Cabbage Patch Kids

I love living in the city. I love the fact that I can shop for Chinese, American, and Indian groceries within a five-mile radius. I love that no matter how obscure the service, there will be a provider available. And I really love that I can walk around wearing knee-high leather boots with a mohawked toddler in my tattooed arms - and no one will stare at me. But sometimes, it can get to you: the traffic, the crowds, the rush, the race. Yeah, sometimes it's good to get a break from the city. And what better way to do that than by taking a trip to a farm - Underwood Family Farms in Moorpark, Cali.
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Because we city folk feel better traveling in packs during our jaunts into the wilderness, we drove up there with our buds the Bowens and the Ilardis.
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Our first stop was the pony rides. Nolan and Kayla had no problems holding their own, but the tiny Boo needed some assistance.
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Next, the kids got up close and personal with some of the farm's furry inhabitants.
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The real attraction at Underwood, however, was the opportunity to pick your own fruit. So each of our families grabbed a little red wagon, and we ventured into the fields.
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First up: raspberries! At first, we picked berries close to the road, but it wasn't long before we were moving deeper into the bushes.
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And it wasn't just the grown-ups who were doing all of the work - the kids were getting in on the action, too! However, Benjamin couldn't help but pop nearly every berry he picked into his mouth, so I guess it was a good thing that his little fingers moved more slowly than ours.
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Berry-picking wasn't the only place where the Boo pulled his weight; he also took a turn pulling his dad in the wagon!
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We wrapped up our visit to the farm by letting the kids take a ride on the choo-choo train. Our trip to Underwood had been a sweet change of pace from the usual hustle and bustle of our lives.
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And what a nice bonus that we got to take some of that sweetness home with us!