Apple Picking

Due to our amazing fall weather, we were able to get out early friday and pick apples at Highland Orchards. Picking apples with three young children is interesting. Lila Grace found one apple on the ground and had to hold it the entire trip. This made it very hard for her to pull an apple off the tree as she needed both hands. It took her a very long time to give up her apple in order to pick another and put it in the bag. Savannah enjoyed herself but was a bit frustrated at first when all the apples were out of reach. Eventually, we found a patch that both she and Lila Grace could reach. Miss Adeline was a completely different story. For her, standing and walking in the orchard grass amongst apples that were rotten was about all she could handle. I would pull a branch out to her that was pretty clear of leaves but she would have nothing to do with picking the apple. Too much to quick.

As for the apples themselves, they were delicious. Savannah and Lila couldn't get over the fact that they could pull tiny apples off of the trees and just bite right in. They loved it. Adeline was skeptical. I finally got an apple up to her mouth which gave her a chance to taste them. You could tell that her brain wanted so badly to take a bite but her body was overloaded by the wet, rough feel of the apple. She would lean in and then once a half inch away from taking a bite, quickly pull away. These are the moments that remind me she has a lot going on inside her. Managing it is taxing and often she just gives up as she did on the apple.