Strawberries

It was fishing last weekend and strawberries this weekend. I took the girls to pick strawberries for the first time. We've done blueberry picking a few times, but we've never picked strawberries. We tried to go last year, but the place was unexpectedly closed. This year was a total success. Adia and Mira were my star berry pickers, as usual. Leia picked a dozen or so, ate a couple and declared she was done. She spent the rest of the time dancing along the rows and "helping." Adia filled her entire bucket by herself and Mira's was almost completely full. She was also covered in strawberry juice. Thank you Oxyclean. After picking nearly 15lbs of berries, they got to play and meet some animals.


Adia really loved the goats. Mira fed one of the sheep.


Then it was back to the playground.


Today Adia had her last field trip of the school year. She played miniature golf for the first time and loved it. It's definitely something we'll have to do again this summer. She had trouble eating the pizza though because her second bottom incisor was barely hanging on. Daddy and I offered to pull it out all day long, but she wouldn't let us. She hardly ate at dinner because biting and chewing proved difficult. She's also getting her 6 year old molars on the opposite side as before. Mira and Leia devoured dinner, however. Mira's eyes lit up when she saw meat on a stick. That's her kind of food.


After dinner, when the girls were supposed to be cleaning up the playroom, they started horsing around. I told Daddy that I bet Mira punches Adia in the face and knocks her tooth out. I was close. Mira hit Adia in the face with a plastic chair and out came her tooth. She's now 2 teeth down, the tooth fairy was out of cash so she had to use nickels and dimes, and Adia's speech is rather interesting.


And the girls all piled onto Daddy's back which reminded me of a similar picture from almost 2 years ago. They've all grown and changed so much.

Fishing

The girls went fishing for the first time last weekend. It was free fishing weekend. Adia caught 2 fish while Mira caught 1. They did really well for quite a long time before getting bored and restless. The twins ended up playing in the sand. Now Adia wants to go fishing again.


After fishing we went to the beach. It was crazy hot and no wind! The girls were upset because it was low tide so there wasn't any water.


The next morning, it was foggy and chilly. We went for a "curb walk" that the girls like to do with DiDi.


It was then time for A&W and a walk down Bay Street. The girls loved stopping at the candy store, but the ant farm they wanted was sold out at the toy store. Next time.

We had to stop by Gramma and Papa's house to pick up the fish to take home. The girls snacked a bit before leaving.

Yesterday was an awesome day around here. I walked Adia to school and then the twins and I picked up Starbucks. After Starbucks it was library storytime. They were awesome and listened to the stories.


Then it was time to pick up Adia. Since they girls had been so terrific and Daddy needed to sleep (graveyard sucks!), I thought I'd take them out to lunch. We went to Red Robin. The girls were awesome. They sat calmly at the table and actually ate their food. It was so wonderful not to have them diving under the table, yelling or trying to walk around. I think it's the best they've ever been on restaurant. As a reward for good behavior, we picked up a wading pool. It was exactly what the girls needed. They loved playing with it yesterday and can't wait to play with it again today.


And today Adia finally lost her first tooth! That tooth has been hanging on for 6 weeks now. When she finally knocked it out, it flew across the living room and Daddy and the girls couldn't find it anywhere! Luckily I found it when we came home from school drop off. It's so incredibly tiny.

Mira brought her school pics home last month. She looks like her Mama for sure.

We also had a lovely park play date with Heather and her kiddos. Mira was very very angry with me because we didn't bring home the baby. She calls him her baby. Adia was happy to see Tanae again. It's been quite a long time since they've been able to hang out.

May brought some nice sunny days. We did more gardening (our front yard looks pretty awesome!) and we had a lovely day at the Magnolia Park. We kicked around a soccer ball and attempted frisbee. They're definitely getting better.


May also brought Rhody Days. Daddy was able to get the weekend off and surprise his parents by coming with us. Adia survived another 5K. This one was harder than the last with more hills and rain. She wore out pretty quick and ended up walking most of it with DiDi. I finished 4 minutes ahead of her, but she finished strong with tons of people cheering her on. It's not every day you see a small 6 year old finish a 5K.


After the Rhody Run, it was carnival time. Adia was not happy about having to park and walk, but there was no where close to the carnival to park. It was still pretty cold, wet and windy. We didn't spent too much time, but the girls got to each ride a few rides, play a game to win a prize and eat more junk than humanly possible. They had cotton candy, snow cones, curly fries and elephant ears.


I think the highlight was meeting Queen Jade. She's the Rhody Queen this year and we've known her since she was a preschooler. The girls thought she was awesome, especially the twins.


On Sunday we went to the parade, but I didn't take any pictures. The girls were so easy this year. They just sat on the curb, waving at everyone and eating the candy that was thrown to them. They were perfectly happy. I love how it does get easier each year. Mira's had two appointments in the last 10 days. Last Monday she had an appointment with her regular pediatrician because she's had an odd, foul odor. Her breath smelled like really sour milk. It was awful and tough to even be near her it was so bad. The second her doctor smelled her, she suspected there was something up her nose. I'd never noticed her put anything up her nose, but after checking her tonsils and ears, there was no other reason for the smell. She had Mira lay down and looked up her nose. "Mira, there's a big boogie up your nose and I'm going to try to get it, ok?" She grabbed a cotton swab and bingo, hello giant (dime sized), green, putrid smelling booger. I think we all gagged it was so bad. Apparently Mira had tissue stuck in her nose. Her nose soon started bleeding after the tissue was removed because it had adhered to the nasal tissue. Her doctor explained that nothing should ever go up her nose, even a tissue. She said that was a first for her. She's removed lots of things out of children's noses, but never something as simple as a tissue, nor quite that fragrant. Now she's back to smelling like her sweet self and I've never been so relieved.

Yesterday, Mira went back to the dentist to get a tiny cavity filled. It took less than 15min, no Novocaine and lots of giggling on Mira's part. She especially liked it when they drilled. She said it tickled. Her dentist also put sealants on her bottom molars. He said since they had some pretty deep grooves, he was already working on her and she was such a good sport that he wanted to prevent any more cavities. I had sealants on my teeth too so I figured at least one of my kids would need it too. I'm so relieved it was a positive experience for her. I know my first filling was not and I was a lot older than Mira.

It's full on raining again. The big positive for that is I don't have to water the garden. After school today we made cookies and then went for a puddle jumping walk. Adia jumped so much that she had to dump the water out of her boots twice. Mira had mud all the way up to her forehead!


And think of us tomorrow. Adia has her jog-a-ton.. in the rain and I already committed to helping.