Tennyson's First Horse Lesson
Picking Apples at Kiwokaya Orchards
Tennyson's surgery is postponed until this Thursday. She had an allergic reaction to the Tamiflu she was on the week before. It was dissapointing to have this happen, but I do understand the decision. She had quite an impressive rash. Thankfully, it only lasted a couple of days. She's well now (except for her seemingly chronic cold).
In the meantime... Tennyson has started horse lessons (she had to wait until she was three) and we went to the pumpkin patch (the girls had low grade fevers, but didn't feel bad). We thought this was the one place we could go and not infect too many people (can you tell we were desperate to leave the house!). The girls just got a mild case of the flu... they kept asking to do things, and I repeatedly said, "No." Their only symptoms were low grade fevers and occasional body aches.
We also did the Hood River Fruit loop one Saturday. It was beautiful weather... an absolutely perfect day as a family. We visited four orchards, and came home with 130pounds of apples. I thought that was a lot until John said that the man in front of him in line had 400 pounds.
While we were quarantined to the house we (my mom included... she's the best! I sliced my thumb pretty good the first day of peeling, so she peeled for about 6 hours) canned 25 quarts of applesauce, 8 pints of apple butter, and 16 quarts of apple pie filling. The girls found ways to help, and it's great to have some applesauce set aside for the winter. I have always wanted to do apple butter. I found a great slow-cooker recipe online. It cooked all night, and just needed to be processed the following morning. Totally worth it!
In the meantime... Tennyson has started horse lessons (she had to wait until she was three) and we went to the pumpkin patch (the girls had low grade fevers, but didn't feel bad). We thought this was the one place we could go and not infect too many people (can you tell we were desperate to leave the house!). The girls just got a mild case of the flu... they kept asking to do things, and I repeatedly said, "No." Their only symptoms were low grade fevers and occasional body aches.
We also did the Hood River Fruit loop one Saturday. It was beautiful weather... an absolutely perfect day as a family. We visited four orchards, and came home with 130pounds of apples. I thought that was a lot until John said that the man in front of him in line had 400 pounds.
While we were quarantined to the house we (my mom included... she's the best! I sliced my thumb pretty good the first day of peeling, so she peeled for about 6 hours) canned 25 quarts of applesauce, 8 pints of apple butter, and 16 quarts of apple pie filling. The girls found ways to help, and it's great to have some applesauce set aside for the winter. I have always wanted to do apple butter. I found a great slow-cooker recipe online. It cooked all night, and just needed to be processed the following morning. Totally worth it!
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What fun....... Love the pictures!
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