A trip to the apple orchard

Last Friday the boys and I met my cousin Missy and her kiddos, Eli and Matea, out at Schwaillers Country Basket. Both Eli and Joshua were excited at the prospect of picking their own apples right off the trees. We picked up a half bushel and headed out to the orchard to find there were only two kinds of apples to pick since apples had come 3 weeks early this year; thankfully we all like Jonagold apples so when we found the trees heavy with apples the boys got right to work! Matthew could have cared less about the picking, but was more than willing to "test" every apple if we had let him; he was a pretty happy camper if he had an apple to bite in his hand at all times. Joshua and Eli filled our baskets to overflowing in no time! Then it was off to play in the hay and corn as well as see the animals; Joshua was enamored with all of the kittens would have loved to smuggle one home. No trip to an orchard would be complete without donuts so we ended our time with pumpkin donuts that were scrumptious! Nothing like a gorgeous morning enjoying God's creation and good friends! Time to make some apple crisp! Matthew loved the apples and the kittens!

Joshua lovin' on a kitty.

Matthew trying to pick an apple (notice the apple in his left hand with a bite out of it already).

Joshua was a fast apple picker.

"There's one mom!"

Eli and Matea and Matthew and Joshua filling up our baskets.

Cuties!

Check out all the apples Joshua picked for us!

Matthew enjoyed caring the empty basket and his apple to munch on of course.

Two little monkey climbing on the hay.

Weeeeeee!

Two other little monkeys playing in the corn.

Joshua couldn't get enough of these kittens.