Blueberry Picking - 197/365

It was blueberry time again! We just love going to pick the fresh blueberries at Haus. They are just so delicious!!! YUM!

Regan really does a great job picking, too! We usually get a couple big baskets full!

We like to go first thing in the morning. There is no one around and you get your pick of the bushes! Reagan loves the ride on the golf cart out to the blueberries. It's always a fun morning.

This evening, we attended calling hours for JoAnn's sister Gerry. She was such a sweet lady and she will be greatly missed. We brought Reagan with us, (she stayed in the hall) which helped everyone smile a little bit. They don't have many tiny ones in their family, so they were so happy to see her.

After the calling hours, we went with Nana and Papa to Antones for dinner.

My blueberry girl

My and my sweet girl 

 Reagan and Nana back from the blueberry patch

Feeding the Ducks - 200/365

Not much going on today. 

Today is supposed to be the last day of the heat, which is great! I didn't get a chance to water my flowers this morning before gymnastics, and by the afternoon, they were SCREAMING for water. They were a wilting mess. I felt bad for them...LOL! Usually they can hang on till evening, but this heat is just too much for them.

Nana brought the kids back in time to go to gymnastics and since she was already here, she decided to check out the class. Reagan is really doing well! It was funny because Reagan remembered that they got popsicle at the end of class last week. She was giving the teacher her high five as she walked through the partition out of the gym and she said, "popsicle?" The teacher felt so bad, she said, "awww honey, not this week" and made a sad face. I don't know how she remembers this stuff. 

This evening, we just hung around the house in the air conditioning. I ended up just grilling some chicken and zucchini, and we had corn on the cob. Gotta love summer food! YUM! 

Tonight it was my turn to give Reagan her bath. We have a good time. Lately she's been playing with all her rubber ducks a lot, along with her big Vtech duck. She says that the rubber ducks are the Vtech duck's babies. Her new thing is to feed the Vtech duck. She talks to him and just pours bath water in his mouth. That's pretty much all she wants to do for her whole bath. It's so funny! She's so sweet and adorable. I love watching her discover and play. 

One other cool thing is, we got something else to grow today. I had been saying that next year I wanted to get a blueberry bush. Well, we happened to be at the Giant Eagle this afternoon to pick up the chicken and low and behold, they had a bunch of blueberry bushes out front. I snatched one up and we'll see what happens. Reagan is excited! She loves when we have ripe strawberries, so I know she'll be checking the blueberries everyday! 

The photo of the day is Reagan feeding her duck friend...

The next is our new blueberry bush..

Blueberry Picking - 190/365

It started out quite the ugly day. It was really gray and misty out. Yuck!

Nana came over to take Reagan to music class this morning, so I could have a little extra time to get to editing my photo sessions from this weekend. They had a great time and nana even got to hear her favorite song, Elephants Have Wrinkles.

After music, they came back to pick me up and we were going out to Haus Cider Mill to do some blueberry picking! We went last year and they were the best blueberries EVER, so we wanted to go for sure this year.

Blueberry season is pretty short and they opened pick your own last Friday, so we wanted to get there ASAP. Being it was a rather ugly morning, there wasn't anyone there! We had the pick of the patch! We had the best time and Reagan did a great job! She had it down... only pick the big blue ones and leave the white ones alone. LOL!

She was rather fascinated with the chicken coop near the blueberry bushes. She kept telling them to, "be quiet!" LOL! Then she would say, "Rooster say cock-a-doodle-do!" She also loved the fact that we were picking some blueberries for AJ, too!

We finished up and went in the store to pick out some other fresh produce. They had awesome looking zucchini, green beans, raspberries, and tomatoes. We loaded up and were on our way.

By this time, it was nearly 1 o'clock and we were starving. We went out Western Reserve Road and had lunch at Carmella's Café. YUM! Reagan was free in the booth without a booster, so that was quite interesting, but she was pretty good.

We came back to the house and I got straight to editing. Nana was SO WONDERFUL that she took the tractor around the yard for me!! YAY! What a TREMENDOUS help that was! THANK YOU, NANA!

When Jim got home, he took Brinkley and Reagan for a walk on the Kirk Road trail, so I could continue on my editing quest. He picked up some yummy salads for dinner on his way home. What helping hands I had today! Awesome hubby and awesome nana!

The photo of  the day is Reagan and her blueberries...

The next is nana and I with Reagan....