What fun "in the kitchen with Bud!" He is really growing up! Funny how they do that? I love to see your grands cooking with you and that bread pudding with the blueberry sauce would make a fine breakfast right about now.

Keep posting your great pics, Annie!
Teresa

Wow, 43 pounds! What a great Bud-grandma experience. I know your grands will have a great appreciation for field to table.

I took Beau & Lily (BeauLily as we say) blueberry picking. Beau worked hard selecting the best berries. Then he tripped over his big feet and his whole bucket spilled into the sand.

Oh, Annie, those blueberries look so good! Glad to see that Bud's embracing his cooking genes. It never hurts to know how to cook!

Blueberries are by far my favorite. Good in so many things. It would take me a week to pick that many...and a very sore back. Ours are the small wild ones and low to the ground. I picked just enough for a clafoutis and it took a half hour!

Bud will have to enter a pie at the Fair next year. That is a beauty.

~Ann

Did you weigh Bud before and after picking? I'll bet that would account for several pounds of berries that you weren't charged for.

The pics are simply beautiful.

Jim

Jim, Bud definitely ate his share. I figure two pounds, LOL. The Kempermans never care, the rule is eat all you can. (grin) They encourage it.

Cathy, that's too bad about Beau, I would hate it if that happened. Ugh.

Yes, Teresa, Bud is sure growing, isn't he? Sigh.

Sleevendog, some of these were nearly as big as dimes, some were much smaller, but the bushes are about 5 or 6 feet tall, so easy to pick with the bucket tied around your waist, nearly no bending if you have a small boy who can reach under the branches.

Beachlily, he likes to eat more than he likes to cook, but he'll cook if it's something he likes, like pie!

Ann T, next year might be his big year at the fair, although his focus is on eating the final results, not on displaying them!

Annie

That's a lot of blueberries! I haven't tasted a "real" blueberry in years.

Oh, to have access to that many blueberries to pick. Alas, I have to depend on the supermarket. And to have a young one helping to pick - priceless. A couple of years ago my great-nephew was visiting and we picked huge blackberries together. It was just five quarts, but we had a ball. The place didn't let any pickers in this year.

Bud is growing fast and even if he prefers the finished product to eat, at least he knows how to do it all now and that sometimes you have to work if you want the finished product. And spending quality time with Grandma is the best thing ever.

Ummmm ..... nothing wrong with that picture, Annie. Most people do like to cook things they like to eat. Sounds normal, almost.

Great pictures and I hope you saved me a piece of that pie!

I have that pie book too, it looks about the same as yours, well loved.

Nancy

LOL, Beachlily, I guess you're right. He'd far rather cook/eat something that he loves and wouldn't get at home so frequently, is what I should have said. He likes sweet things a LOT, and Amanda limits their treats to a reasonable amount. Since I'm not responsible for his day to day nutrition, if he wants to bake a pie, and then eat two pieces a day until it's gone, it's fine by me.

Nancy, I would have never believed there were enough kinds of pie in the world to fill a whole book, but there sure are. I like pie far more than cake or other sweets. I'm sorry it's gone, come on down, I have fresh peaches I just picked up today and I promised Elery fried pies.

Annie

Blueberries are really good for you. In any form, right?

Those are gorgeous. We got a couple of handfuls from our baby bushes. No time to pick this year, but fortunately I can run to the bberry farm and grab some fresh-picked out of their fridge.

Cathy, did Beau have to "pick 'em twice"? That's the rule when huckleberry picking, lol.

You are wealthy! 23 lbs!!!

Here in the stores, blueberries 1/3 cup, $2.00!! :-(

dcarch

I love blueberries! Lucky you getting to go pick so many with your grandson. I so wanted to go blueberry picking this summer, but it just wasn't meant to be. Maybe next summer. I'm glad you had fun.

Sally

MMmmMMmmMMMMMM! I love all summer fruits, but blueberries are extra special

Did you ever read the book"Blueberries for Sal". That's the first thing I thought of when Irea your post. It was a childhood favorite of mine.

Here is a link that might be useful: great book

Yes, dcarch, I am indeed rich. Both in berries and in family that loves me. What could be better, and a piece of blueberry pie to boot.

Dedtired, I've never read that book. Now I might have to buy it for Bud to read to me.

Annie

Geeez, dcarch. I guess I should appreciate my itty bitty harvest. I paid $15/gallon this afternoon. Stopped by the bberry farm, jumped out of my car, grabbed my berries (picked this morning) from a giant old fridge and left my money in the designated box. Not a soul around and a full cashbox.....love on-your-honor shopping.