Apple Orchard fun

Kate and Anna's co-op had a field trip to the apple orchard today. Although it was a little more humid than I would prefer, we had ALOT of fun, and that is even coming from a mama who is still suffering from all day pregnancy nausea that should be gone, um, any day now. We usually like to go apple picking in early fall, but the apple orchard said if we wanted apples we better come now because everything has come in one-two months ahead of schedule this year, and the apples won't be here much longer. 

Here's some pics from today. Can you believe it? I actually took pictures and am posting them on my forgotten blog all on the same day! This pregnancy must be altering my brain (but in a good way with this :)

Caleb was very impatient during the ten minute apple orchard introduction from the owner. He wanted get to picking some apples!

I believe Anna won the prize for filling her bag the fullest and finding the most "juicy" apples, according to her anyways.

Here she is explaining to me how to find the juiciest apple.

"Caleb, wheres your apple bag?" "Oh, you put it down somewhere so you could eat the apple!"

Kate lugging in her loot.

Yummy fruit slushies made right on the farm with the fruit that they grow. What a treat after we got back in from apple picking all hot and sweaty.

Caleb loved the big rock pile just about as much as anything. Yes, nana, tonight was a bath night! :)

We ended the afternoon with a group picnic under the biggest shady oak tree.
I would have given just about anything if I could have about 30 minutes under that same tree on that same blanket alone! Needless to say, I spent a lot of time day-dreaming about what a nap would feel like right there.

Isn't he the cutest little thing? He didn't want to leave after our picnic. He was having so much fun roaming around on the farm exploring...Im not sure much of his lunch got eaten though...

They had fresh, warm, gooey fruit pies for sale!  I can't believe Anna was the only one who wanted to try, and we both agreed they were delicious! When the owner found out I was diabetic he had the cook bake me up one made with splenda. That sure was a nice treat enjoyed during nap time this afternoon. However, Id venture to say that although it had a little less sugar, it was not low-carb! But then, nothing good ever is.....

Kate wanted to take a picture of me. Well, at least now I have proof that at 13 weeks pregnant and still very nauseous, I really did take three kids to the apple orchard for three hours by myself on a hot, humid day and am still smiling at the very end! Don't be impressed however, because I haven't done much besides post these pictures the rest of the day!