Apples! Apples! Apples!

If there is one thing I love about living in DC (okay there are many things I love) it is the availability of really delicious apples.  I never knew there were so many varieties of apples and since many are grown locally they are very affordable.

Sunday was one of the most beautiful days of the year.  The weather was perfect and we wanted an outdoor activity, so we went apple picking. We met the Thompsons at a farm an hour away and got a bag of apples each for the bargain price of $12. We also picked a pint of raspberries which Valentina loved.  If we would've let her she would've eaten the whole pint before we paid for it.  We had so much fun, but I know I could never be a farmworker.  It was a good reminder of the difficult jobs they do so we have food at our table.  

Smelling the apples

Picking her own

Maddie showing her pick

Luke showing us his

This is her "I look like my Daddy" face

The Thompsons

She picked this apple and held onto it the whole time

Walking with Maddie

HAPPY!!

Where did all the raspberries go?

The three musketeers

Surveying her future apple sauce

She LOVES raspberries