September songbird

Reminiscing on this time last September, we had just found out we were expecting our little bird. It was as such a sweet time, filled with excitement and dreaming of our dove. She was so loved and wanted even in those earliest of days.

Now she is here with us, doing all the things we always dreamed of doing together. We visited the apple orchard twice, with each set of grandparents carrying her so lovingly as we searched for the best apples for baking. We brought our full bags home to make apple goodie and apple sauce while Eloise watched and learned and smelled it all. 

I’m already thinking ahead to next year, will she be blazing ahead of us to see the next, next, next tree? Or trailing behind to study each apple? Or maybe we’ll be going the same speed as she points to apples she wants her daddy to get from the high branches? There is so much fun ahead and so many traditions to share with our girl. 

But now we are enjoying the sweet chirps of our songbird, and trying to cherish each moment of this season.  

Apple Goodie

Ingredients:
3 cups apples – peeled & slice
1 C white sugar 1 T (heaping) flour


2 tsp cinnamon 
¾ C. oatmeal¾ C. Flour¾ C. Brown sugar½ tsp baking soda½ tsp salt½ tsp baking powder
1/3 C. Butter, soften

Directions:
Mix white sugar and 1 heaping Tbsp flour together. Pour apples into the sugar mixture and toss together.  Then place in the bottom of a greased and floured baking dish.
Mix together cinnamon, oatmeal, 3/4 c flour, brown sugar, baking soda, salt, and baking powder. Work 1/3 C. soft butter into flour mixture and spread in a layer on top of apples.  
Bake in 325 degree oven until apples are done, about 1 hour.