Strawberry Picking

Yesterday I took the boys strawberry picking. We wanted to go last week on Friday, but we called before we went and found out that they had been picked over for the week and that we would have to wait until Monday. Parker was so bummed all weekend that we couldn't go. Last year the 3 of us drove out there (45 minutes) and to find that they were closed. This is something that David and I have enjoyed over the years to pick fresh fruit together and now the boys are going to enjoy doing it as well. I took the red wagon with us so Caleb could sit in there and watch Parker and I pick strawberries. They were so good and it was a great time together on a beautiful Monday morning. The boys in the strawberry patch

Such cute brothers and they enjoy each other so much

Finally a shot of both of them looking at the camera

Caleb was very interested in what we were putting in the buckets. He even got a couple of them out and put them in his mouth. On the way home Parker was asking left and right for more strawberries to eat. Here I was driving, taking the green stems off and handing them back to him to eat in the backseat.

They are so much fun

Caleb loves to pretend that he is driving. While David and Parker went into Costco to buy Caleb's birthday presents, Caleb and I hung out in the car. We had the music going and the windows open. He was dancing away to the beat and people kept telling me that he is a young driver and so cute. Both of our boys are so cute and so much fun. They keep us entertained. We can't imagine our world without them in it.

This was a good one of Parker during one of our funny moments at home together.

I have been busy

These past few weeks have been really busy for me. I had another bread show and did farely well for it being a spring show and the first time they had it. In the midst of baking, I finally found some fabric to recover my 10 dining room chairs. These were really hard to do and took time to complete them. I am finishing up my last one today.
I also made 70 sunflower/pictures for Parker's silent auction at school. So the weekend was nothing but cutting out and using lots of glue to complete this project. In the end it was great and everyone loved them. chair before-really bad fabric that has seen its day

New fabric and WOW what a difference it makes. Everything in my dining room now pulls together nicely and of course now I want a rug under my table. In due time. The life of a designer never ends.

I made 70 of these sunflowers for our silent auction at Parker's school. The parents all loved them and were so excited to have this keepsake.

Easter 2010

Happy Easter! Today we went to church and enjoyed a great service with the sermon, choir and orchestra playing. Afterwards we went to Panera for Parker's & Caleb's blueberry muffin fix. Can't miss out on this weekly tradition. We then enjoyed watching Parker hunt for his easter eggs in our yard. The neighbor boys helped us hide them and their Mom took our family photo in exchange for their family photo. What a wonderful day to celebrate Jesus raising from the dead for us and taking all of our sins away. Hope you had a wonderful Easter.

A family photo under a white dogwood tree. One of our favorite trees.

Parker's Quilt

This week I have worked hard on making Parker a quilt out of some of the baby clothes that he wore. It has been a lot of fun remembering what he wore at that age. I even used a flat sheet from our bed for the back. So the back is blue & white striped with teddy bears on it. They were on sale many years ago at the polo outlet and David loved them.
Stay tuned for Caleb's quilt. I have the pieces cut out, but I need to make more bread this week for a show that I will be doing on the 10th in Homewood. Plus I have also started to recover our dining room chairs. There are so many staples on those things, that it will take a while to recover all 10 of them.

The boys

It is so hard to get pictures of the boys both looking at the camera and not doing something funny. Caleb will be 10 months old on Monday April 5th. He has finally started crawling this week. He drags one leg as he goes. But at least he is now happy to be able to get around on his own. He also loves to stand up by the furniture and walk around. A few times he has been able to pull himself up. Last night at midnight David went upstairs to find Caleb sitting up in his crib and just playing. Too funny that he was wide awake at that hour. This past week after nap time I would find him either sitting up in the crib or all at one end of the crib with his blankets & stuff animals.

Our silly boys make us laugh all the time. Life is so great with them. We enjoyed a great Family Date Night out last night. Going to our favorite mexican place and our favorite ice cream place. We also got 2 items for Caleb's first birthday from Costco yesterday. He will be getting a sand/water table and a bubble maker. Of course Parker thinks we need to open them up now for himself. They will have lots of fun with these toys this summer.