Berry Picking!

Monday was Todd's day off, so we decided it was finally time to get to Getting's Gardens to pick some strawberries. We sort of missed "peak season" which only lasts about two weeks, but there were still plenty of strawberries for us, minus the crowds! On their website, the owners of Getting's Gardens encourage you to sample, so Jackson really took that to heart.Jackson got his own little basket to fill up and he was so proud of all of his strawberries. He really did fill the whole thing up himself and then he came and helped me too. I was really surprised at how focused he was on the task of picking berries.
Todd won the prize for picking the most strawberries, but that's only because he doesn't have a 6+ pound baby hindering his bending.

This was the "before" picture of Jackson's empty basket. Just thought it was a cute picture. Sorry if you get sick of looking at my stinking cute kid. Just wait, soon enough there will be two of them to look at!

And in true little kid form, this is how Jackson picked berries. He just plopped down in the aisle and picked until there were no more berries anywhere close and then moved to another spot. To get him excited about going berry picking, we read an old favorite children's book, "Blueberries for Sal". If you haven't read it, do. It's a really cute book!

The Deuce is still cooking, thankfully, and I have been having fewer contractions so that is good news. Just as I start getting used to the idea that we could have this little guy early, it seems like maybe he's settling down and going to wait this whole thing out. Figures.