Apples for Everyone!

Each year when Sharon and Chaz come to visit, we end up buying more apples than the previous year. It's becoming an obsession!  But it's always a good time.

On their way to the funny farm:

Someday the girls will be too little to pick up. But not this year! 

You can see the rain moving in - luckily it held off until we got in the car.

We enjoyed a family game night with Sharon and Chaz. I have to give Chaz props for being E's partner. If you've ever seen her "sit" through a typical game you will know why... 

Loving this weather

Yesterday was THE most perfect fall day! Sunny and upper 60's, dry and gorgeous. I decided to take the girls on a nature hike and do some of our homeschooling outdoors. We sat on a bench, read about frogs and then went looking for some in the creek.


After reading, we learned that frogs like to come out at night, and they do hibernate during the winter, so we didn't see any. But that didn't stop the girls from enjoying the walk and looking for holes that frogs might be sleeping in.


We had a picnic lunch with our friends Julie, Ethan and Ryan. After lots of running around, the kids got to make a pumpkin mask craft at the Nature Center.


It was one of those fun days that makes me glad to be a stay-at-home mom. :-)

Leaves

The girls have been enjoying playing in the leaves in our front yard. Our tree has been one of the first in the court to start dropping it's leaves, so it's a kid magnet.


They also provide Mommy with some great photo ops:

A Glorious Day for Apples

Sharon and Chaz are visiting this weekend, and this morning we all decided to take the girls to a local orchard. Sharon was almost as excited as C!

The weather could not have been more perfect: blue sky, warm sun, and cool breezes. We picked some Gala (which are OUT OF THIS WORLD delicious), Jonathon, Red and Golden Delicious and some Honey Crisp apples. The Honey Crisp was the biggest disappointment. They were small, few and far between. These are my favorite apples ever! They run close to $3/lb in the grocery store, but all apples at the orchard were only $0.62/lb, so my bargain shopper gene was going haywire. Maybe next year they'll be bigger?


It was a great time. The place was not busy at all, and they had free parking and free tractor rides. We will definitely be going back for our pumpkins in a few weekends!


C gets a lift to pick a good one
Tractor Ride on a Perfect Day
Family Photo OpTaste Testing the Goods