As is customary around here this time of year, Austin's preschool went to the Apple Orchard for a field trip. We've gone every year the 7 years we've lived here. We saw the animals, rode on the tractor-pulled wagon, learned how the bees help pollinate the apple trees, and ate doughnuts and cider. The only thing different this year is that there are no apples on the trees! As we rode through the orchard on the wagon, the trees were fruitless. The apple each kid got to take home was from an orchard in northern Michigan, as well as the cider we drank. The reason? Since we had a huge warm spell over the witner, everything bloomed, then died when it froze again. I don't think the kids really noticed too much, but I thought it was kind of sad.
Enjoying the wagon ride
Erik crawled way over to the middle, which made me very nervous.
Owen and Austin
Yummy apple, from a different orchard...
Got to have the bumble bee picture
Tough tractor driver
Erik sucked on some apple too
The preschool group and siblings
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ReplyDeleteWe are apple-less in NM too. We had bad fires a couple of summers ago. They got the apple orchards near Albuquerque - so sad!