Mother's Day with berries. And more berries.

It was pretty much a perfect day to head out to the farm with my favorite field hands and pick some strawberries!

The non-winter led to berries very, very early this year, and I was afraid that they might all be gone by Mother's Day -- the time they traditionally are just getting started! But Thies Farm didn't disappoint... there were plenty of "ruby jewels" to choose from when we got there Sunday morning.

Daddy was by far the most picky, so his were by far the most pretty. Emilyn won the award for "smallest possible berries," while Allen got the award for "most straw in the box."

After a quick trip to the store for angel food cake, Daddy whipped up some real cream and we scarfed as many berries as we could... for lunch AND dinner. And we still had SO many berries left over! I have a feeling that's a problem we won't have for long. Mmmmmmm.



That has to be one of the most frugal Mother's Days ever. 11 bucks for strawberries, plus ice cream, whipped cream and cake. A great way to spend my day!