Apple Orchard Trip

Today, Julia's preschool had a field trip to a local orchard, along with every other preschool, daycare, young child group. It was a little crazy, but I guess that goes with the time of year. The day started out a little crazy, but it all worked out in the end.

All of Julia's field trips are on Fridays and most of them start at 9:15 or 9:30. Some are pretty local, like this one, but some are 20-30 minutes away. This poses quite the quandary for us, since Fridays are the day that Jimmy goes to a Moms Morning Out program from 9:15-noon. I can't take him earlier and I have to be back to pick him up. Today, Julia went with one of my neighbor's whose daughter, Kylie, is also in her class. I took Jimmy to MMO and literally waiting in my car until 9:15 to walk him in. Then drove to the orchard for Julia's trip. As I was pulling in, I saw a hayride leaving and recognized some of the coats on the hayride, so I knew that I missed it. As well as another mom and her daughter. So, we waited for them to return, because apparently you can't walk out into the orchard/pumpkin patch. Whatever. After a while the hayride stopped within our sight range and one of the farmers said we could walk back. Thanks.

Each of the kids gets to pick one apple ("Watch out for the ones with spots and worms!" - Julia said) and they also get a pumpkin.

After the hayride, we went inside and enjoyed a cup of cider and a sugar donut. Julia told me that Kurt told her to save him some, so she refused to finish her donut. She is so sweet.

After the eating was over, the kids sort of roamed around and played. They have tons of cut outs for the kids to take pictures in and some farm animals. There were so many kids running around that it was hard to keep track of them at times.





It was a little chilly, but the sun was out and it was nice to be outside on such a wonderful fall day.