Strawberry heaven

We went to King's Orchard on Wednesday with some of Reese's school friends. We went the back way and drove through lots of two lane roads with trees. It was a nice break from the freeway driving. :) The girls were very excited to get there but when we did Saige wanted to be held. I think she gets overwhelmed by new places/people sometimes. The girls all got their boxes and went to picking. Reese and Saige quickly learned to watch out for the squishy strawberries and I was thankful we had last years summer clothes on. :) The girls both didn't pick a ton (to which I was also thankful) but enough to cover the bottom of their boxes. We paid for our strawberries and had a lovely picnic lunch. The kids all played in the "forest" aka trees nearby while the Moms talked.

When we got home Reese wanted to eat the strawberries but I wanted to make something with them. We decided on jam. I googled a quick recipe (seriously, how did people survive w/o google before? LOL) and we got busy. We washed and then cut the strawberries. I gave the girls a butter knife and they cut them with me. Reese LOVED doing this with me. She was so into helping me in the kitchen. We then got to mashing and Reese was happy to help. We added the important stuff...sugar and cooked it up. After dinner the girls had toast with their homemade jam. Reese also had toast and jam for breakfast and a peanut butter and JAM sandwich. Her teacher said she talked about it all day at school too. Mrs. Burris said "you certainly made a memory with her." She was spot on.