After a day of grand disobedience yesterday, that cost them an outing to Darien Lake today, my kids did a 180 and had a stellar day today.

We started out with berry picking, the middle three and I.  We picked 8 pints in very short order.  I hope to make our second batch of jam Friday.  The first batch was deemed responsible for creating the BEST homemade yogurt of all time. 

Then, for hours and hours and hours today, the big four pretended to be the Olesons from Little House on the Prairie.  They’ve filmed scene after scene for a movie today.  Nellie, Harriet, Willie, and Nels. 

I am grateful they have each other.  This middle-sized family just rocks.  I hope Hanny fits in one of these days.  They try to make her a character, but she doesn’t memorize the scripts sufficiently.  I even heard them settling fights today.  And the whining was almost non-existent.  Maybe they should lose big privilege more often?  Hmmmm.

We told them at dinner we will go to Darien tomorrow.  They were very surprised.  It got one, “Hallelujah,” and another, “Praise the LORD.”  Heh.