A "Berry" Fun Weekend...

Just across the border in Minnesota there is a neat little strawberry farm.  We decided to pay a visit to this strawberry farm on Saturday morning to stock up on the sweet and tart goodness these little berries had to offer.

This strawberry farm is a ma and pop operation - super nice people running the place.  The owner told us to go ahead and sample the strawberries while picking.  He said that because there was no chemicals or pesticides on the fruit, we could eat as many of the strawberries as we pleased.  He just told us to stop short of eating our weight in strawberries.  Sullivan took his advice to heart and ate darn near close to her weight in strawberries.  Imagine that.  Quinn quite the opposite.

This was a new experience for all of us - something we had never done before.  We had a blast picking the ripe berries and adding them to our buckets.  Quinn got into the picking and enjoyed finding the 'perfect' strawberry.  Sullivan wasn't as psyched about picking them.  She chose rather to eat the berries and hold the bucket for mom!

We picked and picked and picked.  It became somewhat addictive.  By the end, we had a little over 8 pounds of strawberries.  I am not sure any family of four (with one that doesn't even touch the fruit - I will let you guess who!) needs eight pounds of strawberries. But believe it or not, we've made a pretty good dent in them already.

The highlight of the trip for the girls was the uniquely shaped strawberry that I found in the fields.  It was shaped like a butterfly. As you can imagine, that was a small squabble as to whose bucket this strawberry got to go in!

I think we may have started a new summer tradition.  It was a 'berry' good way to spend the day!