Update to Apple Hill

Just thought you'd like to see what we did with the apples we picked! Noah peeled them, both boys chopped them (and Nick ate his whole plate full!) and we made fried mini apple pies! Sorry there are no pics of the prep of the pies or the actual pies or us eating the pies! The prep was chaotic  and the pies were too yummy to wait for the camera! :)
They were so proud of their creations.

Ok, so you can't actually tell in this picture, but he had just munched a good portion of his apples.

So it's been a while.....

So it's been a while since I last posted here. So excuse my chaos as I catch up a few things at a time. :)

Lets start with what we most recently did, Apple Hill. This is a stretch of road at the base of the Sierra's that is full of Apple Orchards. Each one having its own form of entertainment, crafts, education, apples sales and apple picking. Bryan had this last Monday off, so we decided to head up the hill! It was a great time! The kids started out by picking their own apples. 

Don't you just love the silly face! Boys will be boys!

Enjoying a taste of a free apple! Yum yum!

When all else fails, use the shortest, smallest one to get in those tight spaces!

He got it!

 We ended up at 3 different Orchards. The first one, Denver Dan's, was so generous in letting us have the 12 apples we found on the trees. Most of their crop was ruined earlier in the year from a late snow. 

Then we went to High Hill Ranch. Which turned out to be a fabulous stop. There was duck feeding, wonderful mountain top views and apple donuts! Yumm!

The kids were amazed at these huge pumpkins!

The pond had so many rainbow trout! They were just sitting right on the top. Occasionally they'd jump up really high out of the water!

Can you say Christmas card kinda photo?!

How cute is the little man with Daddy's glasses and hat?!

Yes that is a parakeet!

 The last orchard we hit was Able's Acres. We were hoping to pick pumpkins, but all they had were overly priced pumpkins laying in a pile. They turned out some cute pictures tho!

I just love the fall season! :)

Randm Moments from April!

So I guess I have to explain some of these silly pictures! The apron is our crafting apron...of course Nick loves to wear it always...and put it on Stitch too! We spend many an hour outside on scooters. The tiger masks came from Sarah after they went to Discovery Kingdom. The kids loved them! The scooping, is a preschool skill we are working on with Nick. Daddy and Noah are making barbecue sauce together....turned out great by the way! :) The kids are investigating a snail in our "bug viewer". They have so much fun with this dollar find! Ok...to explain the undies! Nick began to understand the need for undies...except for this day he decided they have to go on the outside of his clothes! He fussed and fussed until I let him do it! Then he wore it that way for a few hours until they became a hindrance to his playing...he couldn't lift his legs all the way to get a good kick going! LOL. The blankie on the neck is what the kids call a "snuggie". It was a piece of fabric that we bought when Noah was a toddler and turned into blankets. Nick has now attached himself to it and often uses it as a superman cape! He is so funny!