Strawberry picking, summer playing, and a sick mama

Well, some of my friends from my MOPS group went strawberry picking last Friday...I didn't think I would have the energy for it with the boys, but my one friend convinced me. It was soo much fun! I LOVE strawberries and it was hard for me to stop picking. The boys each had their own bucket and I had a big bucket to fill. We just finished eating them today. Oh...yummy! The only thing better would have been if I could have made some jam. Unfortunately, I just don't have that much energy in me and Kevin gently told me that probably wasn't the best idea. So, maybe next year!!

The high today was 87 and it definitely felt like that...so, I decided we needed to start our summer routine of outside playing....which means we go outside right after breakfast before it gets too hot. So, we went to the playground and thankfully, the playground is more shaded in the early morning. Then, after lunch the boys played in their water table and sprinkler ball and had popsicles. Tomorrow is supposed to be another hot one...so, we'll probably do the same
thing.

Lastly, the boys were sick last week and unfortunately, I got the little sick bug they had around 3 am on Sunday evening. It thankfully wasn't too bad...just a little fever and a cold. So, Kevin stayed home from work on Monday and Tuesday and I slept, drank lots of fluid, and slept some more. I'm so glad he was able to stay home and take care of the boys. And of course, the boys were more than happy to have extra daddy days! They love Saturdays...which is known better as daddy day!!! I'm feeling much better today...a little tired still, but much better!

Hope you enjoy the pics...the ones of Caleb and TJ riding their bike and tricycle are from a different week, not this week.

35 weeks and Happy Mother's day

First, I want to say Happy Mother's Day to my mom, mother in law, and grandmas. You all are wonderful mothers and I'm thankful to have you as examples for me. I'd also like to thank all of the other wonderful women in my life who have been like a mother to me...you all are awesome and I'm so glad God has put you in my life. I pray you all had a great Mother's day...and the same for all of my friends, sisters in laws, cousins, and aunts who are mothers. May you all have a great week and enjoy some chocolate when you get a chance!!! : )

So, I'm 35 weeks pregnant now and definitely entered the more tired stage of the pregnancy. I just ended my Bible study and MOPS last week. It has been such a blessing to do both of those this year, but I'm thankful to be done with them until the fall. It came at the perfect time for me as doing adventures for me right now takes a lot of my energy with the boys so it will be nice to be at home more the next few weeks. Our weekends were also very full until last weekend and so now we can relax and get things ready for our baby girl! I'm due June 13th, but we'll see when this little girl decides to come...hopefully, before my cousins wedding, but if not that's okay too! I finally took a pic on Sunday for you all so now you can see how pregnant I look. Hope you enjoy! There is also a pic of Caleb giving me my Mother's day cards....poor TJ was so wiped out after church he had to go straight down for a nap! So, that is why he is not in the picture!

Our garden

Last year when we moved here in August, the tenants before us had planted a garden and we reaped the benefits. It was so awesome. We had fresh green beans every week and tomatoes. So, we wanted to try and plant some things to enjoy again. Kevin has always wanted a garden....I was never really into it until we were able to eat all of the yummy veggies last year. So, we got started on picking weeds and getting it ready a few weeks ago. Kevin went to the store and bought some seeds then bought some plants at the farmer's market. I had to convince him not to buy anymore and that we had plenty. So, we started with tomatoes, green beans, watermelon, zucchini, basil, cucumbers, and strawberries. We have plenty that's for sure and we'll see how they all turn out.
Here are the pics of some of them growing...Caleb especially loves to help water them and both boys love to watch the seeds grow!

Playing outside

Well, spring is here and the weather has been quite nice lately. Even a bit hot here for spring time. That's why we got our water table out a few days last week. It was in the high of 80's quite a few days last week. Of course, I normally like the warm weather and I still do, but high of 80's was a bit too hot for me right now. I definitely like it cooler when I'm pregnant. The picture of the chair in the shade is my chair...I've been trying to find all the shady spots to sit and I also try to sit when I can. The boys do play pretty well together and so I do get a chance to sit a bit.
Caleb's bike has no pedals so he uses his feet to make himself go...it gives him a chance to work on his balance on a 2 wheel bike. Then, someday he can just move to a 2 wheeler without training wheels. He loves to ride his bike and is quite good at it. I still want to get a video of him going down the sidewalk...he goes quite fast down the hills.

TJ loves to ride his firetruck and we have had to work quite hard on him stopping at the end of our driveway and not going in the street. Thankfully, he is now getting it. He is also trying to ride the tricycle, but still needs some work on that one. We have also been to our neighborhood playground a lot and played in our back yard a whole lot.