We have had a long weekend here at home and have enjoyed getting to spend a little extra family time together. (but i think brent will be glad to be back at work tomorrow!) We went to the Taste of Durham festival on Saturday, taught the 2 year olds at church sunday morning, had a cookout with our small group sunday evening...and then we went strawberry picking this morning and went swimming and cooked out with friends tonight! we are POOPED!!! But it has been a lot of fun.
Neither Brent nor myself had ever been strawberry picking so we enjoyed the experience. Avery was interested for all of about 2 minutes and then she was done....Griffin however, was a strawberry picking machine!!! He loved it - I had to really monitor what he picked and added to our bucket though! But if I found a good strawberry and showed it to him, he got really excited and came running to grab it! He insisted on carrying his own basket and tripped over it a million times. And both kids didn't realize they could eat the strawberries until the last little bit so that ended up not being an issue.
Brent and I attempted to make strawberry jam this afternoon while the kids napped. It was a pectin-free recipe which was weird...and as of right now, its still isn't "congealed." We'll see how it turns out! I had never canned anything either so it was a new experience - i think i could get into it! maybe one day i'll be able to have a garden large enough to allow me to do some canning... 
our "loot"
I have never seemed to figure out jams and jellies either. It's always a sticky mess. But..if it doesn't congeal, use it as pancake syrup! Looks like you had a lot of fun!
ReplyDeleteLooks like some good strawberry shortcake to me! The plants and basket look almost as big as Griffin.
ReplyDeleteFun time together!