Berry Picking
This Saturday we went to the Gizdich farm to pick berries. We have been driving to the coast weekly to go to the beach, so the kids did not mind too much. We started in the black berry patch. Lauren had her first black berry and LOVED it. Too bad most of it ended up on Daniel's back!
For some reason Liv likes to wear her hat backwards so the straps are in her eyes, then she had to wear the glasses, but not over her eyes....she is growing up with her own style!!!
Everytime Lu would see a strawberry she would say, "Look, I deed it!"
After some luck with the blackberries, we headed over to the strawberry fields. These were much more fruitful! All the kids got so excited when they found a strawberry because they were hiding under the leaves.
I don't think this smile is me, but I like the hat and the feeling I had this day, so I included this picture of me relaxed and enjoying the sun.
At first we were picking small ones, but the kids learned to be selective in the berries they picked because there were plenty of big ones. We found so much joy in each big (or not so big) strawberry!
The signs where you pick up your berry picking basket said we could "Sample a berry, but no grazing aloud". I must admit by the time we made it to the end of our first strawberry row the kids were grazing...so we had to leave!
But we didn't want to..."Look another strawberry, maybe I should taste it???"
By the end of our berry picking afternoon, the kids were filthy dirty. They all had sandles on, but their feet were still dirty. I love this picture of Lu, it captures the afternoon, dirty feet, dirty face, happy taste buds and tired eyes.
For some reason Liv likes to wear her hat backwards so the straps are in her eyes, then she had to wear the glasses, but not over her eyes....she is growing up with her own style!!!
Everytime Lu would see a strawberry she would say, "Look, I deed it!"
After some luck with the blackberries, we headed over to the strawberry fields. These were much more fruitful! All the kids got so excited when they found a strawberry because they were hiding under the leaves.
I don't think this smile is me, but I like the hat and the feeling I had this day, so I included this picture of me relaxed and enjoying the sun.
At first we were picking small ones, but the kids learned to be selective in the berries they picked because there were plenty of big ones. We found so much joy in each big (or not so big) strawberry!
The signs where you pick up your berry picking basket said we could "Sample a berry, but no grazing aloud". I must admit by the time we made it to the end of our first strawberry row the kids were grazing...so we had to leave!
But we didn't want to..."Look another strawberry, maybe I should taste it???"
By the end of our berry picking afternoon, the kids were filthy dirty. They all had sandles on, but their feet were still dirty. I love this picture of Lu, it captures the afternoon, dirty feet, dirty face, happy taste buds and tired eyes.
