We have a ton of blackberries all over our backyard. Michael saw a bunch of ripe ones when he was out mowing Wednesday. Last night we decided to go pick some and make it an adventure for the kids. Well, it was most certainly an adventure, but not one Colin will ever want to have again!
So goofy! But, they were excited to pick.
Yes, I said blackberries. These aren't ready yet. I wouldn't have known these were blackberries, if someone hadn't told me! I think it's odd that that they are red before turning black.
Colin was pretty excited and the first to be able to pick. Unfortunatey for Molly, he was the last to pick as well.
The poor guy stepped on an ant hill and was stung about 5 or 6 times by fire ants. I raced him to the hose and sprayed them off, but he was clearly in a lot of pain. We decided to call it quits on the picking, at least for now. We headed inside where we gave Colin some Benedryl and applied some hydro-corisone cream. This morning he is feeling much better.
On a side note, we got about 6 berries before the incident. Molly and Colin shared them and said they were very good. I don't care for too many berries. Strawberries are about it for me, but I am thrilled that the kids love berries and that we can get some free in our backyard. We will just have to dodge a few ant hills!
Until next time...
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