Small Farm, Stow, MA

As a spontaneous way to celebrate Christina today, I piled the crew in the car and headed over to Small Farm in Stow, MA.  We paid $5.50 for a flower bucket, picked a pair of scissors, and headed out through the farm.  The owner said, "Pick anything you want and have fun."  We walked through the farm cutting flower stems.  The owner told the kids they could all have a bucket and then we just combined the flowers into one bucket when we were done.  We probably ended up with 3 dozen stems...not too shabby for $5.50!  The kids gave the handpicked bouquet to Christina for her birthday.

The catch was....bees.  About a year ago my kids (minus Wesley) were attacked by a swarm of baby wasps, and needless to say they are a little edgy when they see bees, wasps, etc.  So, Caroline was nervous picking flowers, and then she was sad when she only had one in her bucket when we were done.  She's a little young for facing your fear therapy, but we'll come back for more.  It was a beautiful and fun little outing.

More pics of Christina's day to come, but this is a short slideshow of our visit to Small Farm.