Mom's favorite time of year is the fall. There are a lot of outdoor activities she likes to do, and as she's told me about them, I get more and more excited. So, to officially welcome fall, we made our first trip to the apple orchard. We went to
Weston Red Barn Farm in Weston, MO. They have all sorts of fun things and learning activities for kids to do. Weston Red Barn Farm will surely become a staple of our fall activities in the coming years.
This farm has animals, a corn maze, hay rides, and all sorts of things. They even have geese roaming free which really kind of scared me. Here I am by a hay horse and antique tractor. This was one of the few times I got close to the geese.
At the farm, we picked apples. A lot of apples! Truthfully, mom did most of the picking. Apples are on trees really good and I'm not quite strong enough yet to twist them off. I fell down a few times trying to pull an apple off a tree. I became an official helper and put all of the apples in the basket. (Mom told me "gently" a few hundred times.)
We also got to eat some of the apples while we were put there. They tasted so much better than what mom usually gets at the grocery store. I've been asking for a picked apple each day at lunch.
Another highlight of the day was my caterpillar. I found it on our basket and despite my fear of flies and all other flying creatures, I loved this little guy. I carried him around for about half an hour before finding an appropriate home for him in the garden on a leaf.
Our trip is ending. Here I am at the end of the day. Picking apples is sure hard work and it was pretty hot outside.
I was really excited when I heard we had picked a bushel of apples! (Or perhaps it was the old-fashioned candy buttons I got.) We'll be going to a different orchard in a few weeks when their picking starts. This time though Dad is coming! I love mom a bushel and a peck.
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