Strawberry Picking!!!

We had SO much fun on Tuesday! We had been invited to go Strawberry picking with Aspen's "McDonald" cousins, and looked forward to it with great anticipation. :) Aspen has had strawberries before, but didn't recognize them right away once we were out in the field. One of the rules of strawberry picking was *not* eating the fruit... I really did try hard to not let Aspen eat them, but she was so fast...and, what are you supposed to do when her cute little finger goes through & smushes the ripe berry when she pulls it off the plant?!

Aspen did great the first several she picked. She learned fast to only pick the red ones. She'd spot one, squat down and pull as hard as she could...when it finally "let loose", Aspen would often either have to take a couple steps back, or end up landing on her tush. So fun to watch... When she discovered what she was picking, it was even more exciting. It was hard to "hide" the fact she had eaten a few strawberries due to the juice stain that had run ALL the way down her arm, and the finger marks on her hat. The lady was sweet, and very forgiving though. :)

After we finished picking the berries, we purchased fresh produce and some yummy honey! Next, the girls wanted to swing on the swings, and we enjoyed some strawberry sugar cookies Rebekah had made. It was such a fun outing!!! Thank you for inviting us!!!