An Apple A Day

Allen's Orchard, 2009

Maren learned to pick apples today. It was kind of hard because her hands are so small!

She even found treasures on the ground - like this pear fron the pear tree behind her. She was very excited to bring her treasures back to the basket. We worked really hard on being gentle with the apples, but it seems they are more fun to throw and attempt to get in the basket.

Maren wanted to hold her very own apple on the way home. I even think she picked this one. Of course, she couldn't wait to get home to taste it. SO.....

This is how far she got in the less than 10 minute drive. We kept making her say words like "cow" on the way home to make sure she wasn't choking. She kept eating this apple for the next hour at home until...

I put her down for a nap. She talked to her precious apple for more than 10 minutes, grabbing a bite here and there, but would NOT let go of it. See how it replaced stinky frog when she finally fell asleep? We had a fun time and ended our evening tonight with home made apple crisp.