Favorite Past Time
Erik's latest past time is picnic. He loves to pretend he's on a picnic whenever we play with pretend food. He'll also pretend to have a picnic with his Legos. Erik will conjure up the latest recipes.
Example Of The Day:
6:15am
Erik cheerily says "Mummy come this way. Sit Down!" and leads Mummy into his playroom/bedroom and plops down on the carpet floor. Erik grabs the tub of Lego's. He started to make animals but then all of a sudden, Erik made a tree! Then it was off to an "Orange Tree" with Lego. Plus a "Cherry Tree" with Lego.
"Mummy pick Cherry". Mummy obliges and picks off a square red block and pretends to gobble it up. "Mmm! Mmm! Yummy Cherries!". Erik will go on forever when he's in his pretend world of picnic. To him, picnic is the BEST activity ever!
Erik also made an "ice cream" that looked like a tree because it was green on top and brown on the bottom with blocks. Thus he coined it "Ice Cream Tree!" "Mmmm Delicious!"
Sundays Are For Cherry Picking
So Mummy & Daddy have indulged Erik on his latest love of picnics. We've been up to the U-Pick Cherry / Berry Orchards 2 Sundays in the last 3 weeks (Thanks Jing & Lin for the great recommendation)! First time around, it was on Memorial Day Sunday, it was only Daddy, Mummy, Grandma Katy, and Erik.
Erik loved the fact that he can pick a bright red raspberry and then have Mummy wash it right there...and PLOP! into his mouth it goes. So he'll go from bush to bush picking these little raspberries! Plus he also loved running around the huge 15+ acre orchard picking Bing cherries with Daddy! Grandma Katy was no where to be found, she was lost in her world of cherry picking as well!
We baked Blueberry muffins the Saturday evening prior with Erik. We made it with the IKEA cookbook but Mummy substituted with some wheat flour instead of regular flour. Erik really enjoyed that one. He saw the cakes baking and then we enjoyed them on our orchard picnic. Plus he got to feed the Koi fishes in the pond while eating delicious homemade food!
This recent Sunday, we decided to share the "picnic" spot with our friends, Kelly & Family plus Gabriel & Family. Erik was absolutely loving every minute of it! A picnic with family is wonderful and lovely. A picnic with friends was absolutely fantastic and full of laughter & giggles.
Erik showed Kelly & Gabriel where the bushes were. He held Kelly's hand as they walk up the grassy slope. Such a little gentleman, HAHA! Erik shared raspberries with Kelly as well. Of course, he also shared berries & cherries with Gabriel too. In fact, all 3 toddlers did absolutely wonderful in sharing and communicating (of course, there were times parent guidance was needed to find the "right words").
Erik also loved sharing his new "favorite" spot by the Koi Pond with his buddies. They all loved throwing fish food to feed the hungry fishes. If the toddlers have it their way, they would be on that orchard forever!! It's their little summer adventure! They even gave themselves little nicknames as "Little Einsteins" characters because the 3 of them love the show so much. Gabriel is Quincy who loves to play instruments. Annie is Kelly who loves to sing. Erik is Leo who loves to fly the rocket!
Example Of The Day:
6:15am
Erik cheerily says "Mummy come this way. Sit Down!" and leads Mummy into his playroom/bedroom and plops down on the carpet floor. Erik grabs the tub of Lego's. He started to make animals but then all of a sudden, Erik made a tree! Then it was off to an "Orange Tree" with Lego. Plus a "Cherry Tree" with Lego.
"Mummy pick Cherry". Mummy obliges and picks off a square red block and pretends to gobble it up. "Mmm! Mmm! Yummy Cherries!". Erik will go on forever when he's in his pretend world of picnic. To him, picnic is the BEST activity ever!
Erik also made an "ice cream" that looked like a tree because it was green on top and brown on the bottom with blocks. Thus he coined it "Ice Cream Tree!" "Mmmm Delicious!"
Sundays Are For Cherry Picking
So Mummy & Daddy have indulged Erik on his latest love of picnics. We've been up to the U-Pick Cherry / Berry Orchards 2 Sundays in the last 3 weeks (Thanks Jing & Lin for the great recommendation)! First time around, it was on Memorial Day Sunday, it was only Daddy, Mummy, Grandma Katy, and Erik.
Erik loved the fact that he can pick a bright red raspberry and then have Mummy wash it right there...and PLOP! into his mouth it goes. So he'll go from bush to bush picking these little raspberries! Plus he also loved running around the huge 15+ acre orchard picking Bing cherries with Daddy! Grandma Katy was no where to be found, she was lost in her world of cherry picking as well!
We baked Blueberry muffins the Saturday evening prior with Erik. We made it with the IKEA cookbook but Mummy substituted with some wheat flour instead of regular flour. Erik really enjoyed that one. He saw the cakes baking and then we enjoyed them on our orchard picnic. Plus he got to feed the Koi fishes in the pond while eating delicious homemade food!
This recent Sunday, we decided to share the "picnic" spot with our friends, Kelly & Family plus Gabriel & Family. Erik was absolutely loving every minute of it! A picnic with family is wonderful and lovely. A picnic with friends was absolutely fantastic and full of laughter & giggles.
Erik showed Kelly & Gabriel where the bushes were. He held Kelly's hand as they walk up the grassy slope. Such a little gentleman, HAHA! Erik shared raspberries with Kelly as well. Of course, he also shared berries & cherries with Gabriel too. In fact, all 3 toddlers did absolutely wonderful in sharing and communicating (of course, there were times parent guidance was needed to find the "right words").
Erik also loved sharing his new "favorite" spot by the Koi Pond with his buddies. They all loved throwing fish food to feed the hungry fishes. If the toddlers have it their way, they would be on that orchard forever!! It's their little summer adventure! They even gave themselves little nicknames as "Little Einsteins" characters because the 3 of them love the show so much. Gabriel is Quincy who loves to play instruments. Annie is Kelly who loves to sing. Erik is Leo who loves to fly the rocket!
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