Andrew Appleseed

The Lord is good to me,

And so I thank the Lord,

For giving me the things I need,

The sun and the rain and the apple seed,

The Lord is good to me!

Five more days and Aaron will be here! I am so grateful these last few days (and the next few, too, it looks like) to have nice cool weather. Fall is my favorite - and it makes it much easier for me to take Andrew outside to play! Andrew is such an outdoorsman - like his Daddy! He has LOVED having apple trees in our backyard this summer. He walks right up and picks the apples himself, and earlier in the season, when they wouldn't come off, he'd chew on it right on the branch! (I'm not sure but I think he learned that from the dog, who also loves apples.) I have been amazed at how he just bites right into them and has no trouble chewing them at all. If the skin is too thick, he just spits it out. For a few weeks I chased him around trying to stop him, but alas, I gave up the battle. Now I just try to make sure he doesn't pick up any rotten ones from the ground. A couple of weeks ago I picked some to make a cobbler - YUMMY. Here's Andrew helping Mommy pick (and eat) the apples!