Many of my posts (ok, most of my posts) are about playing and having fun! You might think we hardly ever work and all we do is play! But just to get the story right we work hard and we play hard! In fact I've been trying to teach my kids the importance of work and also the value of money!! So we set up a job chart this summer and a little pay is involved! Not much, but enough to get the kids excited about working and getting a little money!I love strawberry season! And I love when strawberries go on sale and I couldn't help but buy two flats! I miss homemade strawberry jam! I told the kids if they would help me make the jam I would pay them a nickle for every jar we made. They were thrilled! Ty and Mara were the best helpers! (Caleb was the best helper too--he took a long nap while we worked!) We called Mara the 'quality control specialist'! She washed the strawberries! Ty was our cutting pro! He cut the tops off the berries. I mashed and stirred the berries and we made 24 bottles of delicious homemade strawberry jam!
We did two batches--one was jam for my food storage since I have more room in my food storage room than I have freezer space. It was tasty, but not quite as good as freezer jam! So the second batch we made into freezer jam and made room for it in the freezer!
It is wonderful to have strawberry jam in my freezer and shelf again! And nothing tastes better with homemade bread than a little red-ripe jam to go on top!
3 comments:
You are such an awesome mom! I hope I can be like you one day!!:) I love that you work and play hard! You are teaching your kiddos wonderful lessons. Thank you for your example!
Thanks for sharing your jam with me.
It was delicious. I am sure your kids did not look upon this as work because you make everything FUN!
I love to read your blog! Although I don't know you, I have such a respect for you. You have such energy and enthusiasm for life that is infectious. Your family and children are simply beautiful, and I enjoy seeing and reading about the different activities you do as a family. Your children are very lucky to have you for a mother. Being a mother is a very special calling in life, and it is apparent that you hold that calling very dear.
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