"Have a Silly Nilly Day" idea #1—Visit an orchard!
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 08:58PM 
Visit your local orchard and pick fresh fruit or vegetables. We went to Kings Orchard in Plantersville, Texas. Visit their site for a valuable coupon and directions.
Our family loves to get in the car on a beautiful afternoon and just take a drive along country roads. We play games, listen to music, and tell stories. A few weekends ago, while driving around, we passed a sign for an orchard where you pick your own fruit. We started talking about one of our favorite fruits, strawberries, and decided that this was definitely going to be a silly nilly day.
The girls loved being in the fields, chosing their perfect strawberries, and trying to fill our 5 gallon buckets. Well, Analise did this, Lexie ate as many as she picked.
As a mom, there was a moment when I worried about the strawberries being dirty. Then I saw the juice running down her arm and the strawberry pulp all over her face, then decided that "God made dirt and dirt won't hurt." It put my mind at peace while I continued to take pictures and she continued to eat strawberries.
There was something special about seeing the little hands reaching into a strawberry patch and picking bright, beautiful strawberries. The only experience they had with bringing strawberries home was picking them out of the cooler in the produce section at the store. This gave a deeper meaning to the importance of farming, rain, hard work, and dedication. I hope this is a memory that they won't soon forget.
On the way home we listed all the things we could make with strawberries. It kinda reminded me of the Forrest Gump movie where Bubba was naming all the things you could make with shrimp. We decided the first thing we were going to make was Strawberry Smoothies. They were super yummy!
We plan on going back to pick fruit from the tree. How fun is that going to be?
Lexie is wearing our new shocking pink and white polka dot pillowcase shirt and bloomers.
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SILLY NILLY DAY IDEA LIST:
#2 Find a field of wildflowers!
#4 Crafty Playdate for Thanksgiving (Mom's Time Out)
#6 Create a paper snowflake wonderland
#7—A very special Silly Nilly Day and Winter Wonderland!
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