FIRST DAYS of FALL

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL FALL DAY! Today Macie and I met up with some ladies I met at church and went to an apple orchard. It was so much fun. The owners gives a presentation about cotton, growing apples, and bees/honey. Then the guide takes the group around the farm showing the kids the crops that are planted, the pond, the chickens, and the apple trees. After picking apples, you take the apples in a building and watch them get washed. Then finally after the tour you eat the apples. The guide/owner kept saying that Macie was so cute to me and some of the others. I was a little embarrassed since she said it over and over. Macie was a good audience though trying to eat the vegetables, laughing at the grasshoppers, and screaming with delight at the chickens. Each time the lady pulled out a puppet or a creature to show off Macie was at the front of the group. I loved our time out there...the whether was amazing and it definitely felt like fall!

The presentation was not quite interesting enough to keep Macie and the other little ones entertained. She did like sitting on the bench by the kids.

Trying a bean. First she tried to eat the whole thing. Macie ended up spitting it out.

Macie met a new friend. Marisa was 3 and she would walk Macie around when Macie would let her.

Macie was so interested in the grasshopper puppet! She got up as close as she could.

Macie is laughing at the grasshopper that the lady is holding.
"Hopper" is what Macie calls grasshoppers. I looked up and she was carrying it off with her!

Picking apples

One for each hand

Macie is by the pond that is on the farm. She said the alligator was "nice" and gave it a kiss too!

Chickens

This rooster here kept "cock-a-doodle-doing!" He seemed to be the boss rooster. Macie would laugh and scream. She kept trying to put her fingers in the fence and wanted to give the rooster a kiss. I had to remind her to back up or he would peck her.

Macie is blowing a kiss bye-bye to the chickens.

Finally given the ok to eat the washed apple!

Macie found this seat and decided she liked sitting in a big girl chair.

Macie ate the entire apple almost...meaning I looked down and realized seeds were missing and she finished some of the core!

Walking through the apple trees!