A dirty weekend

As summer comes to an end, we realized we needed to check off some more boxes on the summer to do list.

We picked 3 gallons of "trawberries" (AKA strawberries) and Grady ate probably half a gallon in the process.  He was so much fun to take picking.  He was so excited to be able to find and pick berries on his own.  I didn't really notice what a mess he was or how many strawberries he ate until I went back through our pictures.  He is devouring  red berries with juice dripping down his face in  almost every single picture!

We braved the Western Idaho Fair to spend some time with Grady's favorite animals and his sweet little girlfriend Tess.   He made friends with two farmers at the fair.  One let him hold his pitchfork and explained it was to pick up cow poop so now all Grady talks about is holding the rake to pick up poop.  The second farmer let Grady in to pet his little baby goats.  Grady was in heaven and so was I as I watched him jump up and down with glee.  That is until Grady bent down to pick up the "raisins" on the ground.  Thank God we got him before he ate the supposed raisins!

Grady enjoyed some fingerprinting outside too.  I'd say he is a master already, no?

It was a dirty weekend, but a good one.   We are trying to treasure the last days with Grady as our only child and to make sure we do some special things with him. The leaves have already started to turn on some maples around here.  While September and October are hands down my favorite months here, I know I will miss the summer heat, swimming, and all of the outside time that we get to enjoy right now.