strawberry fields...forever

I put the kids to work, doing this...

We met some friends at the Shouldice Berry Farm & Market...

and picked strawberries and enjoyed the sunshine all morning.

My little worker bee's are not the fastest berry pickers, but they had lots of fun. R managed to fill our basket, eventually {I think he put more berries in his mouth than in the basket}. Miss S picked for a few minutes, then ran around like the wild flower child that she is - she kicked off her sandals, flung off her hat and ran barefoot through the field...

On the way home, we stopped to buy jars so that we could make jam at Christine's later on. And when we got home, we were very excited to see this stuff...

all over our yard! Yeah! We have grass! I guess the days of doing this...

all day are over. But now we can bring out the kiddie pool and the lawn furniture...