zoo

On Friday, I took Samuel and Gabriella to the zoo. Elijah had to be at school for a Sports Day - so he missed out and wishes he could have gone too. We got in with a really good group rate made available to us by my friend Anita who attends a playgroup that was attending! So for $12, we enjoyed a lovely day - Alexa also came with Luke, Erin and Tessina (her neice). It was fun to hang out for the day with them! And the weather was questionable, calling for rain, but we only felt 1 or 2 drops - it was perfect!
Here's what we did and saw...we went on the train for a ride around the zoo - always a hitLuke and Sammy~the hippos were actually out of the water today, so that was nice since the last time I went they were totally submerged and not visible to us at allthe five kiddos - Luke, Tessina, Erin, Sammy and Gabi~Luke and Tessina loved helping out with my wagon - Sammy didn't ride in it at all, but Gabi and Erin enjoyed sharing a ride in there together!best little buddies - Erin and Gabi

strawberry patch

On Monday I took the kids to a local strawberry patch as a "fieldtrip" - meaning more for the sake of the experience than for picking a whack-load of berries. I've never taken them to a strawberry patch before, so I knew they would love to see it and then to be able to pick our own berries. We picked two ice cream pails in a short period of time. The kids did great and quite enjoyed it!
A friend (Annette) posted on her FB Status that she had taken her girls to a certain farm in town to pick, so from that a few of us ended up there. I ran into Christy there and she offered to take a picture of us right away, thanks Christy!Samuel loves strawberries, in fact it's really the only fruit he'll eat. I've been buying California Strawberries for months already - so the fieldtrip was especially nice for him!