Today I took Sam strawberry picking at Hall Family Farm for a Charlotte Mommies outing.  I really wish I had gotten a picture of her lovely attire but you’ll have to use your imagination… picture a Hurricanes jersey just long enough that you doubt she’s wearing any other clothes, white flowered sunglasses, and a hot pink cap worn backwards.  So stinkin’ cute!

”We” picked two pounds of strawberries!  Really it was me and another mommy’s son.  Samantha a lot of time saying “Ew” to the strawberries, bugs, and mud.  Afterwards we grabbed two fresh strawberry smoothies and she hit up the play area to hang out with her friends.  Next up – bake something yummy!

I apparently owe you all blog posts *sigh*

Riverbanks Zoo – Columbia, SC

April 11, 2009 – Samantha really enjoyed the zoo.  She saw all of her favorite animals – elephants, giraffes, cows, and of course, monkeys!  She wasn’t entirely sure about the carousel, but we’ll give it a few years.  They had a playground too – which she loved.  I have to hand it to her, the bigger kids run circles around and over her and she just watches.  No tears or fright, more like complete and total awe.  Her favorite exhibit by far was the aquarium portion.  And to think we almost skipped it!  You can see in one picture that she pressed her little face right up to the glass and babble, “Fishies, fishies!”  Definitely worth the trip!

Discovery Place – Charlotte, NC

March 31, 2009 – Since it was a rainy day, we decided to take Sam to a local children’s museum to check it out.  It was a teeny little place, but she had a blast.  They had an entire room just for the “Under 5” crowd.  She did enjoy looking at some of the stuffed (literally) animals, such as the bears and had a great time in the physics section… knocking over Mommy’s towers.  I wouldn’t say its a cool place to hang out, but she’s 1 and doesn’t know the difference :)