Evie, looking forlorn as she ponders her impending venture into child labor.
Will, waiting for the strawberry tour to start.
We piled on to a couple tractor-pulled wagons with about 40 other people for a tour of the farm. It was pretty neat, they stopped at various places around the farm and talked about the things they grew, then fed us samples of everything. Will was a trooper and tried bites of everything except the green onion, and even ate a whole carrot. Evie ate everything. She gnawed on my carrot, she ate celery, she chewed on the green onion, she ate yellow and green beans. She would have eaten the carrot leaves if I'd let her.
Then they let us off in one of their strawberry fields and gave us about 15 minute to fill up our pint containers and our bellies. Will concentrated on filling his belly; I concentrated on filling the pint container and keeping Evie from eating dirt, strawberries, and strawberry leaves.
I didn't actually mean to take this picture, but hey! Here you go. Picture of the farms and some random family.
We had a really nice time. We picked up some produce from their little stand on the way out, shared a hot dog, and headed back home. The kids napped in the car. It was a really nice day out.
On Monday, we took no pictures. But I grilled the corn we bought at the farm and it was delicious.
On Tuesday, everyone was too busy for pictures.
On Wednesday, we played baseball for awhile.
And Evie ate grass.
"Who, me?"
On Thursday, Will came up to Evie and was all, "Mom! Take our picture!" It seems that this is his new thing. But he also seems to have figured out what is cute, so kudos to him.
We also took a long walk up to the grocery store and back.
Will invented a modified version of Red Light, Green Light. It included orange light (touch your nose), black light (spin around), purple light (jump), and pink light (march).
Also, here is Evie.
Also, Lorne sent in his first draft of his dissertation. That's kind of a big deal.
On Friday, we had some naptime struggles. I gave up and decided to let Will watch Winnie the Pooh in the living room. After about ten minutes, he was doing this:
When Lorne came home from school we decided to go have First Draft of Dissertation is Complete Thai Food.
Evie really enjoyed Thai food. Though, come to think of it, we have yet to come across any kind of food that Evie doesn't enjoy.
When we finished, we took a walk around the pond that's next to the restaurant.
Will talked with the ducks for awhile.
On Saturday, we (the kids) woke up early (sooooooooooo early) so we were up and ready several hours before we usually leave for music class. We went to First Draft of Dissertation is Complete Breakfast, then did a little trip to Target, then went to music class. Will is a music class pro, but Evie has only gone a few times, so it's exciting to see her dance and clap with the music. She eats the instruments more often than she plays them, but we're getting there.
Then we went to a party for Lorne's MD/PhD program.We caught up with some friends and ate a lot. The director's wife played with Will and had toys that kept him occupied, which was awesome. But at one point she brought out this horrifying doll thing. She called it "shy baby." It looked like an actual toddler from behind - it had on clothes and it had real looking hair. And she stood it in the corner. It was basically like this:
And Will was a little scared of it. So were the rest of us, frankly. After she asked Will a couple questions about it, I was all, "Will, it's just a toy. It's not real." And I guess it hadn't occurred to her that he might think it was an actual child, so she turned it around to show him it was a doll and IT HAD NO FACE. I guess because it's supposed to stand in the corner, so you're not ever supposed to see its face? I don't know, but Will was HORRIFIED. "What's wrong with it?!" Poor Will. He had a nightmare later that night. I'm pretty sure he was dreaming about horrible shy baby. (Be glad we took no pictures today.)
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