Yesterday, we took a field trip to Alstede Farm in Chester, NJ, with our good friends to welcome summer with a very fun tradition: Berry picking! The farm had strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, currants, and gooseberries ripe for the taking and the kids (and the moms!) had such a great time. Eamon took this task very seriously and plucked berries off the bushes for as long as we were out there. He didn't have much discretion between the ripe or not-yet-ripe fruits, but he got the job done.

We had a nice little picnic after then let the little ones check out all of the animals--horses, cows, donkeys, sheep, goats, bunnies, chickens and a peacock. They were all so cute together and happy to be out in the country. We'll be back in the fall for apples!