Picking Cherries!!!

Today we went cherry picking! This huge bowl -which isn't all- is the fruit of our labor. We picked 10 pounds!!! This farm let's U-pick whatever you want for just $1 a pound!!! Which beats ANY grocery store price I've seen. I love cherries, and haven't had any in years because they're so pricey. This situation was AMAZING.

Grandma was only in town for a half a day, so she came with me and the boys, and we all picked some delicious PERFECT cherries.

I seriously could have picked all day! (Since it wasn't a "job" or a chore it was purely fun to do and it was like a treasure hunt for me.) I'd find branched full and had a goal to fill my huge bucket! I had tons of energy, the trees blocked the sun from our faces, and helped keep us cool, and we went around 10 so it wasn't too hot yet. Perfect day!

I picked fruit off of trees when I was little, and it was a fun thing for me -to see where fruit really came from and to taste it right off the tree. When I found out yesterday that I could pick cherries somewhere, I knew I would be taking the boys today. They both got up to the top of the ladder (with help from grandma or me) and picked away! They both did a great job.

I am glad we live around places like this -it was about twenty minutes away- and I plan to find more "U-pick" places so we can do this again. Fun stuff, fun memories!

Disney Land Finally!!!

This was taken minutes before the boys woke up to head to Disneyland! We spent the night in Vegas to make the trip that much shorter. (So cute!)
There's no way to write about everything we did and everything we saw, so I will let the picture just speak for themselves. We spent 5 days there! And, spent eight hours everyday playing. It was fun, and lucky I had enough energy to make it through the day. Though, I will say this, I wish the boys could have pushed me a grandma around in the stroller every now and then.(Joe wasn't able to go, because of the season and all -fires =responsibility/money.)

Under the sea, looking from the porthole in the Nemo Submarine ride. SO FUN. It showed cool things like this scuba guy and beautiful (fake) plant life, but then went completely dark and movie clips were reflected in front of you as you were moving along. Very cool.

The "Buzz game" as Ben referred to it, was so fun and we probably went on this ride 20 times (no joke) You would move along and shoot your laser gun at different targets to defeat Zurg! Very exciting and the boys could have done this all day -and we almost did.

Sporting their new Disney shirts, they played around at Goofy's house.

The boys both love Lightning McQueen and Mator! So, when we saw them "off the side of the road" they were thrilled to get to see them. (Ben kept talking to them and wondering why they wouldn't talk back. We told them it's their job to take lots of pics, so they have to hurry so every one can get a turn, and if they talked to everyone it would take too much time. That appeased him.)

The first guy we met. Ben wasn't sure if he wanted to bother, and Kade wouldn't get out of the stroller. But, after this experience they understood, and liked posing with the characters.(Except for a little incident with Goofy.)

Kade cried when we nudged him forward to meet Goofy -so I had to hold him. But, it was a very funny thing. Goofy started acting afraid of Kade -and wouldn't' let Kade come near him, until Kade was laughing at Goofy thinking he was scary. Then we got a cute picture.

Donald is Ben's "favorite", besides Buzz Lightyear, So, it was amazing that we got to see him first thing our last morning!

Oh Mickey!

BUZZ LIGHTYEAR!!!! The highlight of the entire experience! The boys were SO happy words can't even do their reaction justice. They were thrilled! We got a few pics with Buzz and seeing him made the whole trip worth it. If getting to "meet" Buzz was all we had done, the trip would still have been worth it. (And I sware my legs are not really that huge, it's not a flattering angle.)

I took 186 pictures at Disneyland and their were so many other things we saw, so maybe I'll post another post sooner or later.

Funny Little Comments....

Ben: "Mom, you're one of us." I have no idea what he meant, but I'll be "one of them" any day. ;)

Kade: "Mom, your face is pretty." and "Mom, you're the best. And, Dad's the best." Very cute comments. (I need to journal these little sayings so they'll be in my blog book.)

Sorry, but It's a Fart Story.

Lately, Ben has been a major gas machine. Who knows why, but he is passing it all the time. He thinks it's funny (yet, it doesn't help, I admit, that I laugh sometimes when he does this.) He'll always say excuse me and giggle.

Anyway, it crossed my mind that he might be farting at preschool or in church. So, I asked him. He smiled and stated, "Yeah! (like duh) When it's gotta come out, it's gotta come out."
I thought, "Wonderful. How long has he been farting in front of other people?"

So, I told him it wasn't polite to pass gas in public -he asked what "public" was and I thought I explained well enough.
What's funny is, that almost everwhere we go, he'll ask me or Joe, "Are we in public?" If we say, "Yes." and he'll say, "Okay, then I'll wait."
I'm glad he has learned now that "it doesn't have to come out when it wants to come out." I am glad he's now trying to be more polite. Still, I think I have -no doubt- created this monster habit....Be careful what ya laugh at moms. ;)

Just So I Remember...

Yesterday I took the boys to the splash park. But, we went a little later in the day then usual -instead of mid-morning, it was more around lunch time. I hadn't thought to pack lunches until I was driving. So, I swung into Arby's and bought us the little 79 cent jr. roast beef sandwiches. (Mmmmm.)

After awhile of playing, the boys sat to eat. After a few bites, Kade stopped eating, looked up at me and said, "Thanks mom, for the roast beef sandwich. It tastes really good." Ben then said thank you also.

I was impressed with the fact that he -a two year old, thought to stop and thank me. (Though he says thanks all the time, this was just different.) Also, I am ever impressed, yet still surprised sometimes, by both boys and their verbal skills. Kade's sentences were just funny to hear coming out of a two year old's mouth. Cute memory.