We woke up to such a beautiful day today, we decided it was perfect for apple picking! We usually wait until October, the end of apple season. And usually we are battling about a million and one bees hovering over all the rotten apples on the ground. It was much nicer to pick apples at their peak of ripeness and avoid the bees!
We took a tractor-pulled wagon ride out to the apple orchard. In October, it's a hayride. I'm glad we avoided that as well. It was nice to just be in a wagon without all the hay flying everywhere!
Daddy helping Boo find just the right ones to pick.
Oh my goodness - look who made it into a picture! Can you believe how much taller Punkin is than me?
The nice farmer told the girls to help themselves to an apple as they were picking!
Boo enjoyed hers very much!
This picture makes me think of Adam and Eve being tempted by the fruit in the Garden of Eden. Either that or Snow White!! :)
Daddy caught me taking some video with my I-phone. Have I told you how much I love that phone? Looks like I'm trying to give my little phone a little hug! :) I would if I could. I love that guy.
The girls noticed that some of the trees had been pruned a little more than the others, and the ones that had pruned had so much more fruit on them. It was a great lesson in how God "prunes" us sometimes, and it doesn't feel good at all at the time, but it makes us produce more fruit later. We also talked about how "one bad apple can spoil the whole barrel" as they were inspecting their apples for signs of bruising. Who knew there were no many life lessons picking apples?
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree! (okay last one, I promise!)
3 comments:
I remember all the fun we used to have together picking apples and selecting pumpkins at Lohr's Orchard. I'm taking my preschool class to a "new" orchard on Thursday--I can't wait! It's one of my favorite things about fall. And, so funny about the life lessons as I remember our family having similar discussions last year when we were selecting apples at Lynd's Orchard not too far from our Ohio home. I'm glad you enjoyed your day--thanks for stirring up some very happy memories!! Miss y'all so much and so wish that the boys and I could join Trey next week!!! Hopefully we'll be able to visit soon...
great pictures, heather. looks like a great way to spend the day! it's nice to see you in some of the shots and your husband, also!
OMG, I thought you were sitting down in that pic with Kirsten. Boy has she sprouted.
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