This morning I got up at 4:45 am to get ready to pick blueberries, and then I woke Kai and Olivia up at 5:00 am to get them dressed and on the road by 5:20 am. I was so tired and DID NOT want to get up, but I am so glad that I did! We had a wonderful time with our sweet friends picking buckets and buckets of blueberries. I hope that Olivia and Kai will always remember this morning. I hope they will remember how tired they were this morning when I woke them, how much fun they had while they were there, and how yummy their hard work tastes. Just like everything in life , that is worth anything, it starts with hard work. The hard part always precedes the reward.
We left with 12 1/2 pounds of delicious blueberries, minus the ones already in our bellies! I think it was worth it, and so do the children. In fact we are planning on going again and bringing the rest of the gang! So I guess in the end they decided that the reward as worth the hard work! I am so proud of them!
When we got in the car to head home Olivia insisted her bag stay on her lap. Then she fell asleep, and then Kai fell asleep. But the blueberries were always protected!
Ethan had his last day of football camp today, and that is why he didn't join us. I thought 5:00 am was too early for a boy who had 6 hours of football in the blistering heat in front of him. He wasn't pleased with me, not one little bit! However, when I picked him up and the car said it was 103 degrees, I know I made the right choice! Ethan had a great week at camp and got a great "report card" from his coach! We are super proud of him and excited to watch him play this season!
For dinner we ate blueberry pancakes of course. Olivia and Kai wanted them for breakfast, but I didn't want Ethan to feel more left out so we waited for dinner! They were fantastic!
We have eaten and entire bag of blueberries already today!
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