Apples Galore

What's more American than apple pie or Johnny Appleseed?  Today we ate apples for a snack and got the seeds out after reading two stories about good old Johnny Appleseed.  We'll do our best to plant these seeds and see if anything happens.  I have to say, Ol' Johnny must have had more patience than I do because I think it takes a LONG time for apple trees to grow!!  We stopped by the store after story time today and picked up some Apple Cider to go with our lunch.  Rachel and I had homemade applesauce with our lunch, but Ruby and Ford wanted pineapple instead (at least it has the word apple in it!).  Hopefully, that will take care of our apple fix!  I'd love to have apple pie, too, but we're going to a dinner at church tonight where there will be lots of cakes and desserts, so we'll try that for another day maybe?
Rachel's assignment during story time was to find a book on the Statue of Liberty and to see if she could find the Mexcian and Canadian flags.  With the help of Mr. Jason, she managed to do all of those things.  Basically, she handed him her list and he found it all, but we're getting there!
Everyone did their math and writing and Rachel read another Bob book and practiced a few new sight words.  Ruby had an activity book that was full of dot to dots and mazes and stickers.  She didn't exactly follow any of the directions, but she had a great time pretending to be a big kid who could do all of those things.  Have I mentioned that she is no longer wearing a Pull-Up at night?  Allen and I are taking her to the bathroom a few times during the night, but since we're up anyway, this is way better than buying Pull-Ups or diapers!!  She really wants to be a Big Girl when Baxter gets here!!
I think this afternoon we'll get the arts and crafts bin out and just see what we can create.  Ruby and I talked about making an apple mosaic, but we may just be coloring with markers again...