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All dressed up & ready for church!

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Fall

Apples & More Apples!

We are having lots of fun making our apples into tasty treats. The first treat on the menu was applesauce. Elvis was eager to get started. He still talks about the time Grannie took them to an orchard with a friend of hers to pick. Afterward they made homemade applesauce together. That was 3 years ago.

We had to buy a new apple peeler corer as ours was worn out.

I think these things are fantastic.

Elvis took a turn at it.

Princess saw Boo & Elvis helping and didn't want to be left out. She pulled up a chair & got right to work.

She enjoyed handing me apples to peel & core.

She was very good at taste testing.

Boo got a kick out of the way Princess jumped in & took over.

She made an apple snowman by stacking them up. She was very proud of herself.

Two crock pots all filled & ready to cook.

Our house was filled with the heavenly scent of fall all night long.

It made a little dent in the bushel but not much.

Apples!

Dave & I were disappointed we could not find a local orchard that allowed us to pick our own apples. This used to be a favorite tradition for our family when we lived in MA. So we wouldn't miss out on all the fun we ordered these from an orchard up north. They are fresh, pesticide free and ready to be turned into yummy treats!

Let the fun begin!

Princess

Morning Glories

Photos from my garden:

More at the Park

Some more shots at the Bicentennial Park.

Our Capital in Nashville

Fall

Theater

God's Creation

Sweet Pea was thrilled to find our state tree!

She brought a leaf home for her TN history book.

Apple Fun

Fall is here!

A few days before we all fell ill to the flu we had some apple fun.

Yummy organic apples were on sale that week!

Goofing around

We read the story of Johnny Appleseed

Princess played on the floor & loved it when I made eye contact while I read the story.

After our story it was time to make our treat!

This peeler-corer is awesome!

I divided the kids into 2 teams pairing a younger with an older.

We made 2 batches of the same recipe.

They took turns measuring & mixing.

After the dough was mixed I kneaded it and rolled it out.

Then it was time to sprinkle in the apple pieces & brown sugar mix.

I rolled it all up & then cut it into circles.

Bugs with his mouth full of apples.

Apple-Cinnamon Rolls!

Princess was so good. She played & watched us the whole time.

The kids sprinkled a little more cinnamon-sugar mixture on top before we placed them in the oven.

As the big kids cleaned up Bugs went upstairs to play with his "Sodor". He was very proud that he put it together all by himself!