Our weekend strolled by at a much more relaxed pace in comparison to many of the previous summer weekends. Not too much on the agenda - just a couple social commitments with friends, some blueberry picking with my girl, a little cleaning, a little chilling out and a little reading.
I baked some blueberry bars on Saturday during nap time to take with us to dinner at a friends house that evening. Our friends Tim & Angie and their adorable daughter Addyson invited us over for a delicious meal and we had so much fun!
When we arrived, Addyson had her little pool ready along with some water balloons for playing. But very shortly, a big storm blew in and we never even got to put our swimsuits on. So instead, we hung out in Addyson's super cute play room. She is the one that set up this little photo session, by the way, and I love that she poses! :)
Addyson was born in March of 2008, so she and Will are about nine months apart.
They were either jumping or dancing... can't remember. :)
Another view of the play room.
Genius! Pull up a chair to the stove while cooking... Why didn't I think of that?
Addyson rocking her baby that I just swaddled for her.
Will played with the Melissa & Doug ice cream set for most of the evening.
Check out Addyson's room! So pretty. I helped the kids "play library" with Addyson's books. We requested pretend library cards, scanned bar codes and said "beep!" and then took turns playing librarian.
Downstairs, while Craig and Tim discussed some remodeling plans in Tim's kitchen, Addyson & Sophie pretended to cuddle up for bedtime. Addyson has lots of super soft blankets!
I love Sophie's eyes in this picture. :)
Thank you, Mann family, for having us!On Sunday morning, we tried some new blueberry pancakes, I put away a bunch of clean laundry (a never ending process), and Will asked if he could help me clean a little. Umm... yes, please! He dusted and vacuumed several parts of the first floor. Unfortunately, the vacuum was lifted up in the front most of the time that he was pushing it, so I ended up having to go over most of it later, but I still appreciated his efforts. I need to involve my kids in daily house chores more often.
Will asked to take "just one picture, please!" using my camera. He's getting better at centering his subject. This is what he took:
Sunday morning after nap, we met up with more friends to give some little people a tour of the Riedeman farm. My sister's co-worker, Kelly, has a little boy just a few months younger than Will who is infatuated with tractors/heavy machinery and farm stuff right now. I've gotten to know Kelly's adorable fam through blogging and a few meet-ups and we thought it would be fun to let the kids check out the farm, see some animals and take a tractor ride with Craig.
The kids were all playing on this trailer like it was their stage or something and Casey asked if we could get a group pic with their legs dangling and smiling... All three of us moms kind of laughed like "ya, right!", but we did get a few decent ones.
Love this one of Stella & Soph.
Will & Brody... future farmers?
Will is so used to being surrounded by girls that "Ring Around the Rosy" is just as common place as, say, smashing cars or playing with bugs.
"We all fall down!"
Jumping, marching and dancing.
Awesome, Sophie... Touch a lot of dirty things and then put your fingers in your mouth. ;) She looks like she's whistling. :)
Feeding Maggie the cow some tall grass.
Will asked to take "just one picture, please!" using my camera. He's getting better at centering his subject. This is what he took:
Sunday morning after nap, we met up with more friends to give some little people a tour of the Riedeman farm. My sister's co-worker, Kelly, has a little boy just a few months younger than Will who is infatuated with tractors/heavy machinery and farm stuff right now. I've gotten to know Kelly's adorable fam through blogging and a few meet-ups and we thought it would be fun to let the kids check out the farm, see some animals and take a tractor ride with Craig.
The kids were all playing on this trailer like it was their stage or something and Casey asked if we could get a group pic with their legs dangling and smiling... All three of us moms kind of laughed like "ya, right!", but we did get a few decent ones.
Love this one of Stella & Soph.
Will & Brody... future farmers?
Will is so used to being surrounded by girls that "Ring Around the Rosy" is just as common place as, say, smashing cars or playing with bugs.
"We all fall down!"
Jumping, marching and dancing.
Awesome, Sophie... Touch a lot of dirty things and then put your fingers in your mouth. ;) She looks like she's whistling. :)
Feeding Maggie the cow some tall grass.
Left to right: Hazel, Maggie and Sugar. The new baby calf was hiding in the barn.
Stella and Sophie checking out the kitties.
Sophie, Mya & Stella
Checking out the cows from inside the barn.
Craig took the kids right inside the little feeding area to take a peek at the baby calf.
Will feeding Hazel.
It was so cute to see how excited Brody got with each new piece of farm equipment. Combines are enormous and intimidating to a little kid and he climbed right up!
Massey-Fergusons are what Will claimed were his favorite kind of tractor when we were chatting with our CSA farmers back in May at orientation.
Brody's first tractor ride with Craig. My kids were calling him "Farmer Brody" and waving as he drove past. Craig let him take the wheel a lot of the time and told me, of all the kids, Brody definitely had the best control with steering.
Craig gave rides to each one of the kids. He's been driving tractors since he was eight years old and will eventually take over farming his dads land when his dad can't do it any more... if that ever happens. ;) Tom Riedeman just turned 67 and is probably in better shape than most people my age. :) I think the Wii Fit game told him he had a "fitness age" (or whatever they call your current level of fitness) of like 20-something! The Riedeman men tend to live very long lives. Farming will do that for you! Tom's parents lived to their 90's and Grandma Riedeman (Cecilia, or "Sis") could squat in her garden for hours and her tiny frame could practically lift Grandpa when his health declined and wasn't getting around as well. I told Craig if he stops eating garbage and lets me feed him right, I'll make sure he lives to 100. ;)
Mya, Sophie & Uncle Wes ("Dub")
Sophie, Mya & Stella
Checking out the cows from inside the barn.
Craig took the kids right inside the little feeding area to take a peek at the baby calf.
Will feeding Hazel.
It was so cute to see how excited Brody got with each new piece of farm equipment. Combines are enormous and intimidating to a little kid and he climbed right up!
Massey-Fergusons are what Will claimed were his favorite kind of tractor when we were chatting with our CSA farmers back in May at orientation.
Brody's first tractor ride with Craig. My kids were calling him "Farmer Brody" and waving as he drove past. Craig let him take the wheel a lot of the time and told me, of all the kids, Brody definitely had the best control with steering.
Craig gave rides to each one of the kids. He's been driving tractors since he was eight years old and will eventually take over farming his dads land when his dad can't do it any more... if that ever happens. ;) Tom Riedeman just turned 67 and is probably in better shape than most people my age. :) I think the Wii Fit game told him he had a "fitness age" (or whatever they call your current level of fitness) of like 20-something! The Riedeman men tend to live very long lives. Farming will do that for you! Tom's parents lived to their 90's and Grandma Riedeman (Cecilia, or "Sis") could squat in her garden for hours and her tiny frame could practically lift Grandpa when his health declined and wasn't getting around as well. I told Craig if he stops eating garbage and lets me feed him right, I'll make sure he lives to 100. ;)
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Farmer Brody...LOL!!!!!! That was a lot of fun. :)
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