Orchard

Fall is my favorite time of year and always goes so quickly.  Our social calendar is booking up quickly and before we know it it'll be too cold to be outside.  I had to work on Saturday and lucky for me the weather was kind of rainy anyway, so we made plans to go to the apple orchard on Sunday.  I wanted to go right away after lunch so that we would miss the crowds of people that would show up after the Vikings game.  Luckily, Derek sacrificed watching the (only?) game that Vikings actually one.  Unfortunately, everyone must've convinced their husbands to skip the game because the orchard was packed!

I always love taking photos at this orchard because there are so many cute vignettes set up around the grounds.  This year, however, I told myself that I was going to get one good photo and be done.  There was no need to wear the kids out with me taking pictures, there is plenty to do at the orchard!



This year we let the kids pick two activities to try.  They chose the pony ride and the jumping pillow.  They loved the pony rides.  Punky saddled right up into the horse like she was a pro, even knowing to put her left foot in the stirrup so she could swing her other foot over the horse and get on the saddle.  Buddy was sliding around on his saddle and was leaning pretty far to one side when he came around the bend.  He was holding on tight though!

Buddy and Chip

Punky and Dusty

The jumping pillow was basically a bounce house without sides.  They had a lot of fun jumping and being tossed around.  Buddy took quite a few nose dives on the mat but didn't care at all.  We could tell Punky was getting pretty tired (and thirsty) because she was crying and complaining that bigger kids were jumping near her and she was falling down.  Isn't falling down the fun part?

We ended up spending almost three hours at the orchard- checking out the animals, playing in the hay bales and other structures, and buying our apples.  Maybe one of these years we'll actually have time to pick our own apples!