The Farm in Door County

Before Cherry picking in Door County, we took Ellis up to The Farm... scratching another adventure off the Summer List.

We were already 100% sure that he'd love it, since he just adores animals.

And, sure as sugar, Ellis had the time of his life.

I like a lot of things about The Farm, but my two favorites are #1 how clean it is and #2 how you get to interact with the animals.

I'm fairly certain there are few things in life more precious than a baby feeding a baby goat.

Look-out little kitty, Ellis is comin' in hot!

If you know Ellis, you can hear his fake laugh in this next photo...

Truth be told, I think Zac enjoyed himself too...

Also, shout out to whomever keeps up the flower garden... the blooms were on point!

Definitely put The Farm in Door County on your To Do List... it's still summer, after all!

Cherry Picking in Door County

A couple weeks ago, both Ellis & I experienced one of our first "firsts" together... cherry picking!

Earlier in the day, we took Ellis to The Farm (pics to come soon!) and we weren't ready to call it a day yet, so Zac had the impromptu idea to go cherry picking.  Ellis was so good at apple picking in fall & strawberry picking in June, we thought hey... why not?

It was a great idea, butttttt it was also 90 degrees that Sunday, with like 85% humidity.  I legitimately sweated through my shirt, but by golly we had fun!

We went to Robertson's Orchards & picked 2 varieties of sweet cherries and raspberries...I highly recommend!   I typically don't really care for cherries, but these were good.

You can't cherry pick & not taste test!

A sweet, summer treat and an even sweeter memory. <3

The day Ellis turned into a strawberry.

You know that part in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory when Mrs. Beauregarde shouted, "Violet, you're turning Violet!" as her daughter was turning into a giant blueberry & they had to roll her away?

That is basically what happened to Ellis in the strawberry patch.  Every single time I looked at him, he was eating a strawberry.  The green stem & all...  I literally had to drag him out of the patch when we were done picking.

This here folks, is a real life kid turning into a strawberry...

I'm happy to report that it only took 2 days for the strawberry stains to go away on his chin & hands.  He is back to his normal self, but still lovvvveeessss strawberries!

#gardenlife, round 4

If you've been around for a while, you've read posts about our gardening adventures.  Our first garden, back in 2015 (and an update post) turned out better than I anticipated considering we basically had no idea what we were doing.  In 2016, we learned some things, and made a few tweaks to the garden (mainly, trying to get Grace to stop eating it all).  In 2017, we had a brand new baby and managed to still plant a garden, but I didn't get a single post up about it, because #NewMom and #NoTime.

Well it's 2018 & we're back at it!  This year we are putting Ellis to work, because that's why you have kids, right?  Haha, I joke (sort of).

Truth be told, Ellis LOVES the garden.

He really is such a good helper.

And, a few other pics I thought were cute, that actaully have nothing to do with our garden.

Always checking the apple trees with dad.

I hope you all have a bee-autiful weekend!