On the spur of the moment Tuesday I decided to go strawberry picking with Elijah. We had been talking about it a few weeks ago but never did it and I really wanted to get out of the house so it seemed like a good idea. It's the end of the season though so only one place around here even had strawberries left! We ended up farther from home than I thought we would, and we headed up north of GR for our berry hunt.
Elijah loved picking berries! He did such a great job looking for them, "picking up the plants" to find them, and making sure that he didn't get any rotten or not ripe berries. He didn't pick a single bad berry (unlike Mommy).
Matea was along for the trip, but wasn't thrilled with berry picking. She scooted along by us happily for a bit, but then started grabbing strawberries and squeezing them to bits. Oops! Then when I tried to walk her she only wanted to walk on top of the plants and not in the rows. Every time I would stop her she'd throw a fit, and also didn't like it if I picked any berries.
We didn't pick for very long and ended up with about a pound and a half of strawberries for a whopping $2. I think Eli ate about half of them on the way home and I snuck some too. They were SOOOOOO delicious and sweet! Definitely more taste than strawberries from the store. The next morning Eli woke up and said he wanted to go strawberry picking again, so I know he liked it! I see more strawberry picking in our future next year, and maybe some blueberry picking soon too.
Hunting for a berry!
Got one! It's perfect! 
Wait for me, Eli!
Weighing our treasure!
Strawberry picking was fun!
1 comment:
Looks like a fun and tasty time! Think we'll have to try that next year.
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