Walking Backwards

So, I have abandoned the idea of doing the full on TV Turnoff week. Nicholas is going through too much with his daddy leaving after being home for almost four weeks straight. I am going to keep up with all of the plans I have made for this week, I'm just going to be a little more lenient about the television. Yesterday he hardly watched any television at all as we had a visit from his grandpa, a trip to visit his friend, Aiden, and an evening bridal shower for some of our friends. Today we drove out to Sweet Berry Farm and picked strawberries. Right now he is sitting in front of his Teletubbies video drinking juice and fighting to stay awake. Tomorrow, we might be heading to the Austin Children's Museum for their infant day. We'll have to see, I don't think either of us is used to this much activity in one week.


I have to talk about the strawberry picking, though. Seanna, Aiden, Nico, and I drove out to their little farm about 40 minutes from where we live. It was a little more crowded than I expected, but my worries about them running out of strawberries were quickly alleviated. There were hundreds of bushes of strawberries with ripe fruits on each. As soon as we walked up, the babies were straining to get away and run around. Right next to the entrance there were baby kittens and two baby goats who thought that Nicholas was hiding some tasty treat in his overalls. Fortunately, they were easily distracted with the possibility of running up and down the strawberry rows. Nicholas would put the strawberries into the basket if I handed them to him. Eventually we gave up on keeping the little ones near us and just let them run around. Nicholas walked up to the horses and just stared at them, quite an improvement from his trip last week when he would stay as far from the horses as possible. We ended up taking home about nine pounds of strawberries. I think Seanna and I got a little over-excited with the picking. I still don't know what I am going to do with all of them, but I think at least a little strawberry ice cream is going to be called for. Now I think it is time to sit on the floor with the baby and eat enough sun-warmed strawberries to be able to skip dinner.