Saturday, June 12, 2010

They're a pickin...

...and I'm a grinning'...(Hee Haw, remember?)
Here in Northeast Ohio, it is that time of year--strawberry picking!! I took our three kids to Fitch's Farm--an annual tradition for us. Made sure to say hello to Mrs. Fitch, my freshman Home Ec teacher and owner of this fine establishment...
We headed out, baskets in tow...in search of the perfect strawberry.

Note: This is a perfect shot of why you should not shoot in bright sunlight. Harsh shadows, squinty eyes, you get the idea. But hey, it was a cool 72 degrees (cool for strawberry picking anyway), so I can't complain...

This was Griffin's idea of the perfect berry.

And this was Evan's. Note that he uses his shirt as a napkin all day long. The best part about strawberry picking is sampling the goods, right? Wonder if the cashier noted that when we checked out. Oh, and he's totally into the faux hawk and doing his hair himself, too. Gotta love 7 year old boys...

Once in a while I capture a shot of my daughter that reminds me of myself at her age. This one does for sure. My mom agreed. I love that her hair is in her face--so her.

Proof that he was a hard worker. Are there child labor laws for strawberry picking? And is anyone else's children obsessed with the silly band bracelets, or just mine? Random...


I love this one. Something about it just makes me want to grab a spoon and eat him right up.


She'd be mad if I didn't add her picture of her top pick.

And here's the fakey-fake cheeseball smiles on our brood, along with the fruits of our labor. (Their mom is a cheeseball, too.)

Wherever you are, I sure hope you get to do fun things like this that mark your summer. Document them--bad lighting, dirty clothes, with cheesy smiles and all!!

9 comments:

Valerie said...

Hey Trish! I'm heading to Fitch's today! Paige has MR. Fitch math at Avon. I wonder if it is the son of your Home Ec teacher?!?! Anyways, I JUST noticed Griffs hair is shorter! So cute..as are the other two! As for Silly Bands, we love them here. We discuss daily why WE didn't come up with that idea. :)

Ryzmomplus2 said...

We have a farm up the street we need to head up to for strawberry picking! Silly bands??? missing this one? Maybe for Zach's 16th bday... hahaha

BabyBokChoy said...

We are doing this next week!!! I only have 200 strawberry picking pictures left in my printed stash from last year to scrap, now I will have more!

Our own berry patch in our yard has produced pints and pints and pints. We will definitely harvest over 1200 strawberries this year from our backyard.

Kimber said...

I love strawberries! Tina where in Medina do you pick your strawberries? As for the silly bandz, my daughter loves them.

Cammy said...

Should find a place to pick them around here. What do you do with all your strawberries? Silly bands, my boys are into them too...

Debbi Tehrani said...

We have a strawberry farm in our town. Every year I say we're going to go pick some. Maybe this year I really will. Looks like you guys had a blast!

Julie said...

looks like a fantastic day!!

Ryzmomplus2 said...

Either Red Wagon farm or a local farm right up the street on Smith Rd

jamie said...

sigh...no strawberries to be had in this country...but sweet memories of growing up in ventura county with countless fruit stands and tons of strawberries for cheap. mom made a ton of strawberry jam...nothin' better than that.
yes...have a daughter with the silly bands...glad it's not just her.