The Farm and Pickin' Strawberries

As summer begins, life in the Lansek Household has changed a bit. Unfortunately due to lack of work Brian has suffered a cut in hours. Looking toward the positive, however, we are enjoying having him home every Friday and after hours grass cutting and lawn work has helped also. We have settled into a nice Friday routine that goes something like this...Daddy and Carter enjoy some one-on-one time while Eli and I concentrate on his speech therapy and then we try to get out do something fun in the afternoons, provided that it is sunny and dry.

This past Friday found us at two local farms. The first, Juniperdale Farms, grows local produce and is also a functioning dairy farm. We went to pick strawberries and pick strawberries we did! When finished we had 4lbs. of delicious berries to enjoy. It should be noted that the boys finished the berries by Saturday morning...yup, that good!

The second farm, Klein Dairy Farm, has cows, chicken, goats, roosters, peacocks and also has a full operating creamery. (great yogurt, cheese and milk) While visiting we met what had to be the friendliest calf on Earth. He loved all of our attention! Carter made a kitty cat friend and delighted in the fact that the feline followed us all over the farm. We saw a male peacock showing off for a female and Eli was busy quieting all the roosters. The best part of the day....the boys got to sit on the tractors and had a blast. There are benefits to knowing the farmer!

And since we finished all of our strawberries, we headed back to Juniperdale on Sunday night with our neighbors to pick some more! This time we came home with 13lbs. ! We froze most of them so we can enjoy long after the local strawberry season is done. Carter and Eli had a great time with Joey and Benjamin! There is nothing better than summer!