So Sunday I was in a bit of a funk. I was weary after Shawn's being away for several days recruiting. A great chat with Katy had gotten me through a couple days, but I was cranky for really no tangible reason. Sun was shining, leaving are nearing their peak in color, nobody had to go to work.
So, instead of wallowing in ha-rumph, we decided it was
time to bust out a big basket of Favorite Family Fun Time.
Ah, my favorite family fun time! Not only did I win a poster contest in 3rd grade with this title for my drawing of my family picking apples at a farm in Iowa, but really, this is my favorite family fun time. Wagon ride, endless juicy apples, the smell of a few rotting apples gives a vinegar-y sense to the air. Fresh air, fall foliage. Bug are mostly dead, or at least dormant. My allergies have subsided for the year. EVERYONE at an orchard is happy. Seriously. It's glory. No wonder my parents are slowly turning their backyard into an apple orchard. My current favorite is the Macoun. Shawn and Lachen are all into the Gala, and Aksel reached high into the trees to get the last three Honeycrisps in the orchard. At Tougas Farms, after you've eaten and picked your fill of apples, there's a playground for all Indiana Jones, Jr.'s--note Aksel's t-shirt.
On the way home, we stopped at my favorite cheese shop to get some cheddar. Apple pie with a hefty slice of sharp cheddar. Mmmm...
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We went to the pumpkin patch yesterday as well! Lexi and Joe got to bring a friend along (Uncle Scott was politic-ing) and the kids ran through a corn maze for an hour and then found the perfect pumpkin. Lexi's choice was HUGE! I told her that if she could get it to the tractor (which would take us back to the farm), she could have it. So she and Sydney, her pal, rolled it up and down hills to the tractor. All 59 pounds of it sits on our front step now! I'm sure we'll have a good time carving it!
Lizzard
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