The Apple Doesn't Fall Far

Apples. Most kids like 'em. Most adults like 'em. Sawyer takes a few tiny bites all over the surface and then leaves it on the kitchen table, "I'll save it for Daddy" he says. But try to take an apple away from Eliza and you have one pissed-off 10 month old. No delay, she just goes straight into an angry cry. I admit it, sometimes I take the apple away just to see her display.

Apples also remind me that fall is soon to arrive. School is starting. Sawyer will go back next week, Granddad Ed is back on UNC campus WALKING the halls of Dey Hall - and one step closer to retirement. And I am the new kid on the block at Carolina Friends School - Chapel Hill Early School. This is a huge transition for me and certainly requires a post of it's own. I'm feeling incredibly honored and blessed to have joined such an amazing community of teachers and families. More on that later, but check out the website (http://www.cfsnc.org/).

Now go eat an apple. You know what they say about apples... but remember to wash it, those pesticides will kill 'ya.

-Hallie