Fall is here and we have begun our fun festivities! Our first outing was to Kuipers Apple Farm. We went last year but JJ really understood what we were doing this time and he had a blast. The weather was perfect, there were no lines, and after a short tantrum, Jackson was fairly easy and enjoyable.
After we paid or apple picking fee, they gave us two tickets and JJ wanted to hold them. After 8 seconds later, he had to give the tickets to the guy by the hayride to get to the trees for apple picking. He DID NOT want to give away the tickets and he cried the whole ride. :( Poor us and everyone else on our trailor.
Once he got out into the orchard, he loved it!
His love for eating whole apples came at the perfect time!
Charley enjoyed her snuggle time with Mommy in the Ergo carrier.
Mizzou played Georgia that night so of course we were all sporting our Tiger spirit!
For some reason JJ didn't want to put the apples in the bag. It took a few minutes and lots of encouragement to get him to do it.
In the background of our shadowy family picture you can see all the apples. I was surprised at how many there were. Many of the apple orchards aren't allowing people to pick their own this year because there aren't a lot of them. The very warm, early spring caused the trees to bloom but then it got cold again. They said they had teams of people out with boilers at night trying to heat the orchard so their crop wasn't ruined. Wow!
1/2 peck of apples later, we were on our way back to the front. And to the donuts!
This is the best part by far!
Here was Jackson's lineup. Whole apple, cinnamon sugar cider donut, and a half eaten apple he carried for about an hour.
It was such a great trip! I made an apple dump cake the next day and will be making crock pot applesauce soon. Jackson will be thrilled! And so will Claire :)
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