Our Strawberry Monster

As I mentioned  in my last post, on the Saturday of Mother's Day weekend Attia and I got together with Aunt Heidi, Jack and Gram to do some strawberry picking out at Wohletz Farm.

It was our first trip to a u-pick farm and I was hoping that Attia would enjoy picking berries. No worries there! She managed to keep herself very busy picking (and eating) berries the entire time we were there.

It was love at first bite.

 So she took a second, and a third, and a fourth... and she didn't stop there!

Picking berries with Gram

Eventually she decided that it was much easier to forgo picking them all together and just eat them straight off of the vine. :-)

By the end of the trip Attia had a very full belly and the sweet, sticky evidence of her strawberry pig out was everywhere! 

One sweet little strawberry monster :-)

The rest of us ended up with several pounds of strawberries to take home.  Our group total was about 28 pounds! Thats a lot of strawberries! I only picked about four pounds because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to use them all, but they were delicious and got gobbled up quicker than I thought they would! 

After our trip to the farm we all headed back to Heidi and Drew's house to meet the boys for lunch. Attia and Jack had a blast playing together in the backyard. 

So sweet!

All-in-all a pretty great day. 

Thanks for having us Heidi, and thanks for introducing us to the strawberry patch! We can't wait to make a trip next year!

**Some of these pictures came from Heidi's blog. Thanks Heidi!

Let the Good Times Roll, Part 2: October

     Like I said, October was a busy month for us and we had a lot of good times that haven't made it on the blog yet. We had family in from out of town a couple times during the month, and it was a lot of fun getting to see everyone!

     At the beginning of the month Austin's sister Abby, her husband Adrian, and our nephew Linus made a trip to Kansas from their home in North Carolina. We are always excited to see them, but we were extra excited this time because Abby is pregnant with baby number two! While they were here Heidi threw a Baby 'Sprinkle' for her. As always, Heidi threw a great party. There was tasty food, cute decorations, and she had supplies for us to make personalized onsies for Miss E., which was very cute. It was a lot of fun visiting with everyone and getting to see Abby's baby belly!

Attia even made a new friend :-)

That same weekend Austin road Octoginta, the annual 80 mile ride and time trial sponsored by Lawrence Bicycle Club. This is Austin's second year in a row to participate. 

The following week my mom and D. came in for a visit. They were very excited to see Attia for the first time in several months and it was a lot of fun having them in town. After they were here for a couple of days my brother joined the party. He was just finishing up a road trip across the southwest/southern midwest, and was on his way back home to Boulder, CO. It was really nice that they were all able to be here together!

And then of course there were the random good times just hanging out and playing. Attia continues to learn new skills and enjoy new things all the time. 

By the end of the month she was even playing the piano! She loves to sit with us and play on the keyboard, and sometimes she even tries to hit the keys that we hit. Maybe she will take lessons like her mommy?

 

Let the good times roll...