lavender

We got a living social deal to go pick a bouquet of lavender at another farm nearby. Gotta love living out in the country, right? It was an adorable little place with rocking horses, a playhouse, bean bags, and bunnies, of course.  Oh yeah and you could lie on a blanket under a big tree. I did that. For about five seconds :)

Great Country Farms

This summer we joined a CSA (which stands for community supported agriculture) at a farm about an hour and a half from us. Every week we pick up a box full of delicious, often random, fruits and veggies. It's been great trying to get the kids to try new things and to figure out what to do with the massive amount of cucumbers they've given us. Last week 8 jars of pickles...and this week they gave me more. I've also had fun with white squash, yellow squash, swiss chard, kale, radishes (which are delicious roasted btb), and lots of other interesting things I probably wouldn't normally buy.  Before we signed up we went out to the farm for the strawberry festival.  One of the perks is you can get in free to pick stuff, play on slides, and jump on a huge inflated pillow-sweet!!!

 pickin strawberries

 jumping!!!

 sliding down

 Slide!

 coming down a much bigger slide!!

 Daddy got in on that one too

 Tire Mountain!!

 WEEEEEE!!!

Things we like to do in the summertime

Play outside. Run, bike, and push things (and each other) up and down the driveway. Play with bugs (carter is obsessed and loves to find leaves for dead worms. She'd do it all day).try on Vietnamese Jammies. Eat outside. run around in a diaper. climb things. Be silly. We love this time of year!