An Abundance of Apples

Well, I'm teaching 4th grade this year and with that comes a lot of writing. One of our sentences when we were recently learning about context clues had to do with an abundance of apples and all of the things that were made out of apples. I was remembering that lesson last weekend when we were picking an "abundance" of apples and wondering how we were going to use them all.

It was a great Saturday to be at the Apple Festival. We had a great time with the girls. The older they get, the more fun it is to watch them learn things and enjoy new things. Claire really had a great time seeing the trees and "running" (or as close to running as she gets) through the orchard. We tasted lots of apples and even some honey. Snow White even made an apperance and Sadie was in awe. This was her first time to see a "princess" in person. The girls pretty much ate apples all day. And for dessert...apple turnovers! Yummy!

Checking out the loot.

Tasting, tasting, tasting

...And more tasting

Showing her apple to the camera.

Clarie excited about her apple. (After tasting it of course.)

Sadie and Snow White

Sadie in the jumper.

Talking to Johnny Appleseed

Eyes!

Cute story about Claire...We were playing "school" this afternoon as we do many, many days and I was the student and Sadie was the teacher. Claire was back and forth. They decided it was naptime so I gladly laid down on the bed. Claire then went and turned the rocking chair away from the bed and sat down. She would sit in the rocking chair, turn around, put one finger on her nose and say, "Shhhhh!" she would then point at me and say as sternly as a 20 month old can, "Eyes!" (as in, "close your eyes.") I wonder if she might have been telling on herself without knowing it!

Goodbye Baby Furniture

I can't believe the girls are going to be 4 and 2 soon, but that's reality. So we decided it was time to sell the baby furniture. We sold it pretty quickly on Criaig's list and before I knew it, the new owners were coming to pick it up. I spent last Sunday afternoon in Claire's room moving her clothes into her new "big girl buckets" and cleaning all of the baby stuff out. I found lots of baby socks, burp rags, and even the hats from the hospital that the girls wore after they were first born. I didn't expect to get quite so sentimental. I'm usually not that way, but there's something about not having that crib in there anymore that makes me a little sad.

I put the girls in the crib for one last picture before it was gone.

Here's a picture of Sadie at about 3 months old in the crib.

And Claire's first crib picture. About 1 month.