Strawberry Girl (April 9, 2011)

In the spring, a young girl's fancy turns to thoughts of strawberries. Coincidentally, Mommy's friend Xiao Yan had just told her about Froberg's Farm, a u-pick joint not far from Houston. "Why are we sitting here talking when we could be picking berries?" asked Lyra. And so Daddy, Mommy, and Lyra packed up the car and headed south on Highway 288.

Mommy attempts to fasten Lyra's new foreign legion style hat. Mommy had just bought this hat on Amazon, notwithstanding Daddy's observation that Lyra has a strong aversion to wearing hats. "But it's so cute!" said Ming Yang. "And it'll be even cuter on Lyra!"

How long did the hat stay on? Let's see if Lyra is wearing a hat in any other pictures. I'll wait.

Mommy picks strawberries; Lyra does some quality control.

Lyra searches for the most sincere strawberry. 

"Wah, this strawberry looks big and juicy."

But what about the strawberry already in your left hand, Lyra?

When asked about the suspicious red stains on her formerly yellow shirt, Lyra pleads the Fifth.

Lyra sets out on a quest for adventure.

With Mommy's friend Xiao Yan and her fraternal twins Bao Bao and Bei Bei. Lyra is trying to decide whether to share her strawberry with Bei Bei.

Bei Bei and Lyra started holding hands. Actually, Bei Bei grabbed Lyra's finger, at which point neither one could figure out what to do next.

 After many hours of toil and trouble, we all sat down at a picnic table under the trees for a well-deserved rest. And strawberry pie.

Almost four pounds of strawberries, safely back home.