Since we are in California, I really wanted to take the kids to Apple Country, in Oak Glen. The last time Kyle and I had been there we went with Kyle’s family, I was pregnant with Ethan, and Kyle’s dad was in a wheel chair. And since apples usually ripen in the fall I thought it was just the perfect time to go. The kids had a blast.
We wore our new M&M shirts, which was awesome, because all I had to do was look at the colors around me and when one color was out of my sight, I knew who was gone. 😉 And everyone there thought it was totally cute that we were all M&M’s. (Too bad I didn’t get a picture of the family.)
We stopped off at a playground, by the Oak Glen school, first to give the kids a chance to get their wiggles out after the car ride. Then we went to go ranch hopping. The first two were so packed there was nowhere to park, so we went to the third and we got lucky. Just as we were deciding to leave and check out the next ranch, we saw a parking spot. 😀
We went inside and got to taste all kinds of apples, some of which I had never even heard of. We picked out a kind that we all liked the best, and got to buy some. And we got to taste some fresh apple cider. Then we went back to the car and Kyle headed back to go buy some apple cider donuts. MMMM I remember those from the last time Kyle and I went. The line was outrageous though. I sat with the kids in the car, and gave Chloe a bottle and he was STILL waiting in line by the time she finished. So I took the kids to go sit at a table in some shade.
And Kyle’s still in line:
When he finally rounded the corner to get into the building I took the kids down to go wait in line with him. So we got to see them make the donuts.
Oh the wait was so worth it. The donuts were yummy. 😀
Then we finished off our trip to apple country by stopping off at one more apple stand. And they had winter banana apples. Kyle had told the kids about trying winter banana apples in apple country many years ago. So we finished off the day sampling the infamous winter banana apples.
(There are oodles more pictures in the photo gallery)