears a 2T and a few 3T items. Connor wears 3T-4T. Now, in my experience pajamas run small but a 5 & 6?! The only thing particularly big is the pants on Cam; they are rolled up a couple of times.

This is them checking each other out in their new duds.

This is the best shot I got of them both looking at the camera.

Check out this sweet brotherly hug!

That quickly turned into a wrestling match.

February in Pictures

Just to round out the end of the month, here are some pictures I didn't get around to writing about.

We played a lot of Legos. Hats were often required.

Curious George required a time out. Not sure why. I didn't put him there. Cameron did.

We enjoyed beautiful spring weather (in February!) at the city park with friends!

I apologize for cutting Cameron's head off. When you have a slow camera you just point & shoot and hope for the best. Sometimes you win, sometimes you chop off your baby's head.

Since Ryan & Colin moved, Reagan moved back to Cove and stepped right in as Connor's new buddy. They play beautifully together which has been a great answer to prayer - especially since they live across the street!

I told Connor & Reagan to pose. She was happy to oblige. This was the best I got of him.

I saw this idea for mess free finger painting and decided to give it a try. The results were less than desired. I had it all set up for when the boys got up from their naps and they both were just a ball of emotions over it. They wanted the tape off of the table; they wanted the paper out from under the bags; they wanted the paint to move more easily; the list goes on. In truth, I really did need to add more paint but I don't think we'll be trying this again any time soon.


I am trying to do a weekly letter lesson with Connor (and Cameron if he's interested.) This week was "M." We started with looking at the letter and tracing it with our finger, then with crayons. Next we cut out a big M and a Moon and glued them to a piece of paper with an "M" themed verse. As an afterthought we added a googly-eyed monkey sticker. I regret the verse I chose because it was far too long for Connor to remember. We then sorted Money (coins) and wrote a letter to our "adopted" World Vision daughter, Mapenzi. We also made a picture for her and will Mail it on Monday.