Fall Is In The Air

Last week, fall kicked off for us with a field trip to the apple orchard and pumpkin patch with Hannah's preschool. It was still unseasonably warm that day but that didn't stop the mood of fall. The girls liked the pumpkin patch but what they really enjoyed was picking apples. Here we are waiting for the hayride to the pumpkin patch:

On the hay ride:

Showing off their pumpkins:

Back at the apple orchard. Hannah kept hiding in the trees and asking me to take pictures of her:

Here is Hannah showing off her apples:

Hailey holding the one apple she picked:

And Hannah posing with Hailey while Hailey decides to try her apple:

Here is a shot a few days ago, when it was finally starting to feel like fall. It's also getting dark much earlier, as you can see since this was maybe 7:30pm or so:

Today we went on our annual trip to the pumpkin patch with the grandparents and the great grandparents. Here's Mom and Grandma walking with Hannah and Hailey. Notice the matching Halloween shirts - Hannah picked them out and they say "Scaredy" with a black cat underneath them.

Here is the whole crew:

Hailey with the grandparents, walking out of the corn maze (we only dared the "easy" version):

Mom was throwing the hay, which was making Hailey laugh while she was standing on the hay bails they put up:

Hailey saw a group of kids go by on the hayride so she stopped to wave:

Smiling for the camera:

Another cute picture:

Hannah and Hailey are queens of the hill:

Hailey was having a great time throwing some of the loose hay:

For a quarter, you could feed the goats. The kids LOVED feeding them, and I'm pretty sure we provided them with their entire lunch. Hannah feeding a goat:

Hailey feeding a goat:

I think the goat loved Hailey just as much as she loved him:

Just because I thought this was a neat effect - playing inside a plastic pumpkin:

On our hayride:

Welcome fall!!!