All the Picking Rolled into One

We finally found some free time this weekend and took the kiddos apple and pumpkin picking. It was a gorgeous fall day...maybe a bit too windy but the sun was shining, the kids were bundled and we had a great time.

Ben and Cami waited for the shuttle to arrive while Brayden and I went and looked at the animals in the petting zoo, although there was NO touching of the animals. Petting zoos freak me out. They seem like a breeding ground for yucky germs so we just looked.

We took the shuttle out to the apple orchards. Since we were late in the picking season, most of the apple trees were pretty much picked clean. Brayden found a few apples close enough for him to pick off the tree but his favorite part of the trip was eating the apples. You will notice in most of the pictures he either has an apple in his mouth or very close by it. Granny Smith's were his favorite...Mommy's too!

Next stop was the pumpkins. Brayden immediately found the pumpkin he wanted but that didn't stop him from trying to pick up every pumpkin in the patch! We decided to only pick one pumpkin in the patch and get the others back at the store since Ben and I only have two hands and it really didn't seem plausible for us to maneuver the shuttle with two kiddos, a 1/2 peck of apples and multiple pumpkins.All in all, we had a great day. I can't wait until next year when Cami will be able to chomp on an apple and pick a pumpkin of her own.