Johnny Appleseed Day

Friday was Johnny Appleseed's birthday. All the 1st graders dressed up like Johnny complete with pot-hats and twine suspenders. It was funny because the only jeans AJ has are from last year (we are still a few months away from jeans-weather) and they were so small–but she didn't care. She rolled her eyes at me when I suggested wearing her jean-skirt. "Johnny Appleseed was a boy, he didn't wear skirts."

Apparently they had a fun apple-filled day. They made applesauce which AJ said was not good, and she is now glad she doesn't live in "the old days, because cooked applesauce is not good, and that is how they made it." I didn't realize she was such an applesauce aficionado.

Johnny Appleseed, born John Chapman (September 26, 1774 – February 18, 1845), was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced apples to large parts of middle America. He became an American legend while still alive, largely because of his kind and generous ways, his great leadership in conservation, and the symbolic importance of apples.