Strawberry Picking

We made our annual trip out to the strawberry fields on Friday.  Ellie quickly learned that the best part of going strawberry picking is getting to taste a few dozen berries.  Robert was happily filling his bucket until he was told he could try one himself.  After that, every one he picked went directly into his mouth.  Everyone had a blast, the weather was nice and cool, and now the kids are trying to eat all the strawberries before I can turn them into jam and syrup.

Butterflies

We have had two butterflies emerge today.  I am hoping that a few more might appear in another day or so but don't think we will see all 10.  No matter how hard I tried, I just could not get the kids to keep their paws off the cups while the chrysalis' were forming.  My children are apparently rough on insects.  Kind of a shame because the times we have managed to get 9 or 10 to hatch, it's been a beautiful sight.