Our annual apple-picking trip led us to a popular local farm which yields much of the area’s grocery store peaches, apples, pumpkins, and other produce. But since we had done a much more obscure mom & pop operation last year, we had no idea what we were in for. I, for one, was pleasantly surprised.
Sure, there was the usual camel ride, giant jumping pillow, and cage with about a thousand parakeets inside for you to STAND INSIDE OF (does anyone else find the thought of being amidst all of those birds absolutely terrifying???) that one would expect at any fall-themed festival. Seriously. There were camels. To ride. But it wasn’t completely obnoxious like many of these places are. And although we paid a general admission, once we were inside there were tons of things to do that were not an extra cost.
Like the haunted house that we will surely keep hearing about (along with all our neighbors, friends, relatives, the mail carrier, the grocery store bagger…) for the remainder of the year as Milo came out pretty spooked and hasn’t stopped talking about it since. And oh, yeah. There were apples.
Milo to Pierce: “Can you believe how scary that haunted house was?” Pierce: “Dude, I wasn’t scared at all.” Oliver: “What haunted house?”
Oliver says, “No wotten. App-uh goooood!”
Golden AND delicious.
A wee one who sleeps. During the day.
Kettle corn courtesy of Aunt Keelan (Andrew’s cousin), also “no wotten”
We can thank Keelan and Mark for this family outing. Probably sensing our last-minute precariousness when it comes to planning any sort of trip or function, they went ahead and took over the details of this little excursion. It was a blast.
Milo was pouting just a little bit. Turns out HE wanted to fly that plane.
The whole day went so smoothly. The weather cooperated, the crowds stayed somewhere else, and we picked and ate a whole lot of apples.
Perfect fall weather. Cool sky.
Next stop, pumpkin land?
We are feeling so lucky to have so many wonderful people in our lives right now. Having Keelan and Mark (and their beautiful kids Pierce and Eiley) close by puts our minds at ease. It is the closest we have lived to family in a while, and they are excellent people and excellent parents.
We were also able to spend time with our friends (also recent St. Louis transplants) Jamie and Brian when they invited us over for the Alabama game on Saturday. We were awestruck by their beautiful home, gracious hosting skills, and of course down-to-earth, wonderful company. They just smiled as our rowdy boys ran amuck in their yard and through their house! We love these guys. Thanks for putting up with us.
That night we mustered up just enough energy to pick some nice little veggies from our garden. Probably the last of the squash and zucchini, but the lettuces should make it until November, hopefully.
So now the question… what to do with all those apples?
You guys rock! I seriously can’t wait to see pictures of our Griswald trees 🙂 It’s going to be awesome!
SO fun!! I love these pics, especially Oliver eating that giant apple! I think we’re going apple picking in 2 weeks – cannot wait! And I can’t wait to see pics from your pumpkin excursion. So nice you’re still getting some veggies from the garden.. I still can’t believe it’s really fall… DC has been more like Seattle with the rain these past few weeks, but the sun just came out and this weekend is supposed to be in the 60s.