picking apples

snow covered apples...
sigh.
because I thought we would have more time, or maybe I simply procrastinated a bit too long we ended up picking the apples from our tree on a chilly day this past weekend. A few were still snow covered from the snowfall the day before. In my quest to just get it done I am sure the method chosen to harvest those apples would draw stares (I resorted to grabbing branches and shaking them,which made the kids laugh as apples rained down around them) but I was a wee bit too impatient to wait for Kevin's way, (he would still be out there picking apples using that method)Beckie was quite helpful as she climbed into the tree to bring down some of those out of reach apples, Rosie was worried Beckie wouldn't know how to get down and kept asking her if she was going to stay up there forever. So the apples are picked, and now await attention, my plan is to freeze some and attempt to make applesauce out a few more. But for now my little ones are loving the abundance of fresh picked apples, love seeing them munch on an apple as they go about their day to day activities.