Can You Name 7 Types of Berries?

Living out in the middle of nowhere as we do, we have to spend some quality time together in the car to go to any major store, the doctor, church, to visit friends and family, etc.  The kids keep a stash of books on the seat between them to keep themselves occupied when they aren't looking out the window staring at ... fields.

Every once in a while, we come across a good billboard to get us talking. The other day as we were driving to the store, the kids and I saw one that read:

Liv read it out loud and started rattling off berries:

1. Strawberries

2. Blueberries

3. Lingonberries

4. Mulberries

5. Raspberries

6. Blackberries and...

She had barely finished saying "and" before Joe-Joe triumphantly piped up with:

7. "aaaaaand LIE-BERRIES (libraries)!"

It took us a few minutes before we could compose ourselves as we were laughing so hard.  And, of course, when we did big sister was quick to point out that the LiBRARY isn't actually a "berry," and that she was going to say "huckleberries," which is an equally fun word.

This billboard definitely made for an enjoyable trip and made us ready for summer and berry season.  Who's with me? (And would you have listed other berries?)

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This post was written as part of Michele and Mel's "Blog Posts By Number" for the month of June.  The premise is easy - and fun.  Just write a quick post with a list and a number in the title.  It's so easy I can do it.  And if I can do it, so can you! :)