Tanaka Farms Strawberry Picking

Laila and I got to join our old HB Stroller Strides gang at Tanaka Farms in Irvine for a Strawberry Picking tour.  A huge group of mommies and kids got together and we loaded up on a tractor that took us out into the fields. The guides stopped at different points and showed us all of the vegetables and herbs and fruits that they grow, and we all got to try different ones, straight from the ground.  They are all organic and amazing! It was so fun to watch Laila be interested in eating carrots, snap peas and spinach, among other things.

hugs for hayley and adam

 hanging with her besties, adam and hayley on the tractor

 eating a snap pea

 showing mama a green onion. she tried it but wasn't too impressed

 eating a carrot fresh from the ground

 she liked the long green stems

We then showed up at the strawberry fields, unloaded from the tractor and got to pick our own strawberries. At first Laila did a great job of picking them and putting them in the container I had, but then she quickly learned it was way more fun to just eat them.  The first time she put the entire thing in her mouth, stem and all. I fished it out and showed her that I needed to take the green part off first, so after that she would pick a strawberry, hand it to me, I'd pull off the stem and give it back to her to eat.  After a few times like that, she figured out she could remove the stem herself and she was off and running...picking as many strawberries as she could and stuffing them in her mouth. At one point she decided to sit down and take a break...strawberry picking is hard work! (P.S. she also has something against looking at the camera right now. She simply refuses, as you can tell.)

photo op with mama - a rare occurrence! thanks sara for the pic :)

enjoying their pickings on the tractor ride back

the best part of the day was that we got to spend it with these ladies and their kiddos...

and their pregnant bellies!