Blueberry Picking

Here are a few snaps from one of our favorite adventures so far this summer -- blueberry picking at Beatson's Blueberry Farm in Virginia Beach. We went on a truly hot day (the temp was in the high 90s) and as a result, didn't get quite as many berries as we'd planned but we had a great time picking and talking and singing silly songs together as a family. Anouk thought it was super cool that we were acting out the plot line from one of her favorite story books (sans bears, thankfully). She also thought it was pretty impressive the way her dad could throw a berry up in the air and catch it in his mouth, every single time.

The berries were so delicious -- and interspersed within the blueberry bushes were occasional blackberry brambles so of course we had to test some of those out, too (also delicious). Beatson's is open from Monday through Sunday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and u-pickberries are $2.50 a pint. We heard from a staff member that they will probably have berries for another month or so, so there's plenty of time left if you want to pick a basket of your own.

Happy Monday!