Fall fun, New York style.

It's that time of year again. The leaves in the neighborhood are turning gold and red and the mornings are a bit crisp for anything but lounging in front of the TV (or Spinning classes :)

So in accordance with customs, we headed out to Baumanns/Schutts farm markets, this time to REALLY pick some apples. The kids up to this point thought picking apples meant going to the farm market and selecting them from the bins.

So we went out to G&S Farms near the corner of Lincoln and Atlantic in Walworth. Fabulous experience. We picked a bushel of various delicious apples. The kids had a great time picking the apples from the nice low trees and actually listened to directions (like to not throw the apples into the box).

Next, we headed over to the pumpkin patch to get some pumpkin. Mary Grace termed this act "pumpkin patching", similar to "apple picking". We like it, so we've integrated that term into our vocabulary...

The trip's only downside was when Mary Grace tripped in the pumpkin patch and fell into a rotten pumpkin and got her pants full of pumpkin guts. Luckily mommy had a spare pair of pants in the emergency bag in the car.