Strawberry Pickin (and eating of course!)

One of the benefits of HomeSchooling the kids is that Lauren is able to take them on field trips during the school-week. While other kids are stuck behind bars in class, they are able to knock out their work and then go get some living under their belts :)



The most recent trip was to the Pick-Your-Own-Berries farm. This was Claire's first experience with Strawberries, and there is one thoroughly ruined outfit to prove that she thought she was in heaven (an all you can eat Heaven!).



A good haul


Did you pay for that one?


A good afternoons work


All cleaned up and happy


Strawberries zap the strength


You can view all the pictures from the day (33) in the slideshow

James & Israel @ MSP

Uncle Ben took James and Israel for a tour of the MSP hangar, where they got to sit in the helicopter and watch it start up and get a ride and then eventually take the stick for a short while and bring it down for a touch-n-go...while blindfolded!









(ok well they got to sit in it at least!)

Eden & James Birthday 09

Man time flies by quickly, seems like it was just a year or two ago I was watching Eden take her first steps, and now its Claire. Or just a couple of months ago that James was destroying everything in sight...ok maybe that was just a couple of months ago...but the point is that time is moving ever faster and seems to accelerate as our family gets older *sigh*



Earlier this year Eden and James had their birthday's; 7 & 5 respectively and this years theme was StarWars (as picked by them) can't you tell!



As you can tell everyone was having a great time especially TheGryph!



Here is the attempt at a DeathStar cake a.k.a "Ol'Poopy"



We also took the kids to Chuck-E-Cheese for a day of games (which they loved)



See the rest in the slideshow:

Kids Combine Ride

I remember getting off the bus as a kid and waiting in the yard with Mom for a chance to ride on the combine with Mr. Danny. So when he came out this year to harvest the corn, it was a perfect chance for Eden and James to help daddy live old memories vicariously to do something that I loved as a kid (as presumably all Eastern Shore kids do...right?)











One of the cooler things about homeschooling, is that a trip to the local farm (which also happens to be family) to see the miniature cows and help harvest the hay; serves double duty as a field trip.





As always you can see the whole set by following this link over to our Flickr Page.