Saturday, July 25, 2009

A Great Saturday!

This morning began with my daughter greeting me in bed to be nursed. Soon this special time will be ending so I enjoy ever moment we have together. A minute later, Josh woke up at 7:00 am; a little earlier than usual but not a problem. We all went downstairs to join Daddy for breakfast and coffee before heading off for a softball game.

We took care of the essentials at home; changing diapers, getting dressed, packing our bags and drove off to the ballgame. It was very nice outside since it was so early in the morning. Rachel had lots of fun walking along the fence and practicing her new walking skills from one spot to another. Josh had a fun time seeing Daddy out on the field. I think he's starting to understand softball a little bit. We still need to go to some more games and have Daddy narrate the game instead of me. That would help ; )

Next, Rachel and Daddy went home so the little girl could ge ta morning nap in. Josh and I headed to the Farmer's Market. At the market we bought all sorts of produce: cherry tomatoes, valencia tomatoes (these were yellow), corn, cucumbers, peas, fancy green beans that I don't know how to spell, chard, apples, and some garlic. When paying for one of these items I gave one of the farmers $2 and we got a half dollar back. I decided that this would be Josh's to keep hoping he wouldn't loose it.

Next we stopped by some garage sales on our way home. At our first stop we got a new backpack for Josh for $5. It's from Rei and doesn't look like it's been used at all! Our next stop had lots of kids books and I found two Elmo books (this is one of Josh's new loves). I found about 5 books that I thought looked good and decided to let Josh buy them also thinking we might get a better deal ; ) Josh was a great shopper and paid for his 1st purchase of books all by himself not to mention he got a great deal on them. 5 books for a half a dollar when they were asking 25 cents each. I was so proud of him and it was a great lesson on how much you can get a 50 cents or a half a dollar. I look forward to having more shopping trips like this with him in the future. Gotta teach him how to get a good deal!



Did I mention that Josh loves to help me bake too? I hope to catch up on the past month sometime soon. We've got lots of pictures from several fun trips this summer.