strawberry picking

On Saturday we went over to Wisconsin and went strawberry picking. It was our 3rd year going to this farm and it's always one of our highlights of the summer. We went out for lunch at a nearby brewery first and then proceeded to pick 17 1/2 pounds of strawberries! Max was awesome this year...picking nearly 4 pounds all by himself. Mya was pretty good for the first bit and then helped us out by keeping Ivy out of trouble so we could pick more. Ivy was a little unsure at first, but once we got her out of the stroller, she just kept saying "strawberry" and "yum-yum" over and over. We ended up giving them a little more money because we're pretty sure Ivy ate at least a half a pound of strawberries...several of them stem and all:) After picking we went and looked at the goats and farm cats which is always a highlight for the kids.

We got quite a bit of rain in a short time Saturday morning so we were anticipating really muddy fields, but actually they weren't that bad!












I'd say Ivy had a good time by the look of her stained face, neck, chest, etc...




Then on Sunday I made 24 jars of strawberry jam plus some extra to give away and the rest we are freezing to use for ice cream, smoothies, etc. It's a lot of work, but worth it to have yummy strawberry jam all winter!