In late August, despite the extraordinarily warm temperatures, I decided one morning that what we most needed to do was go apple-picking. Crazy? Maybe. But we had the orchard to ourselves and ended up bagging a vast quantity of delicious Gala apples, which then turned into a series of snacks, applesauces, pies, and other delights. We even discovered an Amish country store on the drive home and stopped briefly for gummy butterflies (Ev's choice) and mini chess pies (Honey's choice). All in all, an excellent outing:
After strolling to find the perfect row, we settled down to picking. It turns out that there is a technique to this: grab, twist, and yank off gently. Ev demonstrates below:
Also, not to worry if you need to pick some apples that are out of reach. Just grab your handy-dandy pitchfork-like tool and use the same grab-twist-yank method:
Yay for apple-picking and apples! It was a good way to look forward to fall in the waning days of summer. And speaking of waning days of summer, Little Miss Priss certainly out-did herself this summer in terms of the number of mornings she ran downstairs to "get beautiful" and emerged wearing some variation of this outfit:
The shoes were sometimes ballet slippers or tap shoes, and the shirt varied, but the tutu was a constant.
Also, when your mama won't give you any nail polish, the next best thing is to use markers, obviously.
It sure is funny how girlie this little one seems to be with very little encouragement from her parents!
And now on to the arranging. Evelyn may well have some sort of organizing/arranging career in her future, as one of her most favorite activities is to organize and arrange whatever sorts of objects are in her path. This seems to be a fairly common toddler behavior, but some days, I think she takes it above and beyond:
Note that each Playmobil creature is occupying its own rug square above. What are they all doing? Not exactly sure.
In this scenario, the Playmobil friends are all obviously riding on rafts made from Peter Rabbit books.
Me: "What's going on with the friends here?"
Ev: "Baby Jesus is in the manger. With Mary and Joseph. And the animals are looking at them."
Egg carton + gumdrops/beans/buttons/whatever = instant happiness
Have you made towers out of as many of your pantry goods as possible lately? This never fails to delight Ev's heart:)
Happy Friday, friends!
