A beautiful day!

What a great day this we had today. My husband and I both took the day off from work (not an easy feat for a football coach) and took the kids up to Carter Mountain Orchard for a day of apple picking. The weather was beautiful and our son had a blast up on Daddy’s shoulders picking apples. He was so proud of himself when he reached one and dropped it into the bag. He couldn’t wait to get home and bake an apple pie and host a “pie party” for all the neighbors. Ava was content to sit in her stroller and munch on as many apples as she could get her hands on. She was funny trying to walk with all the apples on the ground. She kept rolling around trying to get her footing and laughing the whole time. At one point I thought about the Dillard essay and couldn’t imagine myself at this point in our lives not wanting to check out all the things my children find so fascinating. Everything is so new and undefined for them. It’s hard not to share their enthusiasm sometimes.
On a lighter note, I only had time to get the pie started with my son before I had to head off to class. I left the my husband in charge of putting on the top crust and baking the pie. Needless to say when I got home, the finished pie was waiting on the counter when I came home. The crust had been neatly folded around the lip of the pie plate the whole way around and baked. A noble attempt, I must admit- and the crust tastes just as good once you finagle it off the plate!