I know the date as I am writing this post doesn't say Sunday anymore, it's 4AM Monday, but I will write as if it is still Sunday. Anyway... today, we went strawberry picking with Jason, Kelley and the kids. It was my very first time and I enjoyed it a lot, except for the fact that I only contributed about a fourth of the whole 2 baskets (about 20 lbs more or less) of the strawberries we picked. I was busy taking care of Amberly. I forgot to bring my baby carrier for her, and carrying an infant and picking strawberries doesn't go too well together. Jeb picked most of the strawberries with some help of Jason at the very end. The kids however, had a blast. They gave them little tiny basket containers for their own little pickings. Jordan did pretty good at filling his up and unloading it unto our big basket (but that only lasted for awhile). Aubrey however, would pick strawberries, put it in her container and then eat it out of her container... it was kinda counter-productive but she had a lot of fun and loved eating all the strawberries she can get. With Aubrey, you can tell how much she's eaten by how messy and food-streaked her face and clothes gets. Her face was pretty messy. :)
On our way home, we stopped by Jeb's parents tree-farm to see the 50 new little chicks they got for their chicken-egg farm they are starting. The chicks are soo cute! And the kids loved petting and carrying some of the little 'fuzzy-chirps'. We end up staying later to help Jeb's parents out with building a new shed for the chicks when they get a bit older. That metal shed and project took forever and still they haven't got it all done. We're glad we got to help them... it is exhausting! I know they were and they started since 11 this morning! Jordan and Aubrey loved being out there. They were helping Gma and Gpa build the shed, visiting the chickens and sheep, feeding the chickens and Jordan even gathered all the chicken eggs and placed them in the egg cartons. When Jeb's parents first got the chickens, Jordan and Aubrey was terrified with the chickens, they won't even go in the chicken shed, but now they love being "little farmers."
We had a lot of activities 'planned' for today. We actually were supposed to go to a beach party in Sheboygan with some Fil-Am families, but that fell through at the very last minute. I do really feel bad and bummed that we didn't get to go. It was all planned and I was actually looking forward to it for the last 2 weeks! I even went to the store to get the kids new swimwear and some sand toys to build their "sand castles". However, we felt we had to help family... and family always comes first.
By the end of the day, we all are so tired and dirty (esp the kids!)... but all in all, it was a fun and enjoyable day and everyone had a good time. And now, I am going back to bed. :)
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