Berry Pickers

We hit the strawberry fields again today but the picking was not quite as good and one of my assistants was giving me attitude! Honey didn't want to go pick strawberries but we went anyway since we needed some for jam and the much needed strawberry shortcake!

As soon as we walked down the row, she turned and said "I don't want to pick strawberries. I won't do it." then she stood there and watched us work. I tried to get her to do some, reasoning that if she helped, we could go home sooner since we were only getting 6 baskets but that only got 4 or 5 berries out of her. I warned that strawberry shortcake wouldn't be available to those who didn't help pick the berries and Sweetie piped up "just like the little red hen!!!" but that didn't motivate her either. I decided to ignore her and get the berries picked. After awhile she went to sit on a pile of rocks and wait. Guess who cried and screamed at dessert time at supper tonight??? Sweetie had no mercy "we told you it was just like the little Red Hen Honey!". Either she hadn't taken the warning seriously, blocked it out, or disregarded it all together because this was all news to her and totally UNFAIR!!! She kept up a pretty good tirade of whining until Murray told her she could have some candy. Hopefully next time she'll think twice before deciding she doesn't need to help out. She's been sick for the last week or so with a bad cough. I'm hoping that's to blame for her irritability and general pain in the buttedness!