It seems like it was just Fourth of July and now kids are going back to school and Halloween candy is making its appearance on store shelves.

It is hard to believe that summer is almost over. Lily loved it and was able to see where her food comes from and learn about how apples go from farm to table. While of course it is nice to have the delicious apples to enjoy, one of the biggest benefits is doing the actual picking. We decided to get a half bushel of each type. Since we went during an early part of the season only two types of apples were available, gala and I want to think it was Golden Delicious. (I might end up doing a video and sharing the recipe for my homemade applesauce in the near future.) We decided to pick a bushel because I love to make apple sauce and it takes a lot of apples. You can choose different amounts like a half bushel, a bushel, etc. The way it works is that you pay for what you pick. However, this was the first year that Lily has gone apple picking.

For years, we have been visiting the farm during the fall either to go apple picking or to enjoy some of their other autumn activities like a corn maze, pumpkin picking and more. Simmon’s Farm in McMurray, Pennsylvania is a little under an hour away for us. One activity that makes me think about fall is going apple picking. I love Halloween and we were married, take our vacation and our daughter was born during the season. I love autumn! It is my favorite season out of the whole year. My little sunshine helping me make banana bread a few days ago. They are sitting in a vase in our living room and when I look at them it’s a reminder that even in the darkest of days there is always a little light around, you only have to look for it. She was so excited to give them to me that she couldn’t wait until Valentine’s Day and she gave them to me right then and there. While we were at my in-law’s house she found a bunch of fake roses and asked if she could surprise me with those. Later I had found out that she wanted to surprise me by getting me flowers and told my husband that he had to take her to Walmart to buy me flowers for Valentine’s Day. We were sitting at lunch the other day when she said that she had to talk to Daddy about a surprise. She is so happy and so thoughtful for being so young. I get so down with all of the long dark days and the lack of sun.īut one of the things that gets me through this is my daughter. As I have probably talked about on here before, I am not the biggest fan of winter.

Pipsqueaks maze party