Strawberry Picking

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!