Soda Bottle Fruit Picker

We spent last night and today in Michigan, still trying to get a grasp of this new school year. Last night we made smores by the fire and today we went out to pick some apples.

The last farm had ladders (which were a big hit) but this farm had home made fruit pickers made from soda bottles. Using them was quite a maneuver, but ours didn't get used much for picking.

The boys turned ours into a weapon of battle. It was spun and flipped and whipped. Several eyes are lucky to still be part of faces. Because there was only one picker, there was also a battle over which kid got to hold it.

While they were dueling, Brooke decided that today would be the ideal time to let her anxiety about bees reach full frenzy level.

We walked away with 4 lbs of apples and no injuries and think that is pretty much a miracle.