Full Circle Farms

Today was Harvest Celebration Farm Tours throughout King county and we took advantage of the unbelievably nice weather and spent the afternoon at Full Circle Farms.  We just recently signed up to be part of their CSA program (Community Supported Agriculture) and each week a box of delicious, homegrown, organic fruits and veggies are delivered to our door.  Its such a fun way to learn to cook with fresh new foods and maybe stuff that I wouldn’t typically add to our daily menu (Swiss chard, for instance).  So today we decided to tour the farm where we’ve been reaping the benefits of their hard work.

We enjoyed a stroll through their vast fields of veggies and flowers.

 

 

We went on a hay ride… a few times.  The kids loved it and got to go by themselves as well .

The day and the farm were gorgeous – full of color and goodness.  And there’s something about seeing where things come from and how they grow that make my kids even better eaters.   Tomorrow’s dinner – roasted beets and goat cheese on mixed baby greens…

 

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Gratulerer med dagen Farmor !

Hope you have a great party today. We know the birthday is tomorrow, but just wanted to give your gift today.

birds on a wire

 

Birds on the Wires from Jarbas Agnelli on Vimeo.

This video blew me away... This is his story:
"Reading a newspaper, I saw a picture of birds on the electric wires. I cut out the photo and decided to make a song, using the exact location of the birds as notes (no Photoshop edit). I knew it wasn't the most original idea in the universe. I was just curious to hear what melody the birds were creating."

Christian Last First Day of preschool

(I have no idea what’s going on with the camera or why that burned looking sun is in the middle – it was in all my photos this morning…. hopefully not something major!)

Christian’s been pretty bummed the past week – seems like a lot of his buddies in the neighborhood started school… making it pretty quiet on this street.  He came to me the other day and exclaimed “It’s just not fair – not fair that I was born too late!”  Preschool three mornings a week should help alleviate his pain a bit.

It just seems so obvious to me

Attention!! First Grader in the House!!

Campbelle started school today – and she was very ready.  Beside herself with excitement actually.  Really, giddy to the point of uncontrollable limbs and bursts of giggles. 

Doesn’t she look like a 1st grader?

  

(Actually, since she’s so tall, she probably looks more like a 3rd grader… but you get my point.)

Unfortunately, we started off the year already being late for the bus.  Luckily she’s not shy about the first day, because she had to run down the street to catch it while all the other moms on the sidewalk and kids in the bus cheered her on.

It will be a bit lonesome all day without her.  Not sure who will miss her more, me or Christian.  We’ll all be anxiously awaiting the bus at 4:00 and to hear all her stories.

Last days of summer

The past few weeks we’ve had some ‘down time’ after a crazy fun summer.  We tried to savor every bit of the lazy, schedule free, summery days.

Campbelle and I had a girls day out.  We dressed fancy, did coffee, and shopped for high fashion things and lunched at a grown-up restaurant :-).  We had a great day.  I sometimes can not believe how grown-up that little girl is… where does the time go!!

 

 

While we were out for the day, the boys had their own fun.  They went exploring on Rattlesnake Lake.  There they have a great kids program where you can check out a nature back pack filled with all sorts of useful things to explore nature, along with a check list of things to look for on your hike.  Christian really dug it.

We also spent a day at the zoo.  Sadly, it was our first time to the zoo in a long long time.  Beckett thought it was pretty great and really was interested to see some of the animals.

On a particularly warm evening last week, we let the kids sleep in the tent in our back yard over night.   They had fun – that is Christian had fun until about 11:00pm and then decided that his bed was more cozy.  Campbelle braved it alone, but only made it until 3:30am.  Next summer we’ll try it again.

We also went on a field trip into the Asian market in Seattle with good friends of ours.  We shopped and looked at all the unusual stuff.  And then went home and cooked up a delicious dinner consisting of Pho soup, crab wantons, sticky rice and mangos and a few other yummy treats.

Oh summer, now that school is starting, you seem all but over.  And even though there’s a part of me that is ready for the consistency and routine of fall – I will indeed miss you summer!  It’s been a great one.