I can surely do this with a baby...

WRONG! Trying to pick strawberries with a mobile Addelynn was not exactly my best idea ever. I thought she could just ride in her backpack while I picked some berries. Apparently I was not going fast enough for the little mover. She begins to scream in the berry patch. Thankfully the lady put us in the row closest to the grass beside the patch. I thought I would just plop her on the grass with some toys and continue. WRONG AGAIN! She sees these red things dangling from the plants and decides she wants them. She crawls over and begins picking her own berries, smashing them with her hands, and putting them in her mouth. There is berry juice everywhere and I'm slightly concerned that 1)the berries have not been washed and there is all kinds of junk on them and 2)that she will choke because the entire berry was making its way into her mouth. After three times of me repositioning her and running back to pick a few more berries followed by a crawl back into the berry patch, I tried to bribe her with puffs. That worked for a while, minus the fact that the puffs were covered in grass and whatever else she touched in the berry patch. When the puffs were gone, we were done picking. I did have enough time to get close to 6 pounds though and my hopes are to make some jam tonight when Mark gets home.

The ride home too was marvelous. She was already on edge because we were approaching naptime. She kept throwing her toy out of the carseat and then screaming because she could not get out to crawl and get it. At red lights I would retrieve it for her and throw it back in. The screaming stopped until she threw it out again. I was ever so thankful when my singing of "Hush Little Baby" finally put her to sleep so the rest of the car ride was quiet. My, she is becoming a bear to take anywhere!

These pictures were taken after the conclusion of berry picking plus a few more bonus pictures of her brushing her hair.