Every Day with Eli: May 26

Maybe you should go get yourself a nice cup of coffee or a sweet snack before you sit down to read this post; I have lots of pictures today.

We kicked off Memorial Day weekend in style, with a lot of outdoor time, despite the ridiculously high temperatures.

Caleb asked to play with the hose. I told him to ask his Daddy. He said, "Daddy might say yeeeesss!"

And Daddy (who was busy building my little vegetable garden) did say yes.

(Can you tell that Caleb picks out most of his outfits now? It's sad for me, because his fashion sense could use some fine-tuning. But it's wonderful to see him gaining independence!)

We have a random drain in the middle of our yard. It didn't take Caleb long to find the drain and begin pouring/spitting water into it.

When Daisy woke up from her morning nap, we went strawberry picking at a nearby farm. It was nearly noon and over 90 degrees by the time we arrived, but it's the very end of the season and we just couldn't wait any longer.

I'm not sure why, but I adore this photo. I was thrilled that the farm had wagons for us to use, and even more thrilled that Daisy was willing to stay put in it.

How sweet are they? How darling is Daisy's little hat? Sigh.

This is about as long as Caleb's interest in strawberry picking lasted. He was very frustrated that he couldn't eat every berry he picked. We thought that Daisy would enjoy berry picking since she loves strawberries so much. Wrong. It was a special kind of torture for her to see all of those berries and not be able to get her hands on any of them. Add in the heat and the hat, and... well, poor girl.

She didn't complain, but I could see the anguish in her eyes. Luckily, Chris took on the task of entertaining the kids while I picked berries. We were able to collect just over four pounds before the kids had had enough.

Caleb found a berry! Can you see it?

How about now? Can you see it now?

No? Then he'll just throw it at the camera. That should take care of things.

Chris made a game of running up and down the rows of strawberries with the kids. He's a good man.

Then they found a tractor! The driver waved, and both kids were delighted.

They love running!

I know Daisy is out of focus, but you can still clearly tell how much she loves her Daddy.

Finally, after we paid for our berries, we found some shade under a piece of playground equipment and had a picnic. Daisy was in heaven with those ripe, juicy, delicious strawberries.