Every year around this time, we are thinking of you!
So we would like to share one of our favorite memories as a tale that Alix Rider wrote in 5th grade.
She begins… here’s my funny memory, so get your giggles ready…
Once upon a time there was a lovely couple who lived up on a hill. The local folks called them Mama Midge and Papa Joe.
Every fall, they held a special event for the town folks. They called this day, Apple Cider Day! On that day, everyone made delicious homemade apple cider from bushels and bushels of freshly picked apples in the old wooden press that Papa Joe made.
As this one festive afternoon went on, two young girls, who were twins, from the town began to get silly …and sillier. They were having quite a terrific time loading the press with apples, squeezing the juice and gathering the fresh cider into jugs. Perhaps they were tasting too much cider? Because as the day went on, the girls began removing their clothes. First their jackets came off, then their shirts and next their pants. By late afternoon, they were running around the festival in only their diapers and sneakers!
Nothing was cuter than watching those girls with their full bellies, giggling and giggling.
Still to this day, when you hear the fall leaves rustle, it sounds like those two “sweet” little girls giggling.
(Alix and Kaela were 4 years old that fun warm fall day we enjoyed together.)