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28 April 2020

Summer - Week Six

The next weekend, we invited Papa Ray and Cheryl to join us for some blueberry picking at Johnson's Farm. We missed strawberry picking season while on vacation, but we love blueberries just as much.




Picking blueberries is much more tedious and time consuming than picking strawberries, so it took a lot longer to fill a basket.








Starting to make some progress.







There were a few strawberry bushes left, so we filled a couple baskets of that too. Wyatt also grabbed a few for his tummy.


A job well done.



Heading back in from the fields.



After lunch, it was playtime.



CeCe hitched a ride with Papa.


Either the corn pit is new, or we somehow missed it last year.




Farm work is exhausting.


On Monday, I surprised Noah with a smoothie after his outdoor track class. Poor thing had to run around for an hour in 90 degree heat.


And then I let them play on the nearby playground for a while.



Same sleeping Charlotte. Different couch.


 We ended the week with a camp fire.



14 April 2020

Summer - Week One

June started off with a scout hike at Goodenow Grove in Beecher. It was hot day and we didn't bring the stroller, so Charlotte had a bit of meltdown. I ended up carrying her on my shoulders for half the hike.

 



Charlotte and I later ducked into the nature center while a few of the boys continued on for an extended hike.


Inside the center, we found a little market, a wooden tree house, and a puppet theatre to play with.

 


 
 

 Later, we invited some friends over for a summer kick-off s'mores roast.

 
 

The library had their annual kick-off event on Monday (before school even let out). We almost didn't make it because the van got a flat tire in the driveway, but I was able to pull it off by driving Charlotte and Noah in the Subaru and then leaving them at the library with friends while I went to daycare to fetch Wyatt. We then waited until Nick came by so he could put the extra kid in his truck.

While waiting, we signed up for the summer reading program, grabbed a sign for our yard, enjoyed some ice cream, painted kindness rocks, and played in the makerspace.





Summer kick-off ride around the block.
 


CeCe looking sharp in her new overalls.



Finally, Noah had his last day of school that Friday. School was extended by a week due to winter snow days. He really grew a lot in 2nd grade (and also really needed a haircut).
 




 
 

First day and Last day


That evening, I took him to swim school for what was supposed to be his make-up swim lesson while Wyatt went to cake pop class with Jaxon. They ended up giving me the wrong lesson time, so we had to schedule a make-up for the make-up.
 

But Wyatt had fun making cake pops.


 
 
Later he decided it was a good night to sleep in his teepee.



And Noah decided to sleep on his floor too. Actually, he slept on his floor pretty much the whole summer. He said he just liked it better.