Nicholas is doing better!

Nicholas is finally breathing better. He is now only taking breathing treatments twice a day but this will have to continue for 2-3 more weeks. We've both been feeling a little stir crazy because we've been couped up in the house this week while he has been sick. Since he was feeling better this weekend we got outdoors and had a blast!

SATURDAY
We went to a park to launch a rocket that Nicholas got as a birthday present from Uncle Steve and Aunt Donna. The rocket has a generator that turns water into hydrogen rocket fuel. It flies over 10 stories high. Here's a video of our first launch attempt (Thanks to Daddy for the video editing!).



SUNDAY
A friend of ours from the Early Childhood PTA told us about a great little orchard near us where you can pick your own fruit! It's called Henrietta Creek Orchard and it's in Roanoke, TX.

We met with the owners who are a very nice couple. They showed us around the farm and the wife talked to Nicholas about some of the educational materials they have for the children, including a cut-away bee hive where you can watch live bees at work! We just missed the peach picking season but today we got to pick Mutsu, Mollie Delicious and Gala apples! Nicholas had a lot of fun...and so did Mommy and Daddy!

The trees are dwarf varieties so they are low enough to the ground that Nicholas was able to pick his own apples!

Of course Nicholas couldn't wait to bite into his fresh-picked apple!




We brought home lots of apples as well as some wonderful peach preserves and honey that they make right there at the orchard. My friend had recommended the honey and she said that you can taste a hint of peach from the pollen that the bees had collected. She's right! This honey is fabulous! We gave away some of our apples to neighbors but we still had a bunch left over so tonight we tried a great new recipe for Caramel Apple Pie. Yum!