What I learned today & some mid-week fun

I've decided to start a little somethin' somethin' I will call

"What I Learned Today."

...because even though I'm a grown up,

it doesn't mean I know diddly squat.

Here goes:

*a pot of water does not boil unless the d*mn burner is turned on.

*if someone ever attempts to abduct me, I will fall limp into a lump on the floor. This works very well for my 2 yr old~I can hardly handle her little self when she's a puddle of dead weight.

*it is hard to hide it when you accidentally shave the same leg twice (and forget the other leg all together...)

*when you realize later in the day that you've forgotten to shave said leg, don't go and dry shave it and apply OFF! bug spray 15 mins. later...ouch.

*no one really gives a flip or notices when you only shave one leg.

*it's hard to get white Kilz paint out of a black dog.

No doubt with all of the (*ahem*) interesting things that go on around here I'll be able to easily keep this up. yikes.

On to our fun afternoon...
PaPou took us strawberry picking today*!*

By us, I mean Sis and Bro-in-law's family and the girls and I. (Hubby and Yia Yia were still at work *sniff*) It was so nice doing something like that in the middle of a hum drum work week...AND we have a ton of these yummy little beauties to bring home*!*

PaPou trying to teach Mallory that you are only supposed to pick the red ones...PaPou has a BIG voice so wherever he was on the field with her, you could hear "NO NOT THAT ONE!" like she was choosing which finger to sever or something. He's so darn funny :)

We ate some....

and picked some....

and ate some more....

One of these guys was a very unlucky berry indeed...








...he didn't feel a thing and boy was he YUMMY*!*

It was nice to be able to let Mallory just walk around without having to worry about her wandering off or hurting herself. Unless you have a kid like mine, you have NO idea how wonderful that truly is.















Didn't get a shot of him picking...but isn't he handsome?


















As I was snapping pictures, I got very comfortable with the fact that Mallory was safely wandering around exploring. I started taking photos of these onion rows when I turned around to see this:

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Yep....that's my kid.

PaPou said, "How on earth did that child find the one muddy spot on all of these acres of dry ground?"

Because that's my kid...

Not a bad stash hu?

Three more things I learned today:



*no matter how many times you tell a kid to use the bathroom before you leave to pick strawberries in the middle of freaking nowhere, they will inevitably wait until you are in the middle of freaking nowhere to have to use the bathroom (or should I say ground?).



*although your 2yr old has never allowed all day ponytails before(much less with bows), she will let you on a day that you will be out in the middle of freaking nowhere where no one can see them.



*it is now 3:15am and if you are tired and stay up late to blog and watch "Memory Keeper's Daughter" you will bawl 10X more than you normally would otherwise.

The view on the way home...yep, it was a pretty neat (Wednes)day*!*