Strawberry Farms and such

We went to Tanaka Farms yesterday with some friends from Stroller Strides and had a blast! We went on a wagon tour of the farm and got to sample the fresh veggies straight out of the ground! Meadow loved the Romaine lettuce and the carrot, but decided the green onion was 'too spicy'! They sop at the Strawberry fields for 15 minutes to let you pick your own, you get to take home a basket but there was no limit on how many you ate while you were out there! It's amazing how great strawberries taste right off the vine with nothing on them. I was surprised that Meadow only sampled a few, she was so excited to pick them and place them in her basket. She know just which ones were ripe, which was great since I was carrying Emma in my Moby wrap that had loosened on the wagon ride so I only had one free hand. When we got back to the wagon all the other kids were covered in Strawberry and Meadow was the cleanest by far! This is a first for us, I was so proud. She sat carefully for the whole ride back making sure not to spill her basket of strawberries.

I am back to teaching Stroller Strides this week and it feels amazing to be working out again. Emma is still getting used to being in her car seat in the stroller, but that's ok...she will get the hang of it eventually! She is more alert everyday and is even watching the toys on her swing as the spin around. Meadow still thinks Emma is just the cutest thing on the planet, and I am so proud at what a wonderful big sister she is!

I promise to post more pictures soon, poor Emma has really bad baby acne on her face right now so I am not snapping away with the camera. She'd kill me when she got older!

Soooo, I think I've got this...........

Home now for almost 3 weeks with baby Emma and I think we have the swing of this whole 2 kid thing. We're focussed on paying a lot of attention to Meadow to keep her from seeking it out( which means she empties out Emma's dresser into the living room, or takes the toilet bowl brush for a tour of the house), trying to keep on top of the laundry so we don't get overwhelmed, and spending plenty of time interacting with Emma to stimulate that little brain! We are not completely sleep deprived which is awesome, and Meadow still manages to get a bath everyday...well almost everyday! I even ventured out wih both girls today to the park where Meadow played with her BFF Makayla at the park and fed the squirrels and ducks.

Oh, I guess I should add in that we have all this under control now, but I have yet to start teaching SS classes, haven't had any events for my other job, and we are still getting dinner delivered from all my amazing girlfriends 3 days a week! It's crazy how clean our kitchen can be when we aren't making dinner every night!

I keep telling myself it is baby steps into the real world and I think we will do just fine even when the meals stop!