Friday, October 23, 2009

Pear picking

I know I am cheating posting this months later and back-dating it, but I just went through Jeff's pictures and sent them in to the blog for posting.  But these were some fun memorable times so they need to be posted for the kids!

In the fall, we took the kids pear picking in Julian.  Julian is a cute little hilly old-western town about an hour or so outside of San Diego.  In fall they are known for their apple and now pear picking, wineries and pies.  In the winter, San Diegans go there to see snow.  The day we went, it must have been 100 degrees out, but it didn't stop us from having a great time picking pears and having tea. We picked a load of pears which were quite good, but the trouble was once we brought them home, let them ripen a bit more and cut them open, they had worms in them!  Yuck!  (And yes, I realize that there were likely worms in the ones we at there...) Now whenever we cut open a pear, the kids ask if there are worms in them...

And tea time was good fun.  It was a tiny tea house with about a million breakable things in there and thankfully we didn't break anything!  Whew!  The kids loved the adultness of tea time and had their own kiddie tea.  And they particularly enjoyed the little finger foods that go with tea. 

Bringing the pears to Emily.

Kyle LOVED using the picker to reach the high ones.

Emily gets a boost!

Yum!!

Look at my pear!

Jeff & Kyle at tea. 

Emily sips her tea.

Kyle sips his tea.

Mommy & Emily at tea.

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