Wilson Farms

It's becoming a regular weekend activity for us to pack Finley up in the Becco and walk to Wilson Farms. It's about a three mile loop from our place and I mean the word loop literally. We do live in Arlington Heights afterall. It is always a steep hill coming back, but we are pretty used to it and it's a great workout :) On Saturday, it was sunny and in the 40s--basically spring like, so we couldn't resist making the trip. Finley's a pretty good sport by now about getting bundled up, but I had to pause and take a photo of him in his adorable new shirt that his Grammy bought him. Quite fitting, huh?

I buttoned up his bear suit and while I was sad to realize how tight it is getting on him, it didn't diminish the cuteness factor in the slightest!

You may notice the mittens he is wearing. One of many useful hand-me-downs we have received, I wouldn't have thought of getting mittens without thumbs (I probably would have just used socks).

We headed outside. It's been nice that Finley doesn't fall asleep instantly when he's walked around in the Becco anymore. He actually looks around and takes in the sights for a at least a few minutes! As the three of us walked along, we thought about how exciting it will be when we do this another couple months from now and can push the little guy in his sweet new stroller. He'll probably be looking around a lot more intently and "talking" to us about all that he can see. Sweet.

We got to Wilson's and there's nothing more refreshing than walking in and seeing every color of the rainbow reflected in fruits and veggies. Winter disappears when you walk in and all the free samples appear!

Finley woke up at the perfect time to check out the spread at Wilson's. He got a lot of attention from other shoppers and only one woman asked whether he was a boy or a girl...I mean, come on! We picked up some good stuff, had our fill of free samples, and made our way to the cashier. Dan put all our goodies into his backpack and offered to trade Finley for the backpack, but I refused :) We headed home and continued to enjoy the wonderful weather and sunny sky!

If anyone ever wants to join us for our weekend walk, just let us know! Sadly, this weekend looks a big dreary...good thing we have a car :)

P.S. A shout out to Finley's Grammy (my mommy dearest), Happy Birthday!!