family first

today we ventured north to ellijay, ga for some apple picking!! i have been looking forward to this trip for quite a few weeks and anticipated both its joy and satisfaction for all. little bb had a blast! having watched one too many episodes of curious george and the apple barn, he knew exactly what to do! he spotted the processing room right away...noticing the apples coming off the belt, being bagged, etc. to his dismay (i assume) we did not witness the juicing of apples to make both apple juice and/or cider, as they do on curious george, although the "general store" carried both. to MY dismay, we forgot to try the apple cider doughnuts! brayden LOVED it though. not only did he find it hillarious seeing daddy jump to pick jumbo red romes left at the treetops, but he picked a few himself, he shot an apple canon, walked through a petting farm and proudly named each animal, and passed at the chance for a hayride because he was too pooped from walking the orchards and searching for apples. in fact, he asked for "home." we picked mostly red rome, with a few golden delicious, fuji, and maybe some winesaps and braeburns mixed in. i'm honestly not sure of some of the red varieties because at one point, i took brayden by myself while chris fed little miss and we wandered in between rows instead of going up and down and paying attention to the signs. hmmm... oh well. i was really just trying to hurry and fill the bag! both kids fell asleep on way there and both fell asleep on way home. nice job mom and dad! :)