Yesterday, it was the perfect September day--not too hot, not too cold--just nice and crisp, like an apple. So we headed to the local orchard after school.
You already know how much I love Sun High Orchards (see this post), so I surprised the kids by picking them up from the schoolbus and heading straight over to the farm. Of course, first, Charlotte needed to put on her pink princess skirt over her school pants. (Lately, she can't stand wearing pants and is all about the dresses and skirts. She's a very girly-girl. It's sweet.) There was something so pleasing and refreshing about being outdoors late on a September afternoon, wandering around leisurely, in search of the perfect apples.
Zachary was particularly proud whenever he found a really good one.
Charlotte needed to show me every single apple before she put it in her bag.
When we had collected our fill, we headed over to the animals' area to say hello.
I had never noticed before how a goat's eyes are like cats' eyes, but horizontal instead.
Once we got home, we realized that we went a bit crazy picking the apples. We really had a lot of them! But they were so pretty, like little sculptures.
Delilah doesn't know quite what to make out of them.
But I do: home-made apple pie!
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