Although we've had several very cold days, today is in the mid 60s so we are attempting to enjoy the wonderful fall weather as long as possible. With that in mind, I realized I had not posted about several of the fun things we have been doing this fall. We decided to make it a yearly tradition to go apple picking and headed to our favorite farm in the beginning of October. We picked Melrose and Suncrisp, which were both apples we had never had before. The Suncrisp were really good, almost like a cross between a green pear and golden delicious apple.
It's about a 45 minute drive to the farm, so I planned on this being an entire morning outing with the boys. Ten minutes later the boys had filled both of our bags with apples and began to run up and down the apple orchard. Luckily, the farm had a "Fall Fun" area and we headed over to see what fun could be had.
The fun area had a western theme and the boys were able to dig in a dirt pile for gold (rocks painted gold) and ride the tractor pull carts. We were the only people there for awhile so the boys got the tractor ride all to themselves. Grant loved it, but Tate kind of just stared mystified the entire time. I think he was wondering why some lady on a tractor was driving him away from his mom.
Also like last year, we visited Leeds Farm which is another farm with more fun activities. Last year we went on a cold and windy day so we had to place mostly to ourselves. This year we ended up going on one of the warmest days of October so it was very crowded. The warm weather also made it feel less fall-like so we are not sure if we're going to officially make this a tradition. We did have fun though!
Grant and I enjoyed riding the bike-go-cart thing. Ryan and I thought if we ever have land in the future we may get some of these for exploring purposes. It's good exercise and these bikes are surprisingly fast.
Ah, yes, the corn box. Although almost every foot was occupied by a kid, the boys once again loved the corn box and scooping and dumping corn. This is another idea Ryan and I may put to use in the future.
Unlike last year, Ryan and I did wait in line to try the zip line. Some of our friends were at the farm too so we switched off watching kids so the adults could ride. Was it worth the wait? Probably not. Was is pretty dang fun anyway? Why yes, yes it was.
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All such fun things! I like the cornbox idea way better than a sandbox. :)
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