Monday,
Today JP headed into work (not sure why) but he felt the need to go in today and as it is Monday he headed to golf later in the afternoon.
The girls and I got up and walked Pip. Naomi had her last class with Sra. Migos today. And last few assignments to do and turn in. I was getting breakfast ready for her and Juliet so I didn't get to hear much of what they talked about or say thank you 'in person.' But Naomi assured me that she said thanks for a great year!
I had a department meeting at 10 for an hour and then we headed over to Tangerini's to pick some strawberries. This year you have to sign up for a time slot on their website and last night was the first time I was able to get any time slots! They have been sold out since they opened for picking last week. I didn't read the site carefully and accidentally signed up for one person at 3pm today and then went back to sign up 2 more people and no time slots were available then. Ugh. So I signed up for 3 time slots at 11:30.
When we got there I explained what I did and asked if we could just pick our 3pm time slot now, so we each got a box to fill plus the extra box for our 3pm slot. So it worked out because my kids can eat strawberries by the carton full in one sitting! Plus I don't mind supporting the local business. It was very well run and safe. We got there and headed right for the picking area. A woman was sitting at a table checking people in, and there was a sink set up next to her. We had to wash our hands before we could pick up the berry boxes from her. Once we did this and had our picking boxes we were told to go to row nine to pick and ONLY pick in this row. We had to enter the row on the left and walk down the whole row to the end to exit (one way rows basically). There were maybe 2 groups in the field when we got there, and by the time we started we were the only ones in the field. The kids filled up the boxes pretty quickly. Oh and we had to wear masks and we could not eat any berries in the field. So the boxes got filled up quickly and we then walked down the row to the end. After we walked over to the car to put our berries in a large container I had brought with us to transport them all home safely! Then we headed back to the farm stand to pick out some fresh veggies. We got radishes (our radishes in our garden have been long gone!), potatoes, broccoli, some personal pies for dinner - kids got taco pies, I got spinach and feta, a mixed berry dessert pie, and a few pastries for breakfast tomorrow. Then we loaded that up into the car and headed back to the ice cream stand! The kids had ice cream for lunch. After lunch we went home as Juliet had her last meeting with her teacher.
Apparently Juliet's teacher has been doing one on one zoom sessions with anyone that wanted to sign up. Juliet was not interested in doing any of the class zoom sessions and not super interested in doing 'work.' So I didn't push it with her. She is very good at playing independently and will get up in the morning and make art or play in the doll house or watch her teacher's you tube channel all on her own while we are all still asleep. But as this is her last year at Woodside, I thought it would be nice for her to have a one on one chat with her teacher, and for her teacher to see her. She has been with Ms. Stephanie for the last 3 years. I signed Juliet up for the last time slot knowing we could go over time if needed. Each time slot was only for 10 minutes.
Juliet talked with Ms. Stephanie for an hour and a half! She talked about all the stuff we did the last few months, showed her the chicks, gave her a mini tour of the yard - until we went out of wifi range, then she showed Ms. Stephanie her room and all the stuff she had saved over the last year from work she did in class. It was cute and Ms. Stephanie was amazingly patient and kind. This Friday is a materials drop off at Woodside so we'll bring the books we still have from way back in March and drop them off and see her for one final good bye. The plan was to have the kids go to Woodside for extended day, but as the fall is so up in the air we're not sure if this will happen.
After that Juliet went outside to play with all the other kids in the neighborhood. I got the chickens out and sat with them by our pear trees. The kids came over every now and again to say hello and check on the chickens. The chickens like Pip and climbed up on him at one point. Pip didn't seem to mind. So then it became a game the kids played trying to get them all on his back.
Eventually it was time to make dinner. The pies we got took an hour to cook so those got put in around 5:15 and by the time the dinner timer on their fit bit rolled around it was time for the pies to come out. We ate on the deck. The pies were so good, and rich. I could only eat half. Juliet ate half too, but Naomi, she ate her whole pie! She must have been hungry! After dinner we took Pip for an evening walk and ran into some neighbors who were doing the same with their dog. We chatted and walked and the kids played and the dogs played a bit. Then it was time for bed and chilly out!
The kids got ready for bed nicely and Naomi read a few books to Juliet, then Juliet read one of her books to us. As we were finishing up reading, Dad came home from golf and got to read one more book with them. Juliet was so tired she couldn't keep her eyes open any longer. She went right to sleep! Naomi, however, is still up reading in her bed. Tomorrow she gets to meet her 3rd grade teacher on Zoom and I have my last Zoom classes with my students. We're winding down here!
Summer here we come!
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