Strawberry Daze

We headed out Memorial Day Weekend for some old fashioned strawberry pickin but the farm was all picked out. Watch the slide show for some great pictures of us goofin around on the farm. There was a petting zoo with lots of goats, a turkey, peacock, chicken wondering around, a calf, miniature horses, ostriches and rabbits. There was an air pillow that the kids jumped on, a tube slide for toddlers and a 60 footer for the grown ups. There were old fashioned pedal cars to race each other with. The coolest attraction was the corn bin, a small area that had nothing but kernels of corn to roll around in. It was kinda like being inside of a beanbag. We didn't get to pick our own berries but we did pick some up at the country store. They were fabulous! The first berries of the season put us in a strawberry daze! (The red spot under Kate's nose is rug burn, the latest malady from trying to escape the pack n play)

Felt Name Book

I saw this on etsy.com (a cool website that sells custom made things). I fell in love with the idea and thought it would be fun to try. Well it was totally fun to make and be all creative. I miss doing crafty things, I rarely do anything crafty these days because of time. I made all the patterns by myself and a lot of it was freehand, meaning I didn't even bother making a pattern I just cut the felt until it looked right.







The lobster page is my favorite. It was hard coming up with something that started with a Y so I did things that are yellow. Anyone got any good ideas for a Y besides a yoyo or yak?


I was asking a friend what I should do for the letter N and she asked her 10 year old daughter who immediately responded Neopolitan Ice Cream! We love ice cream so I thought it was perfect.

All Play No Work

That's right, we got to play for a whole week. We went to Massanutten resort for our family vacation, we own a timeshare there and this is our second year going. We had such a great time and it was fun to be around each other for a whole week with no distractions from work, emails, and phone calls. My sister and her husband and son came up for a night and Brock's mom and dad came up for an evening. Some of the highlights include miniature golfing, two trips to the indoor water park, a visit to the children's museum, many dips in the pool and picnics in the park. Oh and Brock's highlight is that he caught a rainbow trout. Nana babysat for us one afternoon so we could take a chairlift ride up the mountain to see the valley. It was so fun to focus so much of our attention on Kate, she is such a funny girl and I'm amazed with how grown up she is. She is so self-sufficient and very independent. As she will tell you "I can do it". She loves to help mommy with whatever I'm doing. We got a kick out of hearing her talking as she has become quite a little parrot.

I hope you enjoy the slide show, I'll post some video too:

South Mountain Creamery

We toured a local dairy farm this week during their farm festival. It's a great little farm that makes all their own dairy product and it's all organic. It was fun to get away from the city and see the beautiful country side.

We got to feed the baby cows their milk

The baby cow givin some lovin to Kate, she got a kick out of it.

We got to go on a hayride through the cow pastures

Kate's favorite part of the farm tour, ice cream!

Check this out, milk in glass bottles and it's delivered right to your door. We haven't started getting milk delivered yet, but I checked out the prices and it's cheaper then what I pay in the grocery store. I just picked these up while I was at the farm along with homemade yogurt(also in a glass bottle). I just had to show this picture off because I thought it was just so cool.

Kate learned a new word that day. Owww or baby language for cow! It was such a fun get away.

On a side note I did my March of Dimes walk today! We had a great turn out in spite of the dreary weather. It was a lot of fun and I want to thank all you who sponsored me at this event. Your generosity inspires me. My team raised over $800. I can't wait to do it again next year.

Chips N Salsa

Is it strange for an 18month old to like chips n salsa? In the video she can't get enough of it. I think it's a cute video but it's 3 minutes long so I don't blame you if you don't want to watch it. If you manage to watch it to the end, you'll see her do sign language for 'more'. Sorry this is all I have to say for the moment. I guess there isn't a whole lot going on right now. We are both busy with work and in the evenings we are busy with trips to the park with Kate. We love spending time outside now that the weather is nice. Today was a rainy day so we've been inside all day.

Our Little Fish

Kate and daddy have been taking swimming classes at our community pool. Brock talks about their daddy daughter swim class all week with Kate. It is so cute to see the two of them in class together. Here is a video of our little Fish during their lesson. I love how she almost "jumps" to her dad from the side of the pool. Kate has also learned how to go underwater. Brock says her favorite thing is when they chase after little rubber ducks in the pool.

Allergic To Roaches!

So because of Kate's persistent runny nose and recent weird rash we went to the allergist to see what is wrong with the poor baby. They did a skin test where they lightly prick her back with 15 different common allergens and watch the skin reaction. She came up positive for cockroaches. Well I've never seen a roach in our house so the doctor and I agreed her runny nose is mostly likely from a really bad sinus infection. I told Brock when we got home that Kate is allergic to cockroaches to which he replied "what are going to feed her for dinner now" that's Brock, always has something funny to say. In the meantime I get to suction snot out of a toddler's nose and then spray a nose spray up there. It's so much fun with an uncooperative 18month old! Oh the doctor also said that because she is allergic to 'something' more than likely she'll develop more allergies. Anyone know anything about this?