My Mother's Day

We celebrated this year's Mother's Day a little early. Kevin took both Monday and Tuesday off work, one day for a family day and one day for "Mommy's Day off." Jake and I are so lucky to have such a great husband and Daddy, because this special time meant so much to both of us. We had big and exciting plans for our family day. The schedule was supposed to look a little something like this:

7 AM: Wake-up to a beautiful day and get ready
9: Head to Sweetberry Farms to pick strawberries, onions and potatoes
10-11:30: Pick strawberries, onions and potatoes
11:30: Outdoor picnic at Sweetberry
12:30: Head to Exotic Resort Zoo outside Johnson City while Jake naps
2-3:30: Enjoy the wildlife at Exotic Resort Zoo
3:30-5: Ride and arrive home
5-6: Kevin grill/prepare dinner with out freshly picked produce
6 PM: Enjoy a delicious dinner of steak, potatoes & onions, strawberry shortcake
6:30-8: Family time at home until Jake's bedtime

This is what actually happened:

7 AM: Wake-up to a cloudy day with a 50% chance of rain and high temperature of 58
7:15: Kellie starts panicking about our family day being ruined
7:20: Check radar on-line and determine that it looks like the rain will pass us
7:25: Make myself feel better by deciding, "It's not going to actually rain, and we can deal with a little cold."
7:30-9:15: Get ready; pack lunches; dig out long sleeves and hoodies
9:15: Leave for Sweetberry
9:45: It starts raining; the panicky feeling is returning
10:15: Arrive at Sweetberry. It's raining and our the temperature reads 48 degrees
10:18: Jake starts yelling, "I want to get out, I want to get out!"
10:19: Kellie's panicky feeling is in full swing
10:20: Decide to head to town to let Jake out/wait out rain/browse shops
11:00: Determined there was no end in sight to the rain, so headed back to Sweetberry
11:15: Had a "car picnic"
11:35: Braved the rain and cold to pick strawberries!
12:15: Determined the Exotic Zoo was out of the question and headed to Bluebonnet Cafe for pie
12:30: Enjoyed delicous pie
1:15: headed home; Jake and Mommy napped
2:15: We're home! A little more family rest
3:30-5:30: Family play time
5:00: Decide grilling is out of the question b/c it is now raining in Cedar Park
5:30 Kevin makes tacos
6:00: Eat tacos and enjoy strawberry shortcake
6:30-8:00: family time until Jake's bedtime

Needless to say, our day turned out NOTHING like we planned, but it still was very fun and perhaps even more memorable! Here's Jake modeling out umbrella at the Marble Falls shops...
He was SO happy to be out of the car. He ran around with the biggest smile on his face!

I like to call this one his model shot...
Car Picnic...

Our car picnic was actually very fun. I hope to hang on to these days where Mommy and Daddy can turn something so simple into something so fun. Yeah for being 2! Our cold, wet and fun berry picking...

Jake loved every minute. He was in no way phased by the weather, and would run down the rows yelling, "I'm picking strawberries!" We were the ONLY adventurous (crazy) people there, so could be as silly as we liked... At one point, Jake was running and he tripped and fell into the mud. He quickly jumped up, but not without accumulating a lot of mud...

We actually got a great family shot!

Bluebonnet Cafe has AMAZING pie. WE tried apple a la mode and banana cream. Delicious!

Jake dove right in...

He has a tendency to take too-big bites, but with pie, why not? Back home admiring our strawberries...

Jake LOVED the strawberries. He loved eating them and talking about picking them. He actually brought up the strawberry picking on his own all week, asking to do it again. It made the rain and cold all worth it. We couldn't have planned a better family's day ;-)