Strawberries!

Its Spring Break here in Houston, so I'm trying to plan a few extra, fun things for the kids and I to do together.  One of them was a trip to the farm for strawberry picking!  Sam was excited because he remembered blueberry picking.  He asked if we'd ever been "grape hunting," and I remembered that he was calling Easter Egg Hunts "Easter Picking" last year.  Cute how he still gets the two a little mixed up.

He was waaaay better at Strawberry picking!  Lower bushes helps, as does the cooler temperatures - cooler by 35 degrees.  Yes my kids are wearing coats when its 60 degrees.  They are Tiny Texans and that's how they role.  Their Midwest Mama had no coat.

Annabelle was done in the baby carrier about half way through, so she got to crawl around in the dirt and pick at the bushes, too.  It took her about three minutes to realize what was on the bushes before she started to try to pick for herself.  Some were tough to get off the stems, so...

Eat right off the plant.  No fuss, no muss.  Plenty of mess, though:

Sam got stuck in the mud once and I had to pull him out.  I went into the mud once because there were lots of good strawberries untouched in those areas!  But we came home with tired and happy hearts, and 6 pounds of strawberries.  And a promise to go back next year.