Apples, pumpkins, and more apples!

Two Sundays ago, we took our annual trip to Afton Apple, for the first time as a family of three (last year, just Mommy and Isabel went so there were not nearly as many good photo ops!)

Many of you might know that Isabel's favorite word of late is "apple." So, we thought it would be doubly as fun to take her apple picking this year! Despite the chilly October temps we have been having that caused us to have to don our winter coats, hats, and mittens for our trip there, we headed down after church on a sunny (but yes, chilly) morning, and the trip was definitely a success!

Notable activities of the day:

1) Isabel feeding a donkey out of her hand (we have no photo of this so you will just have to take our word for it. Mommy couldn't handle taking the photos AND making sure that Isabel held her hand flat so the gentle donkey wouldn't accidentally lop off one of her little fingers!)

2) Daddy taking her to the top of the big haypile.
3) Sticking her head in the little cutouts in the animals faces. We especially liked showing these photos to her on the computer at home, where she could see herself as a cow ("moo-moo-moo"), sheep ("baa-baa"), etc.

4) Getting to carry around, and eat, her VERY OWN apple that we picked off the tree just for her! That thing was glued to her hand from the moment we gave it to her until we ended our day at the orchard!

5) "Helping" Mommy and Daddy find the very perfect pumpkin to take home and (hopefully) carve. It will be interesting to see if she likes the feeling of pumpkin squishing through her hands, and if she tries to eat it (ew!)

"I think I found the one, guys!"

6) Opening the car door when we got home to find her sleeping HARD in her carseat, exhausted from her adventure (those of you who know Isabel well will know that this never happens, especially not to the point where we can take a photo without her waking up!)

There were too many cute photos to put on the blog, so I have posted a few here and you can find the rest at our Shutterfly site, http://www.lukeandkristy.shutterfly.com/.

Enjoy your autumn!