this weekend was JAM PACKED with action and adventure, via the annual skagit valley festival of family farms. we went about two years ago and had an awesome time, so this year i took my stepdaughter and a friend of hers out for not one, but TWO days of farm madness. we had a great time; we saw a million different animals, saw how different farms work, ate elephant ears and apples right off the tree (what, you've never seen an elephant ear tree? sucks to be you.), took a million photos and used a lot of hand sanitizer. good times.
the best part for me, beside seeing cute, baby animals, was listening to the girls in the backseat as i drove them around. pre-teen girls are funny and sweet and completely wacko. they come up with games that make no sense, they giggle at everything, they clam up if they know you're listening, but if you keep quiet and let them sit together in the back seat while you chauffeur them around you get to hear a lot. what i came away with was the certain knowledge that both kids had a fun time, and that this is something they'll remember fondly when they get older.
to add to my pot of good-mom-points, i also made them pumpkin, chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast this morning. ahem. you can send my medal right to the house, i don't need a fancy ceremony. photos, as usual, are over here.
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