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<\/a>When I say “we” I really mean “they” ran through the corn maze while Elizabeth and I moseyed behind, chatting and occasionally regrouping the kids. Alistair looks like he’s yelling his corn maze battle cry! (I wish I could harness his energy!)<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Fortunately Lex took care of reading the clues so we weren’t lost in there forever!<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Alistair says, “what’s the point of a corn maze if we can’t pick the corn?!”<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Eve says, “well… if he picked corn …”
I say, “You’re not supposed to pick the corn! But… since you already did let me take a picture.” :)<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Lex waving to the tractor driver hauling pumpkins.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Lex’s picking method was to fill all of his pockets as full as possible before coming back to the bags. I love his efficiency.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>We broke a few rules that day. He’s so cute though! A little monkey in an apple tree.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>This year we got a wagon. I learned my lesson from last year<\/a>, hauling apples all the way down the hill.<\/p><\/div>\n While I paid for our goods, the kids decided to see how much the pumpkins weighed – altogether.<\/p><\/div>\n Eve helped bring the apples to the car. Strong girl!<\/p><\/div>\n Yesterday I made apple pie and triple berry jam. We had lots of black raspberries in the freezer from our back yard so I added those to the golden raspberries and blueberries we picked at the orchard. It came out great! <\/p>\n Wait, don’t cut it yet! I almost forgot to take a picture!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We took our first trip of the year to the apple orchard this week! I’d like to go back a few more times, but we have so many apples already!! We went with Elizabeth and Alistair and had a wonderful … Continue reading <\/a><\/a><\/a>