First up was
apple picking! We did the five pound bag
again because I knew we wouldn’t be able to eat them all if we picked more than
that. The kids loved picking and so did
their Momma! ;o)
After Brian
took our bag of apples to the car we headed straight to the jumping pillow to
let the kiddos burn off some steam. We
had never seen a jumping pillow until we came to this orchard last year, but I
have to say it is a really cool thing! I’m
not even sure how it works, but it’s just this massive pillow looking thing
right on the ground and it’s super bouncy like a trampoline. Jacob loved it last year and Brian reminded
me that Olivia hadn’t, but this year both of them had a blast.
After they
got their bouncies out we headed to the playground. On the way, everyone had to stop and take a
picture as an apple thief!
After playing
on the playground for a bit (I didn’t even snap any pictures) we headed to the
big slides. The kids slid over and over
and I think they would have done it all day if we had let them! They loved it!
Next up was
the petting zoo where the kids held baby chicks, fed baby goats, and petted a
brand new week-old baby calf as well as some kittens. There was this big goat house out there and
one of the big goats was in the tower, and they had a bucket on a pulley so the
kids could fill the bucket with hay and send it up to the goat in the
tower. Olivia wanted so badly to use the
pulley to send the bucket up, but the goat kept grabbing the rope and pulling
it up himself. It was so funny.
By this time
it was lunchtime, so B got in line for hot dogs and hamburgers while I snagged
a picnic table. After lunch we headed
straight inside the farmer’s market where they sell the apple cider donuts and
ice cream and we all got dessert – hand dipped ice cream for the kids and me,
an apple pie with ice cream for B, and a half dozen apple cider donuts to
go! The best part!
We were
pretty beat after that, so we headed back to the car and settled in for the
hour and fifteen minute drive back to the mountain house. On the way back, we passed several medians
that were just FILLED with gorgeous purple and white wildflowers and they went
on for miles! I had to snap a picture because
I couldn’t believe how beautiful they were!
I wish our city would do something like this.
On the way
back to the house, we stopped in the little town of Hiawasee because look what
we found… a mural!!!! Since the kids
were with us, I couldn’t resist taking some pictures of them in front of it as
well. Oh, and Brian. Haha.
We spent the
rest of the afternoon hanging out at the house, inspecting our apple haul, and taking
a quick walk through the neighborhood. I
say quick because both kids whined incessantly the entire time so we had to
turn around and go back to the house pretty much right after we left – ha!
By 5:30 or so
the kids were driving us nuts (witching hour is REAL, y’all) so B and I cracked
open some beers and sat out on the back deck while the kids ran amuck. For dinner we decided to stay home, and we
found the BEST little pizza place that delivered to the house! We were so excited to not have to leave! The kids got bathed while we were waiting for
the pizza to arrive, and then we had a delicious dinner and watched the Georgia/Missouri
game.
We stepped
outside for our last sunset and then B worked on the puzzle that we had all
been putting together all weekend. Jacob
snuggled up in my lap for a long time so I was basically in heaven and Olivia
laid in her sleeping bag while watching the game. After Jacob crawled out of my lap I crawled
in Olivia’s sleeping bag with her and she thought it was hilarious that we
could both fit in there. Meanwhile Jacob
passed out on the carpet.
During
halftime B scooped Jacob up and carried him to bed while I carried Olivia. Both of them fell asleep within two minutes
and B and I had the rest of the evening free to watch the rest of the game and
enjoy a couple more brewskies. We got
another win, too!! WOOT!
Sunday
morning we got up early, enjoyed our apple cider donuts from the orchard, said
goodbye to the mountains, and then we were on our way back home… but not before
stopping one more time in front of the mural!
God bless
Brian for putting up with my shenanigans.
;o)
It was
another amazing trip and we are all so blessed to have created so many wonderful
memories together that we can all look back on one day.
