Season's End

The strawberry season is drawing to a close the end of May. We made our final trip of the year to the Strawberry Barn yesterday. This time we met "the cousins" there. Joe's sister Sylvia has three girls. (Savannah, Susannah, and Christina) Her three girls and my three boys had a great time playing and picking strawberries together. I took lots of pictures, but they were with my phone. Hopefully the quantity of pics makes up for the lack of quality.

The big cousins, Noah and Savannah on the swings.

Look how big his feet are!!! Where did my baby go?

Oldest and youngest cousins, Savannah holding Micah on the swings.

Jonah, my fearless climber.

Yes, he is growling at me...I wanted him to smile and he wanted to be a tiger.

He really does love this tire swing!

His cheeks are not normally that big...they are stuffed with strawberries!

Christina...too cute for words.

Strawberry Barn

We made a trip to the Strawberry Barn on Friday. My Mom went with us as I was not sure about taking three kids by myself with a bum leg. (Added bonus...since Mom went I have pictures!) The kids really had a great time. Noah and Jonah played on the playground for a while before we headed out to the field to pick. Micah pretty much just hung out around my neck in his sling or in my Mom's arms. As you can see from the pictures, Noah was a great picker. He nearly filled the basket all by himself. Jonah picked a few as well, but none of his made it to the basket!

Jonah and Noah playing on the train

Noah swinging...dirty feet and all

Jonah's favorite was this tire swing

One of Noah's many handfuls that filled the basket

Jonah going in to find the perfect one

First Bite

Yummy!

The Strawberry Barn

Noah has been wanting to go Breland's Strawberry Barn and pick his own strawberries since the season opened back in March. Today we finally made it out there. It's a good thing to, because they close the last day of this month. Joe is still hobbling around on his hurt foot, so he and Jonah sat in the shade while Noah and I took a basket into the field and started picking. I thought that Noah would tire quickly and I would end up doing most of the picking, but he really got into it and our basket was soon overflowing. I nearly had to drag him away from the field. This is what I heard all the way back to the barn:

Momma, look at that one...We have to get that one... Oh, we HAVE to get that one...Boy, that is a big berry now... We can fit more in here... Just squish 'em down a little...Trust me, it won't hurt nothin'... Throw out those little ones and just let me get this one big one... Mmmm, I bet these things here are gonna taste good now... Man, do you see how shiny that one is?

We both had a great time and I even remembered to take a few pictures. I don't know if we will get back before the season closes this year, but we will definitely make a return trip next year. We had some of the berries for lunch and in Noah's words, "them berries sure did taste good!"

At first, Noah was not very discriminatory when filling his basket.

"This is the biggest strawberry I ever seen in my whole life."

The pre-picked strawberries...These just wouldn't do for him!