Saturday, May 26, 2012

Cherry Picking! (and berries and peaches, too)

Olivia and Noah went out to Brentwood today to pick some fresh fruit. It was a great way to start the long weekend.

 Someone dropped a cherry. Actually, it may have been me. I was trying to put it in his mouth and either I missed, or he moved. He had to pick it up.

 He was sooooo sad.

 The poor cherry. He wanted me to fix it.

 This was his solution. He put it back on the tree so it could grow again.

 Ok, that crisis was averted and he could go back to having fun.






 He is using his sticks like chopsticks to attempt to pick cherries.

 All smiles.

 Chickens!!


 Delicious berries.

 So delicious, I couldn't pick faster than the boys could eat.

 I eventually just gave up.




After our friends left, we headed on to another farm in search of apricots. Unfortunately, they were still mostly green, so we opted for peaches instead.





 Noah was super excited to find this "rock".

 He asked the owners if he could take it home.

 They laughed hysterically and then told him to plant it in his garden so he could grown a peach orchard.

 This picture makes me wonder what he's thinking. Contemplating the great mysteries of life, obviously.


One happy, happy kid. The best  part of Mommy was that he napped for a solid 3 hours after this.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Solar Eclipse with a side of Opa!

We went to the Oakland Greek Festival on Sunday for Greek merriment and had a wonderful viewing location for the eclipse.

 Falling asleep at the lunch table.

 Fun in the playground.

 Hmmm...

 Excited by the shadow of the windmill.

 More finger in nose action.

 Looking up.

 More looking up.

 Ah ha! That's what he's looking at.

 A weird reflection on the ceiling that looks like a person.

 Loukoumades. Yummm!


 Wait? What? I didn't just stick the whole ting in my mouth...

 Noah donning his solar glasses.

 Olivia and Noah looking pretty dorky.

 A family of eclipse viewers!

 How to take a picture of the eclipse.

 About 10 minutes before it was at the highest point. We did not get a complete eclipse here.

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Yard Sale Finds

Noah and Olivia went out to visit a few yard sales this morning. Here is how they spent $5.