This year the apples ripened a little early because of all the moisture we got this summer and the nice weather. So we had to move the pickin’ outing up by a couple weeks. I remember last year’s outing rather well… I certainly remember all the walking that sent me into labor 3 days later!
Bill was out of town this year at a Nebraska Husker’s game, so Alexis, Noah and I had to find other company… AKA, the KELO crowd. We met up with the Dunsmoors, Hansons & Elsens for a fabulous day at the orchard. Alexis was right at home and knew exactly what to do!
Noah needed a little more direction, but got the hang of it quickly.
Bella and Alexis got along great as usual, posing for pictures & taking giant bites out of their freshly picked apples. I think Alexis ate about 3 while we were out there. She’d ask me to “open” one for her by taking a bite out of it to get it started.
Since it was just me with both the kids, a diaper bag and a 20 pound bag of apples, Ben was nice enough to offer to carry Noah around a little. Thought it was cute to see the guys all standing around, holding diaper bags & all.
We took our pick home and got to work making good use of it all. I was very proud of myself to figure out how to make applesauce, which the kids LOVED!!!! Can’t even believe how easy it was! I just cut up a crock pot full of peeled apples, added some sugar, cinnamon and water and let it cook down for 6 hours on low. FABULOUS! Then I got the crazy idea to learn how to can. I mean, I had so many apples left, I still didn’t really know what to do with them. So, we bought some stuff and I went to a seminar at the library to get all my questions answered, and got back to work in the kitchen. I cooked up another batch and was able to get 3 jars of applesauce canned. We’ll have to see how they do & whether I REALLY preserved them. Fingers crossed.
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