My good friend Reianna and I decided to take the kids strawberry picking last Thursday. Between the two of us we have 8 children, the oldest of whom is 6, so going anywhere together is always a little nuts.
Anyway, I pulled Em out of school, we drove about an hour west, and had a great time picking strawberries.
It was a really nice day for picking. Not too hot, not too crowded, and plenty of ripe berries for the picking.
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| The kids got right down to business |
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| Look at all those lovely red strawberries! Emily said she was pretending to be a farmer as she picked. |
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| After we paid for the strawberries ($41! we must have picked 15 lbs!), the kids dug right in, dirt and all. I think Jacob ate three. |
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| After lunch we went to check out the goats and horses. |
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| I was surprised at how much Caleb loved the goats. I told Joseph later that day that we may need to get a family goat as a therapy animal for Caleb. (Not that he has major problems, just because it brought out his best side and because he spent so much time with them and enjoyed it so much... okay, so maybe "therapy animal" was not the right term to use, but you know what I mean.) |
The strawberries have been so yummy to have at home. It was a little stressful Friday night when I realized they wouldn't last much longer so I was up until 2am making jam and freezing strawberries, but now we have a freezer full of handpicked strawberries and delicious freezer jam! I feel very happy about all of this.
3 comments:
That looks like so much fun. None of the farms around here are going to have strawberries for another month yet, and I already can't reach my toes, let alone strawberries. Strawberry freezer jam sounds fantastic though. Mmmm.
Yum. I love Emily, shes a pretty cute little farmer.
So jealous. We have to wait a couple more months at least.
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