Day 9 - Sewing and Strawberries

The fabric we brought from Panama City has been giving Hannah an itch so we had to scratch it.  The boys went to take plastic and paper to the Recycling Center and do some heavy shopping (water, drinks, sugar) adn Hannah and I got down to sewing.  It took several fittings and several changes of mind about where waist and hem would be, but it is almost done.  The second one will be faster, maybe.

But then it was lunch time and time to get ready for dinner.  Good grief.  Our life is eating.  Last night Hannah asked, after the story:

I have three questions, Meemaw.  One, what's for breakfast.  Two, what's for lunch. Three, what's for dinner.

So we pounded the chicken and waltzed it through its various coatings, set the table and got the beans and potatoes ready.  

And then it was time for - strawberry picking!

When Alica got home from school and had walked the dogs, Werner took the three by bike to the Strawberry Fields. Containers in hand, they searched and searched and found and found!  Strawberries got gobbled as soon as they were washed and Hunter declared that there was nothing fresher than these strawberries and they were GOOD.  In fact, they didn't even want sugar on them at dinner.  How's that for sweet?

They were delighted to meet Nickolet and the food quickly disappeared off the table - I even accused Nickolet of having a hollow leg just like H+H !   Then while Werner whipped the cream for the chocolate ice box pie, we played "I'm thinking of a word that rhymes with ..."  We do it most nights, and it was fun to have a new player, though Nickolet's British English had her at a disadvantage on some of the rhymes!

Hey, another fun day!