Apple Picking

This weekend Mallory and I strapped on our boots (well our tennis shoes) threw on the bibs (well our jeans) and headed out to the farm. Who am I kidding? We are SO from the city. Regardless, we did in fact drive 45 mins out to some farmland and picked some fresh, right off the tree, apples. We tagged along with Aunt Lori, Uncle Mike, and Ivan on this fantastic adventure.

Muddy feet and a dirty car later, we have two 20lb bags of delicious apples AND some Asian Pears. Mallory wasn't quite into the whole experience, and spent most of her time in her stroller attempting to stay warm. It interrupted her morning nap and she was quite out of it through most of it. In fact, at the end when we were shopping in the farmers market, she was passed out on my shoulder. However, Ivan was really getting into it and enjoyed tugging those apples right off the trees!

After apple picking, we went back to Lori, Mike, and Ivan's and watched the game and cooked with our apples. I made a wonderful apple cake completely from scratch. Ok...well, I cracked some eggs and Lori did the rest, but I definitely contributed. That is a HUGE step up for me. Mallory woke up and was very playful once we got back to their house and had a ball with Ivan. Needless to say, she slept well that night. Just watching that little man tuckers her out.

Hopefully this can become a yearly tradition, we had a great time even if we will be eating apples until 2010. :)