Wednesday, July 21, 2010

The Fruit and Berry Patch

On Wednesday, July 21st, we took Carter to The Fruit and Berry Patch in Halls. We had never been there before but had heard that you could pick your own fruit and buy various fresh items from the store. We were so excited to take Carter and let him pick his own blueberries! We met Farmer Fox at the "store" and he told us what to do. It was EXTREMELY hot and it was only 10am so we didn't know how long we would stay or how Carter would do. Carter did so well and lasted for about an hour! He loved being outside, eating fresh blueberries right off the vine (and sometimes the ones that had fallen on the ground!), and seeing all the animals. We only spent $7 and got tons of blueberries, a half gallon of cherry-apple cider, and a fresh peach fruit slushie! It was such a great experience for us and we plan on going back soon to pick more fruit (and have another delicious slushie!).
Ready to pick some blueberries!

Carter's Paradise- Blueberries as far as the eye could see!

We picked several blueberries in only about 10 minutes! Carter had none... because he kept eating the berries in his bucket!

As soon as a berry went into Carter's bucket, his hand reached in, grabbed it, and ate it!

Carter checking out Daddy's bucket filling up with blueberries (while he was sampling a few)!

It had rained the day before so there were still some wet spots. Leave it to Carter to find the mud and fall in it! He didn't mind- he just said "uh-oh!".

Carter loved yelling "maaaa" at the goats! They all ran straight for him when he made the noise. Joe and Carter fed some of the goats our blueberries. They loved them as much as Carter does!

When we were walking back to the car, Carter decided to take a break in the grass!

We had a worker take our picture before we headed home!