hanging with the girls

this summer, i have been watching ingrid & lucy a couple days a week. and let me tell you, ellery loves it! she loves having her girlfriends come hang out and play and giggle. and we've even taken a few trips together too. e seriously lights up when the girls come over and the three of them have so much fun. we've already had many pool dates. below is ellery after splashing around hanging on her towel, waiting for the girls to get ready to leave. she is actually wearing a dress katie made for her!

having a little snack after swimming. thanks for feeding me, lucy!!

one of our favorite activities was going strawberry picking. it was an absolutely gorgeous day, so we drove out to a farm about 30 minutes away and got to work! little did we know how much work it was! as you can tell, it was a bit tough to grab strawberries with e in the ergo carrier. she end up with her head hanging out, looking at me like, "what is going on mama?!" and the girl quickly realized you really have to get down to work to pick those berries. some around us were a lot more serious about their pickin'. we had fun with it, and picked enough for our fam and theirs. and we did sample a few along the way :)

while we were out in the strawberry fields, we decided to do a little work on father's day gifts. the girls wrote out d-a-d on our chalkboard & we took pictures to put in frames for the dads. we had such a fun day. ellery loved hanging with her girls!!