Ready for the Fall Season

Looked at our indoor thermostat and it said 67 degrees outside temp. Right then and there, I wanted to put on jeans, a sweater, and my dansko mules. It's coming people! Are you ready for the fall? I AM!

I did put on my jeans, walked around the house w/my pajama shirt on (still), running around finding a shirt (not a sweater), trying to get Evan up, listening to Cy talk about the news = all at the same time. Yes, I'm a talented mom. Hee...hee..

This past weekend we went apple picking with some friends (The Bennett's) and we had a blast. The apple orchard is located just north of Spartanburg, SC (about a 2 hr. drive). Because the gas prices are horrendous, we piled up in our van and headed to the mountains for the day. And let me tell you, it was beautiful. A perfect day to picking apples and making family memories. I think Cy and Evan had their bellies full of apples. I for one is not a fan of apples, so my consumption was very little. I did however favor the Asian Pears. They were the bomb-diggety! We picked $14 bucks worth of apples and 3 lbs. of Asian pears. I plan to make some apple desserts.

Before this apple picking trip, we had been reading about apple picking and we got this awesome book from the library called, "Apple Farmer Annie". Being the well-prepared mom, Cy and I read this book to Evan and introduced him to apple picking through this book two weeks prior to our mini trip. We knew we were going to go apple picking and we wanted to get Evan to realize the concept of apple picking. On the morning of, I woke Evan up and said, "Good morning Apple Farmer Evan. Are you ready to go pick some delicious apples?" HE SPRUNG UP and said, "YES!" We bought the book w/us to read on the car. It was an experience we won't forget. The orchard was just beautiful. There were rows and rows of all different kinds of apples to choose and it catered so much to families. They had a playground, a barn of animals, a bamboo forest path, a bee hive, and of course tons of apple desserts. The donuts were awesome and the apple cider slushy cooled us off.

Like I said, it was a great day to form family memories and we are sure to keep this a tradition.

Click here to see pictures of "APPLE FARMER EARLY'S".