Yesterday my nephew and I went out to Randy Warren's farm to pick raspberries. The season is ending in a mere days on his farm and we didn't want to miss it. My nephew is a very good berry picker. After I showed him what a ripe berry looked like, he seemed to have ripe berry radar and wouldn't leave an area until he had picked every last berry. At first, he wanted to pick the whole pint of berries, so I let him. It was sunny and hot out there, so he'd take a break under a nearby shade tree and bring his water with him to cool down. Then, he'd come right back out and start picking again. He kept telling me how fun it was to pick berries and he'd get so excited when he found each ripe berry exclaiming, "Yummy! Yum!" When the pint was halfway full, he told me that I could pick the rest, he just wanted to chase butterflies now. :)So after our raspberry picking adventure, we went down to Mendums Pond and went swimming. It is a beautiful place. I want to go back someday when I can swim out to the island. My nephew had his flippers, goggles, and snorkle in place, so while holding onto Auntie he could swim around to his hearts content, but we couldn't go past where I could reach, because we didn't have his lifevest with us. After swimming we ate lunch and our faces were all red from raspberry juice. My nephew even put raspberries in his baloney and cheese sandwich and loved it. We had a wonderful time!
I encourage everyone to find a nearby farm that does "You pick" and bring a kid along for the fun. My nephew took the picture on this blog and he's only three!
