Apple Picking at Eckert's Farm

The upside to being stuck in doors for a week because of torrential rains is that it pushes you to get things done indoors that you normally would procrastinate. I have been blogging a whopping once a month for a while now and I am woefully behind. So, here's even more catching up.

At the end of September Lynette's preschool had a field trip to Eckert's farm to go apple picking. It was a day of excitement and adventure.
It began with Lynette's first ever bus ride. Lynette has been looking forward to this for years.

I didn't realize until I took this picture that my family all matched, except me. That was SO not planned. Funny.

Lynette got to share a seat with her good friend Katie.



We got to ride in a wagon pulled by an honest-to-goodness tractor. We had to wait quite a while for the tractor, but it was well worth it.

Apples, apples everywhere! We were each given a small bag to fill up and were allowed to eat all the apples we wanted along the way.

Trevor took that as a personal challenge. He ate and ate and ate.

It took a while for us to convince him that it was more fun to eat apples that were picked off the tree, than say the rotten ones that were on the ground. Once he got the hang of it, he was hooked.

Lynette also enjoyed this.

Family picture!

Take two- could not get the kids' attention, there was just too much to see and do.

And Trev ate more apples.

Daddy and Lynette going high for the good ones.

I always used to fantasize about apple picking. Thinking about Robert Frost's poem "After Apple Picking" and going out with a wicker basket with a sweater on, picking in the crisp, cool fall air. This was not quite that experience. It was 80 degrees and humid. Lovely day, but hauling around a bag of apples gets HEAVY and I was sweating! It was fun, but I sure needed a shower afterward.

Oh yeah, Trev ate some more, too.

The farm didn't just have apple picking. We also got to see pig races.

Introducing our racing pigs: Kevin Bacon, Hamgelina Jolie, Brad Pig...

We also got to feed goats, which is easier said than done. The food dispenser was right by the goat fence and as soon as I put in the quarter and turned the nozzle the goats swarmed. I never even got to touch the food, they nudged their noses in and ate it right out of the dispenser.

Their were games to place, a "maize" to go through, tricycles to ride, miniature golf. It really was one of those picture perfect days.