Apple Picking

We went apple picking with some of Ben's family the last week in September. We went to a pretty new orchard which was nice because the apples were so low to the ground that even Trevor could help pick them. Speaking of Trevor, he was in heaven. He ate like twenty apples that night (maybe a slight exaggeration). He loved it. We picked a bushel of Jonathans, Gala and Jonagolds and made eighteen quarts of applesauce that weekend. The way that boy has been devouring it though, it may not last too long.

 

Camping 2013

 Last month we decided to take a (very) spontaneous camping trip. We borrowed pretty much all of the camping supplies from family members, packed some tin foil dinners and snacks, loaded up every blanket we owned and headed out to Mary Jane Thurston State Park for some quality family time. We had a blast! Trevor was so happy. He thought the tent, the fire, the camping chairs, the flashlights, etc were the all the greatest things ever.

Trevor and I set up the tent while Ben started the fire. All the wood around us was soaking wet. It took forever to finally get a good fire going. And really, the only reason we had a fire at all is that some old guy came over and doused our wet, smoking wood with lighter fluid. Thank goodness. We finally ate dinner around 9:00. Late, but delicious.

We bundled up and headed to bed. Trevor wanted nothing to do with the pack and play, so we let him lay in bed with us and watched The Incredibles, hoping he would just fall asleep. No luck. Ben and I both fell asleep though. I woke up to the credits at the end of the movie and closed the computer and Trevor was very upset at me for turning it off. Thankfully I just rocked him for a few minutes and he passed out. Turns out he is a pretty active sleeper. He was punching and kicking me all night long. He also does not like to sleep with blankets on him, which normally isn't a problem, but when it gets down to about 35 degrees, it's not the best. Anyway, none of us really slept very well, but we still had a good time.

We got up around seven the next morning and ate cookies and Reeses for breakfast because I forgot to pack half of breakfast and we didn't want to deal with the fire again. We drove home, unpacked, threw in a load of laundry and took a fantastic nap. This was our first family camping trip, and we loved it. We will definitely be doing it again, though next time we'll give ourselves a little more time to prepare, and we'll pick a night that is not so miserably cold. All in all though, we had an awesome time and it was so much fun to hang out, just the three of us.

Helping set up the tent

Finally starting our tin foil dinners at about 8:00

 

 

Watching a movie to "help us fall asleep"

 

Reeses for breakfast