Well, today after dinner I started thinking about the errands I needed to run tomorrow. Then I realized I also had other things to do tomorrow morning and lamented that I couldn't run my errands tonight. Wait. Why couldn't I run my errands tonight? I usually try to get all the home front business taken care of in the morning so we can have uninterrupted family time in the evening, but T's not here. Our mornings have the same cast as our evenings: Me and E and the puppy.
So we broke the unwritten rule and ran our errands tonight. It was different and fun. (I know what you're thinking and, yes, I am quite the rebel.) Here's the play-by-play.
One of the benefits of living where we do is that we're about 5 min. from awesome farmers' markets. All summer long farmers bring they tasty wares to seasonal stands set-up along Highway 89 and peddle their goods to hungry citizens like myself. We have one particular stand we frequent and refer to as the "Vegetable Farm". Things there are ridiculously cheap: Green, red, orange, and purple peppers 2/$1, green and yellow zucchini 10/$1, butternut and acorn squash $1, and today, pie pumpkins for $0.98.
E selecting his pumpkin.
Pumpkin love.
These ingenuous carts tote kids and vegetables throughout the stand.
E looks forward to the ride as much as he does the vegetables.
E bagging our Tuscan gourmet cantaloupe. (2/$1)
E had a little meltdown at the vegetable farm when fiberglass strands from a pole viciously attacked his finger. I told him he was so very brave and if he could keep being brave, perhaps we would get something for him at the store. Then we found these darling pajamas. I told him they were his treat, but I honestly bought them for myself. They have a little raccoon on the front with "Rascal" embroidered beneath it. If they'd had it in my size I would have bought a pair for myself. I just don't think I can squeeze into a 5T...
Talking to Daddy and trying to take a picture.