apple harvest

this morning we took the kids to the apple harvest at the local nature center. there were a lot of storms over night and we weren't sure how muddy it might be but the sun started to come out and it was really nice. we didn't get there until about 10:30 because daddy and madelyn went to the kids workshop at home depot first.

i think madelyn had the best time because she did several affordable crafts in the kids area for most of our visit. she left with a necklace, a window cling she colored, a bat visor (she picked the bat design - odd), a coyote paper bag puppet, and a humming bird feeder all for about $10 in tickets.

after that we went over and purchased a caramel apple (for home) and some apple crisp with ice cream that we enjoyed there while listening to some live music. mason was just dancing along with the band. mason rode along in the stroller most of the time but while madelyn was making the humming bird feeder daddy took him for a walk. mason was really, really excited about the horses pulling the hayride. he might have been a little too excited because daddy was worried that he was going to try and touch them.


and we couldn't go to the apple harvest and not buy some apples. they had over 50 varieties and an apple expert that you could ask questions. madelyn was determined to have him tell her about apples. okay. what do you want to ask him? "i want to know about crushed apples." what? the expert didn't really know what to say. he thought that maybe she wanted to know about apple cider, but i really couldn't help him because i have no idea what she was talking about either. oh well. she said thank you and we went to buy the apples we had picked out. madelyn had selected a small red delicious and started eating it the second we stepped away from paying for it.

we had never been to the apple harvest before because we always seem to have plans that day but i am glad that we made it today. it was a nice morning to be outside and it was a cute little event. the kids really enjoyed it. and tonight is movie night at church so a fun filled day. love.