Blackberry Love Affair

MMM...Blackberries...

The park between our house and the mall where we walk the dog has a bazillion blackberry bushes. Last year, we used to give Ethan a few berries as we were walking with him in the stroller. This year, once we showed him where the berries came from and gave him some - he went a little crazy. Now when we walk all he looks for and talks about is blackberries!

Today we went down to the park specifically to pick a bowl of berries. Here is Dad reaching the good ones!

Here is Ethan negotiating his way through the prickles to get the "bwoo ones".

I love the stained fingers...

And the stained lips too...
Here is our giant bowl of precious berries - we wondered why people pay for them in the store?