Apple Picking

It's a terrible year for any kind of picking but when I got word that Cranes would be apple picking for the weekend I wanted to take the kids.  I was hoping to purchase some Honey Crisps as well.  When we got there the line was a mile down the road to get INTO Cranes.  Haha.  I think not.  We went across the street to Gary Cranes and picked there.  They were picking Golden Delicious, Ida Red's and Jonathon's.  The lady said that the Golden Delicious were the best pickings so we started there first.  I am not kidding when I tell you there were, at most, 5 small/bruised/ok/TOO small apples per tree.  We got about half a bag of those and then moved on to the other varieties.  The Ida Red's had, maybe, one small/too small/bruised apple every other tree.  The ones they had were at the top of the trees.  We got a handful of those.  The Jonathon's were the same as the Ida Red's.  So pretty much overall picking was terrible.  And the apples are small.  When we left there wasn't a line on the road at the other Crane's any more so we headed over to possibly buy some Honey Crisps.  Yeah right.  We pulled up and the line to check out was winding through the orchards.  They were selling Honey Crisps in 10lb bags for $20.  No line just for Honey Crisps either.  We left.  No Honey Crisps for us this year... :(

Love this cutie.  And her dress!  Thanks Heather ;)

Chheeessseee!

Such a pretty girl.  With some amazing eyes.

Stinker boy.  He's saying cheese...

     No one likes to look at the camera...                                                              ...or sit still.

 

 Again.  Either not smiling, not looking or trying to escape.

Ha :)  Pumpkins+Apples=Fall! 

Even though picking royally stunk we still had fun.  And have THREE babies who LOVE apples..with skins on ;)