Jammin' Jammin' Strawberry Jammin'

I have a Strawberry Shortcake song in my head, "Jammin' jammin' strawberry jammin.'" I don't know if it's from Spenser's CD or a DVD (or perhaps both). Anyway, it must be Strawberry Week over here because I just noticed that all of my posts thus far are strawberry related. (Hmm. Note to self: I must come up with something for tomorrow.)

On Sunday after church I was looking for some family time. We decided to make strawberry jam. I had received a free sample of a no-cook pectin so it involved very little effort. Wash. Cut. Stir. Refrigerate.

Four sets of kids' hands armed with child-friendly knives and it was finished in no time...

Which left time for sampling (before allowing it to set for 24 hours) and ...

playing.

Comments

Karyn said…
Sure sounds like fun!
9:15 AM EDT
Anonymous said…
curse you, lera, for mentioning that horrible, horribly-addictive song!
now it's stuck in MY head - and i haven't heard it in years!
11:12 AM EDT
periwinkle said…
no cook pectin,, I'll have to look out for that one.
Lisa x
11:21 AM EDT
Jane said…
You do such nice things with your kids. Makes six kids look easy! (I'm not fooled tho! I know that it takes a ton of work to make it look easy.)
12:11 PM EDT
Anonymous said…
Oooohhh! Can't wait to see what stawberry goodness you bring on tomorrow!
3:08 PM EDT
Anonymous said…
MMMMM. I love home made strawberry jam. And how fun to make it with the kids!
3:56 PM EDT
Chara Michele said…
Sounds delicious!
7:44 PM EDT
Amanda Jean said…
looks yummy!
8:38 PM EDT
Emily said…
Looks yummy and that all of you had loads of fun!

Lera, when you are finished with strawberries, do give oranges a try! For me, orange marmalade first then strawberry jam!
9:40 AM EDT
Anonymous said…
so how did the no cook pectin work out? i mean, it looks yummy, for sure, but you must post an update on the final product. we have strawberry picking planned for next month and i need to be prepared...
3:00 PM EDT
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