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From: Linda Rogers <>
Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] It's strawberry time in Tennessee.......
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 21:58:57 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <20060517.235410.1444.7.askgranny@juno.com>


Two year olds are in a world of their own ,God Bless
Them .I have two two year olds here almost every day
and together they have me jumping thru hoops before
the day is over .I know you love ever minute your with
him.
Linda granny to two two yr olds and two others almost
two

--- wrote:

>
> Ol Buzzard Bait , the 2 year old , is visiting us
> again, and keeping us
> on our toes as always....He's so crazy about
> strawberries I decided to
> take him to a patch where you pay to pick and just
> see what his reaction
> would be.....Checking the ad in the paper we knew
> about where it was
> located and drove WAY out in the country over very
> scenic roads.....at 35
> miles per hour a great deal of the time, as that's
> how fast I felt safe
> driving.........{If you've read my scribblings
> before you know I have a
> lead foot, so.....}We got to the patch after awhile
> and saw that not too
> many pickers were there..All to the
> good....Especially since they had
> been featured in the Sunday paper....The' barn' had
> swings on the porch
> and Joshie would have been happy with just
> that.......but we managed to
> steer him away from them...
>
> We were directed to rows right in front of the barn
> and given a plastic
> basket that held a gallon...I assured the owner
> Joshie wouldn't be
> allowed to run around .....just wanted him to see
> the berries and hubby
> would take care of him while I picked the
> berries...She said "Why you
> take that child over there and let him pick some
> strawberries !" {'That
> angelic looking 26 pound, 3 foot tall child can tear
> up an anvil with a
> feather, but she had no way of knowing that....}He
> took one look at all
> those zillions of big red juicy berries and reached
> for one....Right in
> his mouth it went...dirt and all...if there had been
> any...Hubby began
> bringing berries to put in the basket and so did I ,
> and ol Buzz just
> stood there doing his best to keep up with
> supply...I noticed hubby was
> capping them and told him to stop as Buzz would
> think he had to eat all
> those......He DID move down the row a little but
> kept on eating ...I
> finally told him to quit eating them or he was going
> to be sick and he
> considered that for a second before popping another
> berry....He then
> dropped the basket and ran for the swings, hubby in
> hot pursuit......
>
> I kept an eye on them as I reveled in picking more
> of those wonderful
> berries , and they looked to be having a good
> time...swinging, climbing
> on the little truck deal used to bring picked
> berries up from the fields
> to be sold, petting the tiny dog called Dixie that
> 'ruled' the
> roost...etc......After I had chosen the best of the
> best to fill our
> little gallon basket I headed for the barn...only to
> find my family
> nowhere in sight.....Seems they had gone with the
> farmer to bring in some
> berries...I paid for our berries and went to sit in
> the swing....directly
> here they came....Buzz sitting on the farmers lap
> driving the 'truck!'
> Hubby luckily knew a 'short cut to the highway, so I
> got to put my foot
> down....Joshie didn't go to sleep on the way home,
> surprisingly...Usually
> after he gets in the car seat, takes his shoes and
> socks off and throws
> them a bug hunting he is out like a light...All the
> sugar in those
> berries had him jazzed up I guess....
>
> He just came in here , as usual said " What you
> doin'?" in a deep voice
> before trying to help me write this...After I
> convinced him the gremlins
> would surely get this letter if he kept tapping the
> off keys that way I
> told him I was writing a letter to Mommy telling her
> about him picking
> strawberries....He thought about that for a second
> then said " And
> driving the tractor......." I assured him I wouldn't
> forget that most
> important part.....He left and only took the mouse
> pad with him, so I got
> off lightly...Seems a magazine works just as
> well.......Gotta learn to
> improvise around ol 'Buzz'........Jeannie T
>
>
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