A Day at the Farm

Memorial Day weekend, we decided to head about 45 minutes down the road to Jollisant Farms to take Haylen strawberry picking. 

Our girl absolutely loves strawberries, so I thought this would be a great little adventure for her.  Not only would she get to pick them, more importantly, she was going to see where they really come from.  I guess I want my kiddo to know that fresh fruit doesn’t just come from a plastic container at HEB.  We actually went at the tail end of strawberry season…not exactly the best planning on our part.  The berries were small and we had to search for them, but that didn’t deter her.  She had so, so much fun picking her strawberries, and of course, tasting them.  I’m pretty sure she might have sampled more than she actually put in her basket.  

Now, since it was Memorial Day weekend, Jollisant Farms had a bit of entertainment going on.  They had live music (well, they had a guy playing a guitar under a tree), a bouncy house, a petting zoo, a few games for the kids, and pony rides.  Haylen loves horses, so she was drawn to those ponies like a moth to a flame.  Well, we paid our $5 and our girl was able to ride a horse for the very first time.  She even named her horse Mae Mae, after the horse that took us on our carriage ride through Santa’s Wonderland back in December.  She had a blast riding that little pony!

The afternoon at the farm was a hot one, but the memories that were made were well worth putting up with a little heat.  To this day, Haylen will still ask when we get to go back to the farm.  Until next time…