Day 327

August 19, 2011

Blueberries!! Jacob and I met up with Brandin and Preston and their new little baby, Abbott, and went blueberry picking. Our friend Elizabeth told us about this great place out on Sauvie Island. It's just this family's house, a little old lady named Dee is in charge. Blueberries galore! And Dee is just the sweetest little lady. We picked and picked and picked blueberries. I got five pounds, Jacob probably ate almost a pound himself. It was hard to actually stop picking, there were so many berries around. 

After Jacob had had his fill of that, we went out to a little beach spot behind the house. I'm not sure if it was the Columbia River or a channel of the Wilamette or what exactly but there was a pretty big sandy beach and water. After testing the water and having a little sand time, Jacob decided it was better to just be naked in order to play in the water. There was another family there with two boys, one of them the same age as Jacob, and they hit it off nicely (overall). Jacob was just jumping around in the water, falling down in it, "swimming" in it. Super happy! It was a gorgeous day for the whole thing; we all had a great time.

Consequently, Jacob missed his nap. He had about five minutes in the car right before we got home. He's back there looking sleepy and I say, "Are you going to fall asleep?" He says, "No, I'm just leanin' against the seat." Oh, okay. I looked in the mirror at one point and he repeated, "I'm just leanin'. I'm not sleeping." But eventually, he just couldn't last. I tried to bring him up to his bed at home but he wanted to read books first, then he was hungry. No way he was going down for a nap then, especially because it was already 4 o' clock by then. 

So, the evening was a bit rough. You'd think he'd be ready to pass out around 7:30 but not my kid. He fought it for awhile, lots of crying, until finally we had to let him cry it out around 9pm. Right. So much for that method. Alas.... the blueberries are worth it.