My friend A Shorter Mama gifted us with a huge bag of oranges. Both kids love fresh fruit so I was more than happy to take them off her hand. It was a lot more than 40 oranges. More like 50-60!
Some of the oranges felt a bit soft, so I thought it would be fun to make fresh orange juice. It's good for the kids to know that OJ doesn't come straight from a plastic jug. I just picked up an old fashioned type juicer from IKEA. Sophia quickly lost interest after she realized that freshly squeezed OJ has, surprise!, pulp. As much as I tried, I couldn't convince her that it was normal and pulp is good for you, being fiber and all. She'll eat peeled oranges no problem, but not pulpy juice.
Jaxson, on the other hand, loved the hands on nature of juicing. After juicing each half, he poured it into his cup. He would then take a sip and declare it, "Tasty!"
Even after eating at least 10 oranges and another 10 or so to juice, we still had a bunch left. There was hardly a dent in our oranges basket.
I hope our skin doesn't turn orange.
