Some Autumn Outings

Because we've been so busy this month, I wanted to get in a post about some of our recent fall-related activities. We have definitely checked off the typical fall activity to do list. Apple picking? Check! Hike to enjoy the fall foliage? Check! Farmers' market visit? Check! Pumpkin patch? Double check!

Apple picking

We went to a small orchard with a couple of friends from my moms' group to do some apple picking. It's getting toward the end of the season, but there were enough apples on the trees for us to pick. We took Matt to an apple orchard last year, although that was after the season was over, so this seems to be his first apple picking experience.

Sitting in a rocking chair on the porch, waiting for our friends 

Saying hi to the chickens

Helping to pick some apples

Trying out the burlap maze (the kids had so much fun running around this - we may have spent longer in there than in the orchard!)

Nature Walk

We also went for a nature walk with some of the same friends and a few others around a cranberry bog.

Posing with the bear and eagle on the bench

Looking for the turtles in the neighboring pond / swamp

On the trail

Enjoying one of our apples as a post-hike snack

Farmers' Market

While Jon was finishing up a couple of projects at home one Saturday, Matt and I went to the last farmers' market of the season (and then the library). We picked up some apple cider to enjoy.

Checking out the farm- and food-related toys at the local farmers' market

Pumpkin patch

Matt has been pumpkin picking twice this month. The first time Jon took him to a local farm for a hayride while I was at work. Matt enjoyed wandering through the fields and found a little pumpkin that he could carry all by himself.

Checking out the pumpkin fields

The second time was for a friend's birthday party at the berry farm we often visit. We went on a hayride, picked a pumpkin, played on the playground, and enjoyed some pizza and cupcakes.

Pre-party "horse" ride

Hayride to the pumpkin patch

Picking out a pumpkin

In the "Matt cave"

Enjoying the cupcake