This week we took the kids berry picking at the Clyde River Berry Farm. Strawberries for Carmie, blueberries for Arley. It was a lovely day, we picked SO many berries, and we all had fresh berry ice-cream. We are going to be eating berries all summer, I froze kilos of them. We also had two really hot days this week - too hot to go out, so we took the kids to the pool for a swim. Carmie learnt to dive, and Arley tried his best to copy her. They have been playing fairly well together, and for the most part, Arley is still being a good boy. He is naughty at night time still, but nothing we can't handle. We have an elf on the shelf, and Arley is a little concerned that he will go back and tell Santa that he is naughty, but not so concerned to actually stop being naughty. Speaking of Santa, we took the kids to get their Santa photo taken this morning. It was hilarious. Firstly, they dressed themselves in old track pants for the occasion 😞, and then Carmie was really nervous. They got on Santa's lap, and from the get-go, Arley didn't stop smiling his funny camera smile. Carmie, on the other hand, couldn't relax and crack a smile. It was almost a full ten minutes before we could get her to look even remotely happy. It was so funny, (poor Carmie) and I am sure the people milling around laughing didn't help to ease Carmie's nerves! Next year we will have to practice smiling for Santa first.
After seeing Santa, we took the kids to a Christmas story time at the library, and they also got to make Christmas ornaments. Then we took our newly borrowed books to the cafe and read there. It was a peaceful morning and the end to a good week :)
Here are two videos of the kids 'diving', and a video of the kids with Santa (after so many attempts at getting Carmie to smile, I had to get it on film!). Enjoy!
At the berry farm
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