Today the kids and I ventured back out to Land's Sake farm for the Strawberry Picking Festival. It was a beautiful, cool day. Like a sunny fall day in Alabama. We took Tim in to school to meet with his study group, and then headed out. On the way, I got a phone call from the couple we met at Belmont Methodist that are from Australia. They have friends also in the Australian Air Force who have been stationed in Montgomery for 3 years. Those friends were passing through, and Russell called to see if we could come have a barbecue. Unfortunately we were already headed out to the farm. I did talk to both sets of husbands and wives. It was kind of neat, actually. The friends in Montgomery have kids Jamie & Rachel's ages. We're going to try to hook up when we come home in a year. They'd like to make a visit to the Space & Rocket Center.
We arrived at the Strawberry festival at about 12. We met Cybele and her children there,
bought our baskets, and headed out to the field to pick strawberries! At first we were having a tough time finding good red, ripe strawberries. We got several that weren't red all over. The field had been a little picked over. Then we found a couple of rows that had much better berries. We had 2 baskets: one for the boys and one for Rachel. David had a great time picking berries.
I would find a good berry and then call him over to pick it. Rachel did a great job filling up her basket with dainty red strawberries. 
After that, we got lunch and ate it at a picnic table while being serenaded by a bluegrass group (guitar, mandolin, fiddle, and banjo). Made me think of home and all the guys from Cotton Patch Gospel. A little later in the set, they played an Irish reel, and Rachel had to get up and dance. We're definitely going to have to find a place for her to take lessons up here! She can do a good little jig a-la Riverdance!! After lunch, we wandered around the farm for a bit, and then decided to head back home.
After dropping off our strawberries, we ran out to Blockbuster to return some movies and to Target. This trip was much more calm for David. He did get upset when we walked past the Thomas aisle and mommy wouldn't stop, but he calmed relatively quickly.
Tim got home from school sometime around 6, and we decided to try an adventure for dinner. We went to Bugaboo Creek Steak House. It's made to look like the inside of a lodge in the Canadian Rockies. There are talking trees, buffalo, and flaping taxidermied fish. It was cute, and the food was pretty good. After supper, we came back home to make strawberry smoothies. Rachel wanted to help, so she did several steps. But she wasn't crazy with the final restults. Jamie kind of liked it though. He wants to make banana smoothies next.
We arrived at the Strawberry festival at about 12. We met Cybele and her children there,
bought our baskets, and headed out to the field to pick strawberries! At first we were having a tough time finding good red, ripe strawberries. We got several that weren't red all over. The field had been a little picked over. Then we found a couple of rows that had much better berries. We had 2 baskets: one for the boys and one for Rachel. David had a great time picking berries.
I would find a good berry and then call him over to pick it. Rachel did a great job filling up her basket with dainty red strawberries. 
After that, we got lunch and ate it at a picnic table while being serenaded by a bluegrass group (guitar, mandolin, fiddle, and banjo). Made me think of home and all the guys from Cotton Patch Gospel. A little later in the set, they played an Irish reel, and Rachel had to get up and dance. We're definitely going to have to find a place for her to take lessons up here! She can do a good little jig a-la Riverdance!! After lunch, we wandered around the farm for a bit, and then decided to head back home.
After dropping off our strawberries, we ran out to Blockbuster to return some movies and to Target. This trip was much more calm for David. He did get upset when we walked past the Thomas aisle and mommy wouldn't stop, but he calmed relatively quickly.
Tim got home from school sometime around 6, and we decided to try an adventure for dinner. We went to Bugaboo Creek Steak House. It's made to look like the inside of a lodge in the Canadian Rockies. There are talking trees, buffalo, and flaping taxidermied fish. It was cute, and the food was pretty good. After supper, we came back home to make strawberry smoothies. Rachel wanted to help, so she did several steps. But she wasn't crazy with the final restults. Jamie kind of liked it though. He wants to make banana smoothies next.
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