Jul 01
Everyone,
We went blueberry picking the other day and it was awesome. I guess because of all the rain, our blueberries were huge, and easy to pick! We were there for about an hour picking and we got 12 pounds of blueberries. 12 pounds!
We would have had more but someone would pick some, and then find a shady spot to eat, then pick some, then eat. Okay, more than one someone would do that.
But between me and Flower, and some friends, we got PLENTY!
Butterfly told us all how blueberries grow (we’ve been talking about it) and told me that they make a “kaplink, kaplank, kaplunk” sound when you pick them. Guess what book we’ve been reading!
Once we were done eating picking, we went down to the huge slides they have for the kids. Butterfly and her friends went down every slide. It looked thrilling.
Blueberry muffins anyone? We’ve got plenty!
Safire
Safireberry picking, Flower blueberry picking, Flower
Jun 25
Everyone,
Joining my friend Lolli online (and not in person, we haven’t hung out for a month! Crazy for us!) for her best shot of the week.
Today we went to the local pick your own produce place and picked blueberries. Oh so many blueberries.
12 and a half pounds of blueberries.
I think we’ve already eaten 3 pounds of them at home. They are wonderful this year. Large and juicy and so easy to pick. The bushes were just heavy with them today. And since it was the coolest day of the week, everyone and their dog was out picking. (Literally, several people had dogs with them in purses and such.)
The kids had a great time picking. Butterfly’s BFF Vinny and Lala came along to keep us company. They picked about 4 lbs of blueberries and then helped us pick ours.
Butterfly mostly played with Vinny but they were very cute together trying to out pick each other. I think they were just happy to be out of the house and together. Outside. Where they could (and were) as loud as possible.
We were there for only about an hour because it was so hot. That and the boys were unhappy I wasn’t letting them eat the berries off the bushes. I told them they could eat the berries off the ground but not off the bushes.
Pirate went right to work picking the blueberries. He almost filled the bottom of his bucket. He then promptly turned the bucket over and dumped the blueberries on the ground. And then ate them.
Professor, on the other hand, just buried himself into the bush and ate as many berries as he could get his little hands on. His mouth and his fingers were purple. He had the cutest little imp smile on his face that I could barely tell him to stop eating them.
So sorry local pick your own produce place. I think my boys must have eaten at least a pound of berries in the hour we were there. But thanks for the awesome berries! They taste great.
Safire
Safire2 boys-double trouble, around our town, berry picking, Flower berry picking, blueberries, Flower
Aug 05
Everyone,
With how bad of a cold we seem to have here, we decided we should wait and go to the beach when people are feeling better. Today we thought we’d go berry picking (raspberries this time) with friends. The friends couldn’t make it, so we went by ourselves! Those raspberries were huge. But really, not that tasty. I’ve decided I’m not a fan of raspberry picking at that farm. The blueberries were better.
Professor thought they were pretty good. In fact, he ate most of my bucket before I noticed him.
I took the bucket away from him.
We drove to the closest civil war battle field and had a picnic there. Butterfly showed me how she could climb the canon just as the ranger pulled up with a group of tourists. Boy did I get glared at! We enjoyed our little picnic and read the history of the battle. I was all for driving around and looking at the other battle sights but Flower didn’t seem too interested. They are only fields after all. And this battlefield is also a working farm still.
The boys were also done. They had fun playing with the cannon for a minute, and then needed to go home and have a nap. Everyone napped for about 3 hours.
Pirate has a horrible barking cough and can’t suck his thumb because of the congestion. Poor kid. And Butterfly just coughs and coughs. Lovely. I hope they get better soon!
Safire
Safireberry picking, Flower, sickness 2009, sights around DC
