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Apples and Pumpkins
Oct. 5th, 2009 04:28 pmLooking at our schedule for October, I decided that the only time this month we'd be able to do our annual pumpkin picking trip was yesterday, so off we went.
Apple picking was a little disappointing because most of the trees were heavily picked over by the time we got there. There were a lots of clusters of apples way up high out of reach, but there were very few ladders and lots of apple pickers, and the kids were uneasy about picking apples from dad's shoulders, so we did as best we could. We still managed to get about a full bushel of apples.
The farm had a big fall festival setup going, complete with hayride and straw bale maze, so DH took Son the Younger on the hayride and I took Son the Elder to the maze. The straw bale maze is taller than StE, but shorter than me, so even though StE took off and disappeared quickly, I still managed to catch up on him and surprise him a couple of times.
We had a lunch of Too Much Greasy Food (including apple fritters, mmmm) and went off to the pumpkin patch. The rule was they had to get pumpkins they could carry, so StY got the smallest pumpkin, I got one slightly larger than that, and both DH and StE got Really Huge ones. 70 lbs of pumpkins all together.
I also got a couple of sugar pumpkins and one enormous Hubbard squash for eating. I cooked one of the sugar pumpkins last night, and it is sweet and yummy. We'll see if it sticks around long enough to make it into a pie.
StY says he wants pumpkin pie, but he then often says he wants something, but then doesn't eat it when actually confronted with it. StE says he wants pumpkin and apple pie, but I can't see how that would work. I think I'll just have to make one of each, and if they don't like them, then hey, more for me.
Apple picking was a little disappointing because most of the trees were heavily picked over by the time we got there. There were a lots of clusters of apples way up high out of reach, but there were very few ladders and lots of apple pickers, and the kids were uneasy about picking apples from dad's shoulders, so we did as best we could. We still managed to get about a full bushel of apples.
The farm had a big fall festival setup going, complete with hayride and straw bale maze, so DH took Son the Younger on the hayride and I took Son the Elder to the maze. The straw bale maze is taller than StE, but shorter than me, so even though StE took off and disappeared quickly, I still managed to catch up on him and surprise him a couple of times.
We had a lunch of Too Much Greasy Food (including apple fritters, mmmm) and went off to the pumpkin patch. The rule was they had to get pumpkins they could carry, so StY got the smallest pumpkin, I got one slightly larger than that, and both DH and StE got Really Huge ones. 70 lbs of pumpkins all together.
I also got a couple of sugar pumpkins and one enormous Hubbard squash for eating. I cooked one of the sugar pumpkins last night, and it is sweet and yummy. We'll see if it sticks around long enough to make it into a pie.
StY says he wants pumpkin pie, but he then often says he wants something, but then doesn't eat it when actually confronted with it. StE says he wants pumpkin and apple pie, but I can't see how that would work. I think I'll just have to make one of each, and if they don't like them, then hey, more for me.
