Showing posts with label apple day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label apple day. Show all posts

Wednesday, 13 October 2010

Apple day




We recently went to a local apple day. We go every year to this and this year was one of the best so far. Maybe it was because Little I was finally big enough to have a real go at the children's activities. Both of the children made a pot on the potter's wheel.

T made a wooden spatula, this was a serious business, using real tools. I held my breath and restrained myself from squeaking "Be careful!".


We took a bag of apples we had picked and got two litres of fresh juice. I did a bit of shopping there too.
I bought this knitted hat for Little I. She was wearing last year's too small pink fleece hat.


This one seems to suit her much better and is nice and soft. I like my kids to wear hats especially as the weather gets colder.


You can see below it is a good hat for the playground.


I bought these mittens for myself - they are also very soft and were knitted by ladies in aid of the local hospice.





















Naturally with a three year old involved, the day ended with tears and an exhausted little girl having to go to bed at 4pm. That is possibly the sign of a good day out, that and the fact she woke up the next day asking to go back. Sorry, I had to say, Apple Day is only on once a year.



















Wednesday, 18 November 2009

Apple day




We went to the Annual Apple Day at the Greenwood trust in early October- loads for kids and a celebration of apples...
There was a local potter there and kids could throw a pot on the wheel. They also made dragonflies from sticks and UHT paper coloured in with felt tips. These can be seen in an earlier post surrounding my Amy Butler top. They hang in our hallway brightening it up. There was the giant Millenium apple press in action making juice and we came away with our 4 litres. We had taken in bags of apples earlier in the week and so got free juice! It was so nice to have day when we could be outside doing things.