U-Pick Strawberries

On Friday we went with my moms' group to Tanaka Farms in Irvine for their strawberry tour. This was k's third time! It was the first time, however, that the kids could actually pick the berries and take them home in a basket. The previous two years there were not enough strawberries, so it was just "eat as many as you can while you are out in the field for 15 minutes". (n hung out with my mom in the shade...it was pretty hot that day).


k munching on a carrot, sporting her new Hello Kitty sunglasses.


After a brief hesitation, k ate her fill of strawberries. She wasn't too keen on the picking part, so I picked, and she ate. I tried to fill k's basket to the brim, but a lot of them ended up bruising. I think I picked ones that were a little overripe, too (you know, the darker the berry, the sweeter the juice?)

In the future I would like to go apple or cherry picking--I've never done that before.