“Right now I just want to chill for a while. Take a hiatus from all the craziness.
To clean my house, see my family.
Just see some movies and pick some strawberries.”
It’s that time of year again … the time of year that I LOVE ….
time to take the kiddos strawberry picking … a family tradition ….
Even bribed our sweet godmother, Kate, (who was visiting from England) to work for free.
Had to give Lucia some lessons that strawberry picking is best done from the bush – not the pathway ….
the bounty …
One hour and $40 worth of strawberries later …
next step – hulling … while others insisted on taste testing every two seconds …
The following day …. jam making! Someone decided to take inventory with the canning lids.
Yes. I even wrangled Abby to get into the jam making…
many sticky jars later ….
Last year, we didn’t make enough (our delicious supply was gone in about two months) … so this year, I went a little nutso with the amount. How many in total? I think we counted 29 jars.
Guess what the relatives are getting for Christmas? Hope you like strawberries.
by Gigi
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