Strawberry Picking



Summer time is my favorite time, not just because my birthday is in the summer, but becase strawberries are in season! We went with some friends up state to Lawrence Orchards and picked us a bunch of strawberries. It was fantastic! The weather was great, the strawberries were plenty, and we got to (hopefully) start a new tradition. 


While picking you were allowed to sample a couple strawberries. Cosette did not get that memo. She pretty much ate whatever she picked. I do not blame her. The berries were delicious.

 




She is getting good at saying "cheese" for the camera. Now we just need to get her to look at the camera while saying "cheese".


 
Horses are her new favorite animal. She was delighted to find some at the farm. The one she and Lyndon are standing next to apparently is an old horse that the family lets roam around the farm. Cosette was in heaven with all the straberries and different farm animals. 


Every farm has to have a farm dog and this farm is no different. They have a mastive and like its name it was massive. The thing was huge! It probably came up to my hip. Cosette was in love. She loves dogs so much. She followed that dog around for a while petting him and talking to him. It kind of freaked me out because the thing was so big. He could have taken her head off easily. Thankfully he was a sweet old dog used to kids petting him and playing with his ear, which is what Cosette was doing.  


Here is a better picture of how big the dog was. HUGE!


Lyndon with our loot. We ended up picking 10 lbs. of strawberries and a bunch of rhubarb. We wanted to make sure we had enough strawberries to make everything that we wanted to with them. Plus, strawberries are mine and Cosette's favorite fruit. She and I could eat strawberries everyday. Some weeks we do. 


We really like this farm. There was a little village for kids to play in. The buildings were the perfect size for Cosette to play in. She mainly just played in the fire house and ice cream parlor (which is where I would have hung out too). 





                       

Lyndon found this little village just about as much fun as Cosette did. The guy who owns the farm built all these buildings himself for his daughter. Lyndon would love to do something like this for Cosette if we had the space. I guess he could build her minature ones that would fit into our NYC apartment. 

We are glad it is summer time!

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