One of my most favorite things to eat have always been strawberries. In fact, for one of my birthdays my dad surprised me with one of my very own strawberry patch in our backyard and I was over the moon. So you can only guess how excited I was when Addie also showed a fond love for strawberries since she was itty-bitty. Naturally with her and my love for strawberries we took our first adventure as a family of four to do some of our very own strawberry picking. We went to a local strawberry patch about 20 minutes away from us - Verrill Farms. It was a very cloudy day with the threat of rain, but that didn't stop us! Owen couldn't wait to fill his basket with strawberries he wouldn't dare even try and Addie didn't know what to expect, she was just going with the flow.
We made our way to a good spot (it was very crowded and picked over - we went late in the season) and started hunting for those red juicy strawberries. Owen jumped right in and started picking the red (and not so red) berries from the bushes and at first Addie wanted nothing to do with any of it! Slowly Addie warmed up and started hunting for her own berries. It was funny to watch because almost every time she would go down, find one and come up eating a very under ripe strawberry still yellow! It didn't phase her though she was happy as a clam. Owen was a master picker and filled his bucket quickly and helped Addie with hers.
Finding a good spot
Wait this is where strawberries come from?
And my heart melted
My pro picker
Owen, what are you doing?
My boys
On the hunt
I'm not sure about this mom
But a little help from her big bro and she was ready to go
Hmm ok, I think I can handle this
yum
He took picking very seriously
Once she started, she didn't stop
Finally got the hang of it
my strawberry loving girl
Double fisting
Happy boy
Partners in crime
My sweet little girl
Showing off his collection
Still hunting
Partners in crime
Being silly
Overall, we had a few bumps in our first strawberry picking outing, but we still had a fun time!
