sweet as strawberries....

the last two days have been a little on the stressful side...
in a good way though. sometimes the thought of doing things (even fun things) overwhelms me with all three kids. i keep waiting for some sort of routine to "kick in" and have my days be the picture of perfection... well planned out and organized so that nothing ever goes wrong. i kinda feel like i may be giving myself false hope, i'm not sure anymore that smooth running days can exist with three kids three and under unless we are locked away in our home... sigh

the weather here has been what i call perfect. nice warm breezy days with a slight chill in the evening. february is strawberry month in florida. and what better way to spend this perfect weather, last couple days of strawberry month season then to take the kids strawberry picking!




i loaded up the mini van with a packed (yoder's style) lunch and we headed up to the local farm, we spent the whole morning/afternoon playing on the playground, petting smelly farm animals, and picking nice, yummy, big and juicy red strawberries... except for alivia, her favorite seemed to be the green ones, and as i quickly learned U PICK EM, U BUY EM!
levi was amused by all the animals. brian loves any and all animals and levi most definitely got some of that in his blood.
he is now obsessed with rabbits and has been begging to "go back to the farm playground and bring back my black rabbit"....
i think he honestly thinks that brian is going to do it tomorrow with him. yikes!
we packed up our small yet hearty pile of strawberries and brought them home to make strawberry short cake. i chuckled because all the kids talked about while we were picking was how much they wanted to eat their strawberries but only ate the whipped cream off of the shortcake.... levi then told me he no longer likes strawberries, and that daddy told him he didn't have to eat them anymore. which is what i have noticed him doing more lately "mommy said", "daddy said"...



the kids spent the day today doing their most favorite thing, and it's been a while since they last did it so it held their attention practically all day....
playing in the back yard! driving their power wheel, catching lizards and frogs, digging in dirt... just getting plane filthy.
while i scrapbooked.
i am officially all caught up on january YEA!
too bad march starts tomorrow and i will officially be behind again! :(
i finished in just enough time to throw them into the bath and head out to saturday night dinner with my family.

the last two days have been full fun filled, and have more then worn us all out....
the kids were out just seconds after night time prayer, and now so am i!
tah tah...