Last week, we met Jack and Ollie for breakfast and then went back to Berry Patch Farms, where we picked strawberries last summer. Of everything we did, I think Isaac was most excited about riding in the hay wagon, pulled by a tractor, that deposits the pickers in the strawberry fields. Here is Isaac waiting to get on:
And Jonah just wanted to get down:
And once on the hayride, he just wanted to eat the hay...by the handful...
The farm has a beautiful Rocky Mountain view.
It was a different experience this year.
Last year: Isaac ate the strawberries almost as fast as I picked them, so that we only left with about a quarter of a pint. I had to insist on paying for the full pint, as I knew we'd picked that many! Isaac, with his amazing memory, reminded me for the next 10 months that it was so hot at the farm and mama left his water in the car.
This year: It was the kind heat of June, not the parched August heat. I remembered water and sunblock for both boys. Isaac helped pick this year! And he only ate one strawberry, after I offered it to him, and then he thanked me for it. What a difference a year makes.
Jonah was content for a while to play in the grass as we picked berries.
Why is there always something hanging out of his mouth...?
Isaac did a great job picking - taking only the red ones, and not taking too much plant with them - until he got tired and decided it was time to ride the hay wagon again.
Back home, the boys devoured the strawberries. They really are the best - so sweet, so much flavor.
Isaac did not want his picture taken, but this is just to show that I tried...You can at least see the empty strawberry container and the pile of stems.
Isaac was tired, but Jonah was ready to party. He loves strawberries.
And the outfit needed to be changed after lunch, as always:
Here are a few extras of Jonah from June - getting stronger on his legs
and hanging out in his high chair.
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