Storing it up for the Winter

 

We're like a bunch of squirrels hiding nuts for the winter!

We've done a couple rounds of

 apples

sweet corn

and

salsa!

 

Peighton and Preston LOVED helping pick the apples.

They really liked when Grandma and I were at the top of the tree picking apples from the bucket of the tractor.

Grandpa put us up in the tree and then they would go off on a Gator ride with him!!!!

They left us multiple times!

 

 

 

One of the many boxes of apples we made into:

applesauce

and apple jelly

and apple monkey bread

and apple waffles....

 

This was about halfway through our load of corn.

I should have taken a picture when we started!

Preston is a GREAT helper at shucking corn!

Peighton....I think she may have done ONE ear and then quit.

 

Later that day (when I was in the kitchen with the corn) I found them both in Peighton's room.

She was reading a story to Preston that she had written.

I snuck a picture of them while they were actually getting along!!!!

She loves to read and Preston is usually happy to listen.

 

 

We are going to take a short break from storing out nuts for the winter-we are off to the Great Iowa State Fair today!

 

But when we get back there are going to be tomatoes waiting for me and lots of jalapenos!!!!!