Cottle Strawberry Farms

The boys and I headed to pick strawberries with Clark, Katherine, and Patrick on Tuesday, and boy was it fun!  It totally makes me feel like a 1950s housewife when we’re there, and I love it!  Jack mostly loved running up and down the rows of berries just like last year, but Sam-he was TOTALLY in to it! Jack loves Buzz Lightyear right now, so we heard, “To infinity and BEYOND!” several times as up and down the rows he went! Sam, though, got busy!  He saw me pick one berry and then knew exactly what to do.  He picked one, squished it, picked another, ate it, grabbed more, and continued to have a ball!  He was a MESS!!, but I just let him go.  He was having a blast! He dumped the bucket a few times, but that was no problem!  He just took a seat and played with those for a bit! Katherine’s a pro, so she was kind enough to help Sam along the way! Focused!  Focused, I tell ya! Jack found something he wanted to climb on when we were leaving-a REAL John Deere! Thanks for the super fun play date, Lees!  We used all our berries to make jam, so we need to go back!!  And thanks, Clark, for helping me basically bathe Sam!  That boy was covered in strawberries!