We've done a few things around here to ring in the new season. First, the girls noticed that there are lots of acorns all over the ground. My girls, who both love to collect various oddities (rocks, leaves, stickers from the dentist, junk from birthday party goody bags, Happy Meal toys, etc), insisted that they gather a bunch of those acorns and keep them. So I took them over to the big oak tree and had them gather a few there.
No, we're not putting them away to sustain us through this coming winter. We're trying to sprout them. Don't ask me where we're going to plant 15 or so oak trees. We'll figure something out. Do oak trees grow in pots? I'll have to investigate that, given our current move schedule.
Next we went to a pumpkin patch near Princeton. We petted goats, kitties, and a horse, we found our way through a corn maze, we ate apple cider donuts, and we found some pumpkins. I'd call that a successful trip.
Then we went to the other side of the farm and picked apples. Yum! I was going to use some of them for applesauce and a pie, but I'm not sure if I'll have any left over after the kiddos get their fill. I think Maddie ate four whole apples by herself yesterday! And Claire isn't usually an apple-eater, but she had so much fun picking them that she decided they're not too bad. Even Colin enjoys them when they're cut up.
(Click any of the photos above for more shots from the farm!)So, hooray for fall and fun things to do!
2 comments:
Great pictures! That looks like a fun pumpkin patch. We hope to go this weekend and cross fingers that our weather will be as good as yours was.
Great shots from the pumpkin farm. As for the acorns,you might want to Google "Oak bonsai."
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