A GOOD (LONG AGONIZING) FEW DAYS.

One long term Dream has come true. We are the proud owners of a ten year old tandem bike that is yet to be named. :) i can't even tell you how much FUN we had on this thing when we went on a date to test-ride it!!! HILARIOUS.



On Friday i took the kids and Aunti K and we picked strawberries for a couple hours. They loved it. (or course!!!! berries everywhere you look, what better entertainment is there???) Then in the afternoon i made pies and tarts with Julia while nap time was taking place. Julia made the tarts all by herself!! I took the trimmings from the piecrusts, and she layered them in the muffin tin, then she cut two strawberries into halves and placed them in each tart-muffin-shell, then she helped me measure out the ingredients for the syrup (and i cooked that) and viola! Tarts!! :)

FUnny Stories: Sam plunked himself into K's lap, and promptly placed HER basket of berries into HIS lap, and declared, "I have lunch" in his cutest sam-voice. :)
We may have failed in teaching sam the difference between green and red (yeah, totally not into colors yet. he doesn't care a smidgen) but we at least made an impression about 'Strawberry Patch Etiquette'. He refused to walk over any plants, and if we stepped over to pick in the next row, he would plead with arms raised for us to help him get over the plants. :)




YES SHE IS STILL AROUND. MAGGIE LOVES TO PLAY. :)

You are perhaps wondering about the title of this post... since the pictures and tales all seem so.... peachy (more strawberryish). Well, the agonizing part was the long, lonesome days without dave. You see, he worked overtime for three days in a row (and then two more days after that where he could come home at his usual time of 7 or 7:30pm) THis means three days of not seeing the kids at all, or maybe for the ten minutes of going to bed time. I find the last two hours of the day (from 6-8) VERY VERY VERY LONG without dave around. By that time of day my resistance to whining, any annoyances, etc, is very low, and so i have trouble maintaining a 'friendly' demeanor with the children. I know this should send me to my knees in prayer for reliance on the Lord, however, i don't always remember that in my 6pm-stupor.... Anyway... yeah. it feels very long to welcome the children out of bed in the morning, and tuck them in at night alone. (along with everything inbetween.)

THANK THE LORD FOR AUNTIE'S AND OMA'S AND TWO DAYS OFF FINALLY!!! :) bring on Monday and TUesday! i am SO SO READY!! :)