strawberry obsession

I have been a little obsessed with strawberries this past month. You might recall the post I did a few weeks back on picking strawberries with my girlfriends. Just to give you a time frame, that was the very first weekend of "pickin" at the end of April. Since then I have gone one other time...each time picking 5 lbs @ 1.99 a lb. YUM-O! I swear they taste better when you pick them yourself.

So, the very first time when my I coordinated my group of girlfriends to go was really to scope out this one strawberry farm for a field trip that I wanted to do with my class. I planned it so that we would go this past Friday. It was fabulous...at least I thought so. They kids got to pick just a lb, as that was probably just enough to keep their interest, and they also received a strawberry smoothie that was out of this world. I am obsessed with this little farm and plan to MAYBE go again this Saturday for, what I expect to be, the last pick of the season as it is almost June. :)

Here are a few pics of my little guys on our last field trip of the year. Oh, man, this week is going to be a sad one. The tears already started last week for one of my little guys, Jonathan. His mommy mentioned to me that he cried for 1/2 an hour last week at prayer time before bed because he didn't want Mrs. McCollum to move to Malawi. So cute. I think the big thing at this age, since this year has been the first school year for my little 4 & 5 year olds, is that they don't get the concept that even when they move up to Kindergarten from TK that they will get a new teacher anyways...I think some of them are feeling a little like I am abandoning them...for that I feel a little sad. I pray that this week (well, Tuesday and Wednesday) will be full of peace rather than tears of sadness that we are saying goodbye to each other and our great year together.