Cherries and Bright Ideas

Last week we went to a friend's orchard to pick some cherries. They sell their u-pick organic cherries for only $1.oo/lb! I couldn't believe it. Since cherries are on the dirty dozen I don't get them for the kids very often even though they both love them. It is pretty hard to find organic ones at the store here and when I have they were $6.99/lb! So at a dollar a pound I was going to stock up!

Maddox started sampling right away, of course.

The cherries really weigh down the branches so they actually hung low enough for Maddox to pick them.

And eat them right off the tree.

Bella Mae had fallen asleep on the way there so when she woke up we were already picking..

..so I gave her a bucket and let her have her way with it.

She took her time picking out the perfect cherry.

And then inspecting every centimeter of it to make sure she had made the right choice.

And then dug in..

again and again. She definitely loves cherries!

And it's a good thing since this is only 1/3 of what we picked and brought home.

Apparently gorging yourself on cherries makes you do some crazy things..

..and act all around goofy!

Bella Mae decided to be my little helper supervisor while I pitted all the cherries. First she made sure I had everything set up right on the table..

..then she taste tested all the cherries she could get her cherry stained hands on..

..then she decided that all my hard cherry pitting work was deserving of a drink break and she was kind enough to make me some cherry water.

While I cleaned up the cherry pit mess the kids needed a distraction and I had the bright idea of giving them some snack puffs.

They had a bright idea and decided to make a "beach" with the snack puffs. I think my bright idea was counterproductive.