The Apple of my Eye....Picking Apples

WOW! We had a ton of fun today. We got up at the usual time and we were out the door by the crack of 9:30am. We drove up to Starlight, IN to Huber's Farm. Josiah was a little grumpy about going since he wanted to play at home. As soon as we got there he had changed his mind and was loving it. Last year when we went, we spent the day at the farm and family restaurant section. Today we went to the winery section.

Once there we bought tickets to the children's petting farm. We spent most of the morning there. So, we drive all the way to Huber's and the first thing Josiah wants to do is play on the playground. It took us about 20 minutes to convince him that he really did want to look at the animals. After he chased the ducks right out of the farm, we went over to see the goats. Josiah thought that it was too cool to feed them and have them lick his hands. He laughed and giggled so much that it was fun just watching him. After the goats we saw the rabbits and lamas. We petted the donkeys and looked at the cows. Josiah and I had fun racing across the fields to see the next animal. He always won because he would get in front of me and then zigzag while calling out, "serpentine, serpentine!". He says he learned that from Lightning McQueen.
We spent some time in the corn maze. While in the maze we got some much needed relief from the sun and a cool breeze. Josiah is very much into super heroes these days so he thought it was fun to run through the maze pretending to get the "bad guys". After finding our way through the maze we stopped at the giant jumping pillows. First time up, Josiah got bounced a little too much. After several of the BIG kids got off he tried again and liked it much better the second time around. The big slide was next for Daddy and Josiah while I took pictures. Before lunch Josiah rode the little tractor. I had to help him steer a little or he would still be riding in circles.
We had a very expensive hot dog and brat with fries lunch. Josiah was so thirsty he drank an entire bottle of water by himself and then 1/2 the bottle Greg and I were supposed to share. We bought several more bottles of water and some slushy lemonade. Boy were my boys happy campers! We finished off lunch with some very yummy pumpkin donuts.
After lunch we rode the wagon out to the apple orchard to pick apples. If you could pick a highlight of the day for Josiah I think the wagon ride would be it. Once in the orchard we filled our bag with apples and then sat under one of the apple trees to wait for the wagon ride back. Josiah ate an apple while we sat waiting. He has had so many apples today I thought he would get a stomach ache. The wagon picked us up. We went back to the farmers market, paid for our apples and then off to the car.
Before we left Huber's, Josiah did the pledge of Allegiance for us so I could video it. He had been practicing all the way to Huber's in the car and was finally ready for his video session. See the link under videos. We were all exhausted. I was convinced that Josiah and myself would drift off to sleep in the car. No! Josiah has sworn off naps. He stayed awake all the way home and then watched Cars movie on my bed for his quiet rest time. We had a fun family day. We should have more like this one.


P.S. Greg just informed me that the three things that made it into Josiah's prayers tonight were:

• pumpkin donuts
• riding on the wagon behind the tractor
• picking apples