A Day In The Life - 6/02: Hero and Tomatoes

We discovered that Hero, Paul and Jessica's daughter, loves cherry tomatoes. And then she discovered that you can just walk out to Opah's garden and pick them right off of the stem. So she is packing those cheeks like a squirrel who has seen winter just around the corner.
Having tomatoes and peas in the garden has been a mainstay for us over the years. When the kids would not eat the canned or frozen stuff from the store is was still nearly impossible to keep them away from the garden when the plants were producing.
When Ariel was over a few weeks earlier, she and Jase were eating them as well . . . at least Ariel was. But Jase wanted to pick them anyway. So we got them the colander bowl and the two of them nearly filled it with cherry tomatoes. We had all we could put in salads and snack on at work and at home for several weeks. And that was only about half of what they could have picked at the time.

So now we have created the Cherry Tomato Addict. She will have to be in rehab and therapy for years to come. She'll be hopping peoples fences in the middle of the night to get her fix of fresh tomatoes. She will try to deny that it was her but the red stains on her hands and clothing will give her away every time.