Apple Picking 2012

Earlier this week I posted my Fall bucket list. Since I took so long to actually get the post written, I was able to cross the first item off the list before I even published it.

This past weekend we did one of my all time favorite fall activities: apple picking.

Dan and I have been apple picking together for years. We first while we were just dating. We went the year we were engaged. We went the year I was pregnant with Stephanie.

We went two years ago when she was just 9 months old.

We went last year when I was pregnant with Joseph and Stephanie was 1.5.

We're sitting with pumpkins, but it's really the apple orchard

 Every year has been fun, but this year, with two children enjoying the day, it was our best yet.

Stephanie loved running up and down the lanes of apples. When we taught her how to pick them off the trees, she took off and picked like a pro. (She particularly enjoyed picking an apple, taking one bite, and putting it in the bag. We put a stop to that awfully quickly.)

Joseph sat in his stroller and munched on an apple. At one point, he ate two at a time. When he took a (very short) break from eating, he giggled at the "balls" as he called them.

My favorite part of the day was when I paused for a moment and watched my family. I wanted to imprint the day in my memory, and really relish the experience.

When we were engaged, I watched families with children pick apples and dreamed that it would be us someday. When we went while I was pregnant with Stephanie, I imagined what it would be like to experience it with my baby. It amazes me that now we are a family of four, still enjoying our annual fall tradition. Listening to my children shriek and giggle as we make our way through the orchard makes me happy and content in a way I never knew possible.

I love every aspect of the fall, and I feel truly blessed to have a husband and two beautiful children to share these experiences with.

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