Saturday, July 9, 2011

Picking Strawberries with the Strawberry Monster

We had a relaxing morning celebrating Evan for Father's Day - and then we decided to hit the strawberry fields and do some serious strawberry picking. Last year, Carter and I picked berries 3 days before Blake was born - and it will always be one of my most treasured memories. Carter is passionate about picking berries for some reason...maybe it's the tractor ride, maybe it's the wide open fields, maybe it's just spending time with people he loves. Whatever it is, it's a tradition now! It was fun to add our little Strawberry Monster this year. Wow, does he love berries!! The signs at the fields say "One free sample - all other picked fruit must be paid for." Oops - we broke the rules - to keep the Strawberry Monster happy!

Here we are (minus me taking the picture) on the tractor ride back to the strawberry fields





Carter was very good at picking only the ones that were BIG, RED, and WITHOUT HOLES.
This is the one he chose for his free sample.





He spotted a strawberry and it was all over...we took turns giving the Strawberry Monster berries to keep him happy. He reaches and says "Meeeeee!" - his way of saying "more."




A VERY happy, and VERY berry stained baby boy!



Seriously impossible to get a photo of everyone looking at the camera.



Picking ONE MORE BERRY



The end result. YUM!



Carter is very interested in knowing what words say - "Straw-berry. Strawberry."

Daddy's Day

Here he is...THE WORLD'S GREATEST DADDY!!






I love Carter's face in this picture (even though he's glancing at the TV - you can see the love he has for his Daddy)

I love them!

Mr. Blake and his obsession with tags :)

The "All About my Daddy" project from school - very cute :)

Goofball - he climbs all over Mya's bed and wants us to laugh. This is his shy silly face.

Practicing his stethoscope technique - future doctor???

Thursday, July 7, 2011

This is why...

Carly is BACK from South Africa! And we're so happy...especially Carter. He told me the other day that "me and Carwee have a name that match." Hmmm...sorta. He makes it very clear that he loves Carly more than anyone - Carter, how much do you love me?? "This much...but I wove Car THIS much." Gotcha. So this was Carly's first day back with us - and this is how she entertained Blake. This is why they love her so much!




Life and Love

Evan was gone for a weekend in June participating in a triathlon, so I had a weekend with just me and the boys (and work...BOO!) If you know anything about us, you know that our kids are NOT "natural sleepers." We struggle, to stay the least, in that department. With just me, both kids, and 30 hours of work in 3 days, I didn't bother struggling to make Carter or Blake sleep in their own beds. Shame on me. However, the time we spend snuggling together is priceless. While I was getting ready for work, this was my view. It doesn't get any sweeter than this. Well...maybe except for when they both woke up, smiled, and laid back down to snuggle with each other. Life (and love) is good in the Sutton House. These are the days that I'll remember.

Monday, July 4, 2011

Spray Park Kind of Day

Every morning, Carter wakes up and says, "So, Mom, what you wanna do today?" It was a HOT one...so I suggested THE SPRAY PARK! And that's what we did. I packed a picnic lunch, and we headed out for an afternoon of fun.

After the spray park, we had some corn on the cob with dinner - YUM!


OREOs :)


Blake's knees hurt from crawling around on them, so he does this cute little bear crawl everywhere outside.

LOVE!