The orchard was about 1.5 hours away, so here we are loaded up for our fun trip! Unfortunately Daddy could not join us because of his work schedule, so our good friend Emily came with us! I am brave and will take all four to the store, park, or library.....but I am not brave enough, (or crazy enough??) to go on a field trip by myself with all four!!
Jacob was happy to go along for the ride, but spent most of the trip actually in the Ergo carrier with Mommy.
The kids got to learn how the apples are picked, washed, sorted, and polished. We all got to try three different kinds of apples and voted on our favorite.
We also learned about how the orchard makes their yummy apple cider! There are two ways to make cider, the highly industrialized version shown here....
and the old fashioned version shown here!
All the kids got a turn chopping apples in the hopper and watching the apples get pressed into cider.
Enjoying the yummy fruits of their hard labor!
Next, we got to go on a hayride tour of the orchard.
Then we got a chance to pick some apples! Since our family has a BIG vacation coming up in December, we were not able to take our annual apple picking trip. So we were glad we were still able to pick some fresh apples this year (although we missed Daddy being able to reach all the good ones up high!)
Home school moment of joy for this month: being able to take your younger siblings on a field trip with you!
2 comments:
Yay for field trips and memory making all in one day! Little ones do absorp so much from watching the older kids...they will remember lots of those special days! Lucky Emily..got to go along! Wish I was closer and could go too...counting the days till I can squeeze you all...like apples for cider! Love Gram
So sweet! What a neat thing to be able to experience all of these things together...such a gift for your family. Love you!
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