Apple Picking

Colin broke his wrist on a Thursday afternoon.  That Saturday we were meeting mom, dad, Mary, Robbie, and Sarah to go apple picking.  We had been planning on a weekend at Mary and Robbies but a few weeks ago we were at a friends house and Colin reacted awful to their cat.  He was so puffy and swollen in a matter of minutes and needed his inhaler. He stopped taking one asthma medication that was more allergy preventative so we think that he's always been allergic to cats it was just masking it.  So instead of a weekend we planned on just going up for the day.

Colin couldn't go obviously. He was in so much pain and just miserable. So we left him and Brent at home where they watched movies all day and I drove up with Joel and Norah.  And so Colin wouldn't feel left out we brought our own "flat Colin" with us.  I think we got more pictures of Colin that day than we would've if he had actually been there.

I think its funny how we kept telling Norah not to climb higher and to be careful so we didn't end up with another broken bone....

Joel fell in love with this wooden ghost. I told him I could make it but he was insistent and so upset when I said no.  Little did we know Uncle Robbie went back and bought it for Joel.

Ma-Ma-Maa and Grandpa got Colin a dozen apple cider donuts to bring back to Colin.

Joel Norah and I picked 63lbs of apples. We have made plenty of apple pancakes, apple waffles, apple crisp and tons of applesauce.  The kids and I love to thaw some frozen applesauce just enough that it has some frozen chunks in it.  Brent thought that was weird until I was talking with Uncle Jeff about Grandpas applesauce and he mentioned the frozen chunks too.

It was a fun day and I'm glad we all live close enough to meet in the middle for a day.  

Joel proudly put the ghost in a flower pot and it was a cute addition to our Halloween décor.  About half the neighborhood puts up lights a few days before Halloween.  It makes it less spooky and more fun I think.