I love fall. I'm sitting here enjoying my pumpkin coffee....which is delicious, by the way, thinking about how much fun is to come in the next few months. I love this time of year. The weather gets chilly, you can smell people's fireplaces, hear the crunch of the leaves under your feet, and best of all, enjoy the fun activities fall has to offer. This past weekend, my family and I did just that. We woke up Sunday morning, I made pancakes for the family, and off we went to Bishop's Orchards in Guilford. We went to the orchards and picked our apples. Paige is perhaps an apple's biggest fan, she's constantly enjoying an apple as her afternoon snack. I think if I allowed it, she'd eat apples for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I just knew she'd enjoy this adventure. So off we went to catch the tractor ride to the top of the orchard.
Once among the trees, Paige was more interested in the rocks on the path than in the trees surrounding her. That all changed when I showed her what was growing on the trees. I was awarded with a "MOMMY! APPLES!" as she ran over to the trees to inspect them further. She was in awe over the amount of apples she saw, and perhaps that they were growing on trees for her to just pick and eat. And pick and eat she did! She was in a state of rapture that I was allowing her to just eat the apple. (She often does this with our tomatoes in our home garden, so it was nothing new to her, but I think that the concept of eating apple on top of apple is what enthralled her). She happily filled her basket to a point where she couldn't even hold it, so her Daddy (who had never been apple picking either) carried her harvest proudly.
When we had picked enough for apple pie, crisp, bread, and any other apple recipe you could imagine, we caught the tractor ride back down the hill, paid for our apples, and headed to the farmer's market. There we indulged ourselves in lots of yummy treats, and got dinner to heat up at home. It was such an amazing day, I can't imagine spending it with anyone else. My family has grown so much in the last year. Last year we never would have been able to just "go" anywhere. Now, we can quickly load the diaper bag with juice, diapers, wipes, and a distraction toy, and off we can go. My daughter has grown into the cutest, most curious toddler I have ever met. I fall in love with her time and time again. I got the honor of doing it again this weekend, in the middle of an apple orchard. I think with each passing season I am brought back to the year before. I look through my pictures, and see how different things were. Not better, not worse, just different. I love how with each passing season will come more adventures, more excitement, and more ways to express my love for my family.
When we had picked enough for apple pie, crisp, bread, and any other apple recipe you could imagine, we caught the tractor ride back down the hill, paid for our apples, and headed to the farmer's market. There we indulged ourselves in lots of yummy treats, and got dinner to heat up at home. It was such an amazing day, I can't imagine spending it with anyone else. My family has grown so much in the last year. Last year we never would have been able to just "go" anywhere. Now, we can quickly load the diaper bag with juice, diapers, wipes, and a distraction toy, and off we can go. My daughter has grown into the cutest, most curious toddler I have ever met. I fall in love with her time and time again. I got the honor of doing it again this weekend, in the middle of an apple orchard. I think with each passing season I am brought back to the year before. I look through my pictures, and see how different things were. Not better, not worse, just different. I love how with each passing season will come more adventures, more excitement, and more ways to express my love for my family.
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