Apple-pickin' Field Trip

Apple-pickin' season always sneaks up on me, and we've often missed it entirely or gone in mid-October when the pickins are slim.

But we actually made it there this year before the official beginning of autumn.  Two half-bushel bags full and overflowing with apples.  Most of them have already been transformed into apple sauce for the freezer.

Missy was eager to help and carry the bag - for the first few minutes when there was hardly anything in it.  Then it became Mom's job.

The boys were eager helpers and picked 95% of the apples - yay!  They even managed to work the picking-stick pretty well.  That freed me to take pictures!

And here they are...