We went with some friends strawberry picking this morning, bright and early! Ford has been waking us all up at 6:15 a.m. every morning so we made the best of it and traveled about 45 minutes north and into the country to a wonderful organic farm (http:www.bchuntfarms.com/default.aspx) We wanted to all go on Saturday, but when we called that morning they had been picked clean and told us not to come! It was amazing to see all the wonderful berries that had ripened up by today. Ford had a fabulous time being held by two of the farmer's daughters, who continuously picked and fed him strawberries--note the red stains on his face and arms :)

James mostly roamed around the fields, but ate his fair share of "straw-burrries" has he calls them. He did think it was fun to pick one and then hide it for me to find like an Easter Egg!

Charlotte worked diligently with our friend's three daughters and their cousin, munching along the way. She filled one gallon almost completely by herself. The weather here has been very nice lately and breezy. We had some thunderstorms last Thursday with lots of wind that caused a lot of damage around town, but also brought with them wonderful rain and gorgeous clear skies that made these beautiful berries :)

I managed to pick 3 gallons myself and am hoping to freeze a bunch and puree some to make a strawberry cake for James's birthday that's coming up. Let me know if you have any good strawberry recipes!