Yesterday I took the kids with me to do a little blueberry picking with some friends.  The 4yo has gotten the picking part down but she ends up eating all the berries she picks.  Her and her little buddy just sat down in the grass between the rows and munched on berries they had plopped into their buckets.  Oh how I wish I'd had my camera.  What little cuties they were. 

The 5yo picked for a while and then dumped his bucket into mine so he could go play hide and seek with his friends.  He didn't even cover the bottom of his bucket!  But at least he didn't eat them. 

My dear faithful 12yo stuck by my side and picked until the end and all in all we ended up picking 20 pounds of blueberries.  Afterwards we went over to one of my friend's houses and she made us a fabulous blueberry pie with some of her berries. 

This morning I made a fruit salad to use up a pint or two.  And dh, our 4yo and I have been eating berries non-stop since I brought them home.  Our 12yo has helped I must admit but I don't think she's keeping up her end.  LOL  DS says he doesn't like them.  Oh so sad.

I plan to make blueberry jam tomorrow if I can get my hands on some lemon juice.  Here's a link for the recipe I plan to use with some very detailed instructions for those who have never canned before.

I've also been setting some aside for freezing.  This is the easiest thing to do and will provide our family with blueberries for the entire year.  I simply wash my blueberries and pick out the stems and yucky bits then dry on a towel.  I spread the blueberries onto a cookie sheet to freeze them then pour the frozen berries into freezer bags.  This will keep them from clumping up.

Now my list for the rest of the week:

• Blueberry pancakes
• Blueberry cobbler
• Blueberry muffins or bread
• Blueberry smoothies

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(but she gave me the recipe...)

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