Hayley…then Hobbson…then Skyer caught "the bug" going around.
(I was pounding Emergen-C packets and thankfully didn't catch it, someone's got to take care of everyone right?!) So we had a sick day and made the living room into a fort.
It was so fun, the kids loved it and it took Hayley's profound sadness of missing school away.
We made it down to Bishop's Orchard in Garfield the last weekend they were open to pick apples and press our own cider. (Which you have to wait FOREVER to do, but it sure is good.)
Hobbson doesn't really go for apple slices but if you give him a whole one, he'll sit content for 30-40 min and chomp on it. It also beats the red potatoes he keeps finding and chomping on.
Hayley was my helper as we prepared all the apples we picked and got from Grandma Katie and Grandpa Daves orchard when the kids visited them.
Hayley loves having jobs and helping, (I need to capitalize on this more) so she would hand them to me, I'd peel and hand them back, she'd sort peeled and not. Then she'd hand me the peeled ones for me to cut/core and I'd give her the pieces back for her to put in the lemon water. The next day I made applesauce in the crockpot and she was thrilled to have seen the process from apple to yummy applesauce. She was extremely interested in the canning process too.
(Ignore my swollen tummy. Still healing, see last post for details)
I love traditions.
He's still climbing into/onto everything.
