Fruit Trees

Our Saturday afternoon took an unexpected turn when we stopped by Lowes to pick up some more tiles (we're currently having our master bathroom renovated).  To our surprise, the fruit trees were on sale from $19.98 down to $12.98.  We had been wanting to plant an apple tree in our backyard for quite some time now but never got a chance to (our feeble attempts at growing a tree from inception using apple seeds has not yielded any results), so we picked up a pear tree and an apple tree.

Since this was an impromptu purchase, we didn't exactly have time to strategize beforehand how we were going to bring them home.  M wanted to open the trunk window and stick them out through the back of our Honda Pilot, but the trees could roll around in the back and potentially cause the branches to snap.  My suggestion (which we ended up going with) was to stand them up between the driver and passenger seats so that they would stick out through the moonroof and I could hold on to them.  Going at 30 miles an hour wondering if the trees would survive the wind and hearing a fussy toddler cry for milk in the backseat made the four mile drive home seem like an eternity.  We eventually made it back and ended up spending the afternoon in the backyard planting our two new trees.  It was a great way for the family to do something together outdoors on this beautiful Saturday.  We even took the kids for a bike ride around the block afterwards.

I can't decide whose pose I like more, baby M's or big sister K's...

The kids "helping."

Here is the end result: tree on the left is golden delicious apple and tree on the right is orient pear.  Hopefully these will bear fruit in a few years and we'll be able to go picking in our own backyard!