Strawberry Fields Forever

Today we took an adventure to the strawberry fields of Chile's Orchard with our buddy Caden. The weather was perfect and there were still lots of red, ripe berries on the plants for us to bring home. Contrary to last year when we were in mud up to our ankles, the weather was great and the fields were pretty dry. All three boys loved running up and down the long rows, leaping over plants and racing each other. After a quick lesson in "pick the red ones, not the yellow or green ones," Evan and Caden got serious about picking berries and could constantly be heard calling, "Look how many I have now!" Drew wasn't so much interested in picking berries to take home, but he just about ate his weight in strawberries in the field. He would follow the rest of us around and, if we didn't have one at the ready, steal a berry from our box the second he finished what was clutched in his hand. He was in total heaven. We came home with enough berries to last for a few months (though Drew might not agree), a dozen of Chiles' delicious hot apple cinnamon donuts, and some incredibly tired boys. It was definitely a great day.