Strawberry Fields

It's that time of year again..it's strawberry time!  The warmer weather brought it a little earlier than usual this year, so we were happy to head out a little early to get our yearly crop of strawberries.  We always have so many different ideas for what to make with the berries.  This year, our choices were strawberry wine, jam, pie, and ice cream.  We've made them all before with our fresh strawberries and they're all delicious.  So, my mission was to pick as many strawberries as I could with the boys help.

We headed out to a new strawberry patch and part of my mission was accomplished.  We managed to pick 8 lbs. so we managed to pick enough strawberries for lots of strawberry treats.  However, I have to say that the boys were not much help!  They both dove in initially and started eating every strawberry they could see.  Then, their attention wandered.  Ben spent the rest of the time wandering the strawberry patch and Evan played with the flag that they use to mark where the strawberries have been picked.  However, as I've always said, strawberry patches, with their straight long rows, are great for toddler containment so it was fine for me to keep picking while the boys roamed safely.

In the end, a good time was had by all, and we came home with a bunch of yummy strawberries.  Now, we are happily enjoying homemade strawberry jam, strawberry ice cream, and strawberry pie...yum!

 (So, at first I thought they might pick some strawberries.)

(See, he looks like he might want to pick some strawberries.)

(However, eating them is soooo much more fun...)

(So much more fun!)

(Yum!)