Blueberry Picking in Michigan I

This weekend was our second annual trip to South Haven Michigan to pick blueberries! Annie had her "Sneak Peak" of her new classroom Saturday morning and we left afterwards (Annie really enjoyed seeing her new school and classroom). We invited the neighbors to go with us this year. We get along well with Brenda and Nick and their kids are the same gender and ages as our kids so we knew they would be entertained!

Traffic through the city was lousy and we ended up eating lunch at the McDonalds in the middle of the Skyway. I always wondered who actually stopped to eat there. Now I know! After we got through Chicago the trip went well. We picked 20 lbs of blueberries before it started raining then headed off for the hotel (next post). Here is a picture of my bucket when we just started.

This is little Allie- the youngest daughter of our neighbors. She is 14 months and really had a blast picking and eating the blueberries right off the bush.


Brenda and Nick had never gone blueberry picking before, and caught on fast (not that it is too complicated). I told the kids it was girls vs boys to see who can fill up our buckets faster. A little competition helped the kids pick a little faster.

Here is Annie and her friend Andrea picking (and eating) blueberries. The kids liked using their own smaller buckets to pick since they fill them up faster. mmmm, yum!