apples and ducks

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on a rather cold day, we finally got to go to Huber Farms.  It was suggested by a few of you when we were still living in Florida and after looking it up, I had planned to go as soon as we got here.  That didn’t exactly happen the way I had planned and by the time we had time to go to Huber Farms, their upick season was over.  Needing apples and wanting local ones, we went there anyway.

What a beautiful farm.  We ended up buying 50 pounds of apples, which is really not that much actually and the kids, well, they have worked their way through half of it which means that I may have to go and buy more to meet my goal of having enough apple sauce and apple butter until spring when there will be lots more option to put up.  We walked out with lots of apples, some pumpkins, a bunch of honey sticks and some amazing cheese selections.

Of course, apples and produce are nice but once my children saw the ducks, well, that would become the rest of our time at the farm.  They miss having ducks and chickens and I these ducks were drawn to us like bees to honey,  especially Eddie, he became the duckie pied piper.  they followed him everywhere and the swans, oh so beautiful.  Erica had them eating out of her hand, naturally, my animal girl.  They all love her.   I guess my kids aren’t the only ones who miss the animals.  These ducks were the cutest not to mention the chunkiest ducks I have ever seen.  Actually, it seems all animals we have seen here are so much bigger than those in Florida.  Seriously,  the deer we have seen here are three times bigger than back home.

A long beautiful drive brought us back home to do something with all these apples and I better hurry.  These kids are going through those apples very quickly.  Matthew likes to choose an apple, take one little baby sized bite and then return it to the basket.  Sneaky, that little apple snatcher.  Apples are probably our favorite fruit.  Now, I’m off to finally peel, cut, and process them, even the ones with baby bites.

 

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thank you and stop it

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Four weeks.  Can you believe it has been that long since we moved here to our new home.  To me it seems so long and yet how quickly the time has gone by.  In baby time, it is a long time, four weeks.  Yes, indeed, for my little Matthew the past four weeks have been full of milestones and accomplishments.  He has now been walking for two weeks.  Walking and falling of course but walking better and better everyday.  This week he has added two words to his vocab.  His first real two words other than Mama and Nanana which is what he says when he is hungry or sees anyone with a food or drink that he intends to repossess.

His sisters taught him to say thank you which he says whenever he is given anything and he also says it when giving us something, which we all think is adorable and hilarious.  They also taught him something else.  Stop it!  Except when he says it, it sounds like “shtop it”.  He says it and looks around for the smiles and laughs his little words will bring.   These little things are the reason I blog.  These are those details I want to remember and the things I hang my heart on.  Truly I am blessed to have had so many of these wonderful memories with all my babies and Matthew being number nine has taught me to really stop and take in every moment.  This little boy has my heart and I thank God for all the moments we all have to share with him.

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