Apples and {Orange} Pumpkins

 Last week was Kari's preschool class's field trip to Vala's Pumpkin Patch.  (You know it's a popular destination when there's an official sign for your field trip!)

The kids were all very well behaved and were good sports about all of the requisite pictures that were forced upon them.

Now, even though we were at a pumpkin patch, this time the trip was all about apples (oh yes, the infamous Vala's also has an apple orchard--complete with dwarf apple trees perfect for little pickers!).

Each child was given a bag and told they could pick 3 apples.  Kari was happy b/c "3" is her favorite number.  And, I was rewarded with one gloriously cute apple-picking picture.  After that, all bets were off and she was back to her stubborn little self.

Juliana also got to come along and she took quite a shine to one of Kari's teachers, Mrs. Marshall.  It was very cute and Mrs. Marshall was kind enough to indulge her a bit and hug and hold her...until Juliana decided that she'd had enough and wanted to explore a bit.

 And...here are a couple of cute shots of Ju-Ju-Bee :-).

 We also got to ride on TWO trains.  One small one and the bigger one.  Obviously, the bigger one was the favorite (but I didn't get any pictures of us on it.)

 After the train rides, we also got to feed some of the goats and the llama!  Kari's favorite book right now is, "Llama llama red pajama" so she got a kick out of feeding a REAL llama!

 The kids also got a little time to play around on one of the playgrounds there.

Both girls also liked the various sites (musical puppets and stuff that's pretty cheesy).  The picture above is what they looked like after we'd been bouncing on the big inflatable bouncy pillows...and the side picture is what they both insisted upon watching.

Yup, it was definitely time to head home.  We are planning on heading back as a family with Cubby's work in a couple of weeks so I didn't feel too badly about not doing EVERYTHING that morning.  It was special though b/c it was Kari's first field trip :-).