Apple Picking Adventures

A friend invited us to go on a little adventure this weekend. Apple picking! She makes her own apple sauce every year and this time, I wanted to join the fun. We loaded the car early on Sunday morning, drove across the Golden Gate Bridge and up to a town called Petaluma. We've been there before, it's a really beautiful little city with farms and rolling hills surrounding it.

The boys were really excited to visit a farm. On the apple orchard they also had sheep, chickens and black angus cattle. William's first question when we were packing up was, "Will there be a bull?" I said probably not, not every farm keeps a bull. But low and behold, the very first animal we see as we got there, was in fact a bull. There you go William!

We roamed the orchard, picking several types of apples and pears. And then made our way to the animals. Stephen loved the sheep and even got to pet one. He kept saying "More pet sheep" while we toured the rest of the farm.

They also had a juicing station where you could try and spin the wheel to squash the apples. They had filled it quite high so it was really hard for William to turn it, but he tried with all his might and didn't want to give up.

It was a full morning. We drove home and we all took naps even though it was already after 2 p.m.

And then today, the adventure continued! I went to my friend Kate's house and we hooked up our new kitchen gadget (the Kitchen Aid core/peel/slice attachment) and made two huge pots of applesauce and two apple pies.

Such a fun weekend. And now I'm really ready for all the fall activities to come!

A friend invited us to go on a little adventure this weekend. Apple picking! She makes her own apple sauce every year and this time, I wanted to join the fun. We loaded the car early on Sunday morning, drove across the Golden Gate Bridge and up to a town called Petaluma. We've been there before, it's a really beautiful little city with farms and rolling hills surrounding it.

The boys were really excited to visit a farm. On the apple orchard they also had sheep, chickens and black angus cattle. William's first question when we were packing up was, "Will there be a bull?" I said probably not, not every farm keeps a bull. But low and behold, the very first animal we see as we got there, was in fact a bull. There you go William!

We roamed the orchard, picking several types of apples and pears. And then made our way to the animals. Stephen loved the sheep and even got to pet one. He kept saying "More pet sheep" while we toured the rest of the farm.

They also had a juicing station where you could try and spin the wheel to squash the apples. They had filled it quite high so it was really hard for William to turn it, but he tried with all his might and didn't want to give up.

It was a full morning. We drove home and we all took naps even though it was already after 2 p.m.

And then today, the adventure continued! I went to my friend Kate's house and we hooked up our new kitchen gadget (the Kitchen Aid core/peel/slice attachment) and made two huge pots of applesauce and two apple pies.

Such a fun weekend. And now I'm really ready for all the fall activities to come!