Riot and Frolic

Dude.

Apple Week.

How can one NOT be excited when there's food involved?

Monday

Apple cards: I made my own template for a cut-open apple using some parchment paper and MY IMAGINATION. 

Again, I reliquished my not-so-inner perfectionist and let the ladies loose with their sketchy hand-eye coordination and scissors.

Zoo REALLY likes using scissors (she qualifies as a Big Girl with this skill) and was doing a pretty bang-up job, but I wasn't giving her new things to snip quickly enough, so she got creative.  Is it weird that I like hers the best?

The girls chose a few lucky recipients to receive their cards, complete with pictures drawn on the inside that had THE MOST AMAZING AND NONSENSICAL storylines which were written down by me on the back of the card.  

Total time at the table: 15 minutes.  

[Sorry, Mae Cake, for sealing your envelope before the photo shoot.  You'll get above-the-fold next time for sure.]

Tuesday

Apple straw toppers: using another SUPER CREATIVE template that resembled an apple (WHY DIDN'T I USE THE APPLE LOGO?!), my meditative use of children-using-scissors time, and glue sticks, we put together these superfluous straw thingies.  

Total time: 5 minutes?  

Wednesday

Slight cop out…

A video!: the old school Disney story on Johnny Appleseed.

Americana!

Thursday

Let's just pretend I did something awesome and creative on Thursday instead of getting my hair done and taking a nap.  

Friday

Field Trip Friday: Aamodt's Apple Farm.  Freezing!  Blustery!  Raining!  Perfect apple picking weather!  

After tasting ALL THE APPLES, we headed into the elements to make a grab at some Haralson stragglers, take some terrible pictures, and then pick up wine and more apples and maybe some donuts on our way out.

Still on tap for this week (because "week" is a loosely time-based term around here) is whipping up this apple cake and topping it with cinnamon ice cream because CINNAMON ICE CREAM.