Scarlett, age 8
8 years ago
Friday, June 22, 2012
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
strawberry picking
Last weekend was beautiful so we headed out to Sauvie Island to pick some strawberries. We ended up at the farm with both organic berries and a bouncy castle, so it was a win for everyone involved.
Lucy's dislike of delicious fruit paid off, and she was the only one of the kids that actually filled her bucket with sun-ripened berries instead of stuffing them directly into her mouth. I totally understand why farmers used to have lots of children to help with manual labor.
After a quick taste test, Shaggy took Oscar to hang out in the shade down by the river while Lucy and I managed to pick seven pounds of strawberries.
On the first day we had whole strawberries for lunch and sliced strawberries over ice cream for dessert. With the remainder, so far, I have made a strawberry shrub (so I can have drinking vinegars like the ones at Pok Pok), strawberry popsicles, a strawberry-peach smoothie, and a delicious strawberry coffee cake. Strawberry jam is still on the docket, but I'm running low on sugar.
Let the berry season begin!
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Saturday, June 16, 2012
on sleeping with two children, or, why we don't have a family bed
5:40 am. Oscar wakes up to eat before his final stretch of sleep.
5:50 am. Lucy wakes up and comes into my room, where I am sitting up feeding Oscar. I tell her it is not morning yet, and she needs to go back to bed. Her face collapses, and I say she can come and snuggle in my bed until morning instead. I scoot over and she climbs up.
5:55 am. Oscar is done eating. Lucy is between me and the bassinet, so I manage to put him down on the bed without waking him, and he stays asleep.
The next half an hour. Lucy and I snuggle while she tries to fall back asleep. She squirms and wiggles and kicks and steals my pillow.
6:30 am. Lucy and I finally fall asleep.
6:40 am. Lucy's pacifier falls out of her mouth and clatters on the hard floor. Oscar wakes up with a start, crying loudly. I try to comfort him, but his cries wake up Lucy, who also starts crying and asks, "Where's my pacifier?"
5:50 am. Lucy wakes up and comes into my room, where I am sitting up feeding Oscar. I tell her it is not morning yet, and she needs to go back to bed. Her face collapses, and I say she can come and snuggle in my bed until morning instead. I scoot over and she climbs up.
5:55 am. Oscar is done eating. Lucy is between me and the bassinet, so I manage to put him down on the bed without waking him, and he stays asleep.
The next half an hour. Lucy and I snuggle while she tries to fall back asleep. She squirms and wiggles and kicks and steals my pillow.
6:30 am. Lucy and I finally fall asleep.
6:40 am. Lucy's pacifier falls out of her mouth and clatters on the hard floor. Oscar wakes up with a start, crying loudly. I try to comfort him, but his cries wake up Lucy, who also starts crying and asks, "Where's my pacifier?"
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