Monday, October 10, 2011

pickin' apples.

alternatively titled, "the obligatory fall outing wherein we pick fruit."

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apple picking just oozes fall, doesn't it? i have such fond memories of going apple picking as a child. or rather, i have fond memories of the first hour or so of apple picking and then complaining about being tired and wanting to go home for the rest of the time. yes, sadly, i was *that* kid. ;)

a few weeks ago, we took choi boy on his inaugural apple picking trip and it did not disappoint. unlike his momma, cb could have picked apples all day long! we had such a blast picking apples and enjoying all the orchard had to offer...as you will soon see by the insane number of pictures i'll be posting. apologies in advance. ;)

we joined cb's ladyfriend's family for our outing, and you can bet there were many awesome photo ops of the two littles. right from the start, actually. :)
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kate's baby brother showed us his own share of adorableness, too.
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love him!

cb and kate enjoyed some play time before we headed out into the orchard.
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the sandbox was a big hit!

as was this super cool airplane!
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and unfortunately, so were these porta-potties.
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cb saw them and excitedly shouted, "red house! red house!" not really, little dude.

after the porta-potty clarification, it was finally time to pick our apples. the hubs and i are not fans of warm or cooked fruit (sorry, pie lovers!), meaning our picked apples were going to be strictly for eating as is. so we opted for a small bag that cb insisted on carrying.
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the excitement about that was (thankfully) greater than the porta-potty excitement.

as you can see, we wore our wellies to combat the wet and slightly muddy grass.
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and also partially because they were super fun (and cute!) to stomp around in. ;)

and, we were off!
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and once choi boy realized what we were doing, he was unstoppable!
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cb and kate got into the groove together and even got some pickin' pointers from kate's pops.
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and pretty soon, cb was giving his own pointers.
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we tried to stop for some posed pictures, but our little guy was far too busy to stop.
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"there are apples to be picked, appa!"

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"that's right, appa, stay focused."

soon enough, cb realized that eating apples straight off the tree was much more fun than picking.
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so he proceeded to eat apples.

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a lot of apples.

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so many apples we later paid for them in a stinky way.
sorry, that one was for beth. ;)

he couldn't even stop eating long enough to look at the camera for a family shot.
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and then he was so busy eating, he photo bombed kate's family's (minus her daddy who was trying to find cell phone reception!) shot.
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classy.

one might even say choi boy seemed a bit...intoxicated by them apples.
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but i'll leave that up to you to decide.

after picking and eating, we headed back up to the market and play area and munched on some yummy apple donuts.
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we also got to ride the cutest little barrel train that you ever did see!
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cb wouldn't let me get in the car with him, but insisted that i also come, so i was the totally lame grown-up riding in a cow all by herself. i felt like tom hanks in that carnival scene in "you've got mail." complete with eyeroll from a child and all. ahem, cb. ;)

we had lots of fun riding around the farm and cb had a mild freak-out when he saw his latest obsession:
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"coo bus!! coo bus!!!!!"

after a second ride, this time, sans lame umma,
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we picked our pumpkin,
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checked out some mums,
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and called it a day.
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a delicious day, actually.

:)




p.s. elizabeth asked about the instruments from this post. they are from the 'B' line at target, but i haven't seen them since the summer...they are fantastic, though, and i hope you find them!

10 comments:

  1. I just did my apple/pumpkin post...lol. CB is such a charmer with his lady friend! and you in the train car...awesome!

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  2. omg, cb is so cute i wanna die!

    where did you guys go to pick apples?

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  3. What a fun day! I wanna go pick apples there!!!!

    CB just gets cuter and cuter.....and I didn't think that was possible. :)

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  4. I love CB's smiley face by the Golden Delicious sign. It's too cute. I have never been apple picking before even though I live in a fruit growing area. Perhaps this fall, we'll have to change that! You got some great pictures!

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  5. "HEY! I didn't know you were going apple picking! Why didn't you invite me?!"
    "Oh, um do you want to come apple picking?"
    "no! I'm busy now!"

    Sad I missed this! but, horseback riding was pretty rad too.

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  6. This was hilarious! I love that he kept eating the apples. That's what my little B does too. I love that you rode in a cow by yourself, and I love that you don't like cooked fruit. I'm the same way! But mostly I love all the great pics of choi boy!

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  7. "there are apples to be picked!" TOO FUNNY. Oh man... I'm laughing so hard over that photo.

    Our pumpkin patch has that cow train... and the darn thing is never running! Gaugh! (If you search "It's the Great Pumpkin" on my blog, you will see poor baby Spencer wondering why there is no movement...

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  8. I cannot believe you don't like pie, and that you found someone else who doesn't either! I LOVE pie. What a fun outing! I love the barrel train, and the picture of you in it! How funny that cb is obsessed with school buses now, too. They are probably the love of Benny's life.

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  9. Um, yeah, what's up with the no cooked fruit/pie rule? My friend Courtney is the same way. Whatev!

    Ok, now that that's out of the way. Cute photos and fun day! Clearly CB thoroughly enjoyed everything this outing had to offer :) I love that you had to ride in the cow train all by yourself. Hee hee. Max would not go alone so Jon had to sit in the same barrel as him. Oy! The train was exactly the same as yours (but ours was at our pumpkin patch not our apple orchard).

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  10. awesome photos! especially the one of you in the barrel train ;)! and kids in wellington boots are my favorite and cb is no exception!

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