Blueberry Picking Time

Here in Central Florida it is time for Blueberries.  The best thing about that is going out and picking them yourself.  We do this every year and come home with several pounds of blueberries.  This year was no exception.

This is a lot of fun for the whole family.

As you can see we picked just a few pounds of blueberries.  Now the real fun begins at home.  We make jam, pies, muffins, and the best blueberry buckle.  To make the jam you have to soak the blueberries in sugar overnight in the refrigerator.  Then you cook them in a pot until they set.  But you have to keep stirring the blueberries the whole time they are cooking.

Once the jam is ready we pour them into mason jars and seal them.  We seal them in a hot boiling water bath.

Now the jam is ready to be stored for the rest of the year so we have homemade jam all year round.

Here are some nice deserts we made with the blueberries we picked.

Easter at the Grand Floridian

In usual Disney style, Easter at the Grand Floridian is something to behold.  We want to take a moment and show all of you the wonderful Easter Eggs on display.  Enjoy!

Pirate Seafood Festival

This past Saturday we drove out to Reiter Park in Longwood, Florida for the Pirate Seafood Festival.  There were Pirates everywhere, even a Mermaid!

 The food was excellent!  Oysters, Shrimp, Flounder, Conch Fritters, Po Boys, a seafood lovers dream.  We enjoyed the food so much that we forgot to take pictures before we ate what we bought.  There were vendors of every type.  From jewelry to pirate flags.

The Kid Zone had face painting, a pirate ship, and a few bounce houses.

The festival also had two things for the kids I have never seen at a fair before.  One was a mechanical shark (instead of a bull) and the other was some kind of walking on water experience.

The entertainment was also something unique.  A Pirate playing a Sitar with an Assassin playing a Didgeridoo.  The music was different but nice.

As we were leaving we even found a Pirate Truck.