That's about how long the hooligans lasted before they were "done" picking. As you can see from their baskets, pictured above, 30 minutes of picking didn't get them very far. Partly because they ate more than they picked, I think. Which is probably why the berry farm we went to earlier this week has this sign sitting by the cash register. ;)
I'd been looking forward to taking the kiddos to pick again this year, and they were pretty excited about going. It's been a couple years since we went...the last time we went Billy was wearing Jericho. It was a very hot and sweaty trip to the strawberry patch. This time around no one had to wear Jericho, thank goodness since he weighs about 40 pounds. But that lead to another problem that looked something like this:
Yes, that's Jericho running away across the strawberry fields.
I think all in all it was a pretty successful trip. I ended up with about 10 pounds of strawberries...which is plenty for us since I don't do anything fancy like canning, or baking, or, well, cooking. ;) We just eat them, or freeze them for smoothies. Maybe one of these days when I have more time on my hands I'll do fancy domestic type stuff with the strawberries. Who am I kidding...I almost have 4 kids. I'm not going to have time for anything until about 2032 when Amaryllis goes to college.
Until 2032 comes around though, I'm going to enjoy all the 30 minute strawberry picking trips I can with these crazy strawberry-juice-mustached people.
2 comments:
Now that looks like fun.. I have never been to a strawberry field. They definitely never had any in Vegas. Heehee. Great shots of the kiddos.
Hugs~
the title of this post made me laugh! And I wish we still had U-Pick strawberry fields around here. It was one of my most favorite things to do with my kids.
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