The Blueberry Farm

Today we had a fun adventure to pick blueberries at Blase Family Farm.  This is the same place where we went to the pumpkin patch in the Fall and every June they have a pick your own blueberry patch.  I had wanted to take Cooper somewhere to pick berries (since they are his favorite food ever) so when I saw that it was on the McCullough's Spring Bucket List I told Erin we'd love to go together.  We've been watching some of the local places closely and their schedules are a little all over the place sometimes, but we found a time that would work and booked it!

Cooper was so excited.  He was ready to go way before it was time-- while I was getting things packed up he came into the kitchen with his rain boots and his baseball cap on talking all about the blueberry farm.  While we drove there, any time we stopped at a light he would yell "we're here!  The blueberry farm!"  After much anticipation, we made it and met up with our friends.

Each kiddo got a little bucket to carry and we headed to the blueberry bushes.

There were lots of reminders to only pick the blue ones.  And Cooper needed lots of reminders not to eat them until after we paid.

Picking blueberries with friends.

About the best group picture you can get with 3 two year olds!

Almost every picture I took of Cooper has him with his hand in the bucket.  I tried really hard to keep him from eating them until we paid, but it was just too tempting for my blueberry loving guy.

Heading back to the front to pay for our berries!

After we paid for our blueberries and got them bagged up, we had lunch at the picnic tables.  None of the kiddos lasted too long with their food since they just wanted to play.

We joked that their favorite part was just running free in the area right by the picnic table-- who needs blueberry picking?!  But honestly it was a pretty great day for it.  It wasn't too crowded so they were able to explore a little without us worrying about losing them and the weather wasn't too hot today.

We finished off the day with one of the farm's homemade popsicles.  Cooper chose lemonade flavor and he was a big fan.  Then we packed up and headed home.  It was a fun adventure to kick off one of our first free weeks of "summer" now that we are done with our weekly activities, moving, and our church's VBS.  Thankful for fun adventures with friends!  And I know Cooper is looking forward to finally being able to chow down on all the blueberries, we'll see how long they last!