Catching up on our October weekends...
The first Saturday of the month we knew was going to be a busy day. Sean had to help clean the church, we were hoping to get out for a date night AND we wanted to go as a family to Deterings Orchards' Apple Days. Of course, all of this had to be timed just right with the weather (it was supposed to rain off and on, especially in the afternoon), General conference sessions (which we ended up just recording on the DVR), Ethan's nap-time and Duck game traffic. Good luck!
So we started our day bright and early with a couple McD's breakfast sandwiches (love the buy one get one free coupon), picked up Lizzy and headed to Deterings Orchards in Coburg. I knew they opened at 8am, but it wasn't until just before we pulled up at about 10am that we heard on the radio their Apple Days customer appreciation event didn't really start up until 11am. Oh well, we were there and it was the ONLY time we could go all day. For once we were actually somewhere early! And it definitely worked to our advantage. It was freezing, but we just about had the place to ourselves. Ethan had a blast running around their hay bail maze and climbing on top - perfect for an impromptu fall photo session! 
Next it was time to head to the kid-size pumpkin patch for Ethan's free pumpkin - oh yeah, there were freebies all over the place! So we grabbed a cart and headed down to the patch so he could "pick one out". Yeah, umm.... he grabbed the first one he saw and called it good. Typical boy. Then he was obsessed with pulling the cart all by himself - such a strong boy!
We snacked on free apple cobbler w/ ice cream and grabbed Ethan his free apple to eat with lunch. Just as we were leaving, the live band started playing and the people started pouring in. We missed the big rush and headed for home just as even more people were getting there and it was starting to sprinkle. Talk about perfect timing! :) And the day was a great start to the Fall season!
LOVE this picture of Ethan!
The first Saturday of the month we knew was going to be a busy day. Sean had to help clean the church, we were hoping to get out for a date night AND we wanted to go as a family to Deterings Orchards' Apple Days. Of course, all of this had to be timed just right with the weather (it was supposed to rain off and on, especially in the afternoon), General conference sessions (which we ended up just recording on the DVR), Ethan's nap-time and Duck game traffic. Good luck!
So we started our day bright and early with a couple McD's breakfast sandwiches (love the buy one get one free coupon), picked up Lizzy and headed to Deterings Orchards in Coburg. I knew they opened at 8am, but it wasn't until just before we pulled up at about 10am that we heard on the radio their Apple Days customer appreciation event didn't really start up until 11am. Oh well, we were there and it was the ONLY time we could go all day. For once we were actually somewhere early! And it definitely worked to our advantage. It was freezing, but we just about had the place to ourselves. Ethan had a blast running around their hay bail maze and climbing on top - perfect for an impromptu fall photo session! Next it was time to head to the kid-size pumpkin patch for Ethan's free pumpkin - oh yeah, there were freebies all over the place! So we grabbed a cart and headed down to the patch so he could "pick one out". Yeah, umm.... he grabbed the first one he saw and called it good. Typical boy. Then he was obsessed with pulling the cart all by himself - such a strong boy!We snacked on free apple cobbler w/ ice cream and grabbed Ethan his free apple to eat with lunch. Just as we were leaving, the live band started playing and the people started pouring in. We missed the big rush and headed for home just as even more people were getting there and it was starting to sprinkle. Talk about perfect timing! :) And the day was a great start to the Fall season!
LOVE this picture of Ethan!
5 comments:
Great pictures! Who can stay away from the pumpkin patch when there is a FREE pumpkin? And apple? And apple crisp? And ... Wish I could've gone. And yeah, that's a great pic of Ethan. :)
What a fun day!!!! I love getting free pumpkins for the kids! Gotta love the fall.
That was such a fun day!I had a BLAST!
It looks like a lot of fun!! It is nice sometimes to be at a place and nobody is there! You can really enjoy it without having to worry about a ton of people. I like the last picture of ethan also. Way cute!
Oh yeah...the day you guys went without me!! How rude! lol
Oh well- you got some cute pictures!! :)
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