It's That Time of Year Again...

Strawberry picking time!  You may remember this post about my first strawberry picking adventure.  This year I've been to pick strawberries twice!  A couple of weeks ago one of the mom's groups I follow had a special at a local farm.  When an adult picked $10 worth of strawberries the kid got a pint free.  Leah wasn't exactly old enough to pick her own, but I'd been looking for reason to pick strawberries and we took advantage of the deal.  Then a week later we were at Tim's parents for the weekend and went to pick more strawberries at a local berry patch, nothing's better than fresh strawberries.

 I didn't really know what to expect at the first berry farm and I was a little worried when I got there because I was by myself and I wasn't sure how I was going to entertain Leah and pick strawberries at the same time, but Leah sat on the ground on my jacket and played with the straw while I picked.  Had I known what to expect I would have taken the stroller or something else to sit on, but it worked out fine. 

 

I didn't do much with the first round of strawberries, I made a strawberry pie and several strawberry milkshakes with the second round.  Tim said this pie might have been the best thing I've ever made (that's not saying much), I will say it was pretty good!