Stuart's Farm
What a great weekend! There are deep red mums and bright orange pumpkins on the front porch. Plus, we spent a perfect afternoon picking apples at Stuart's Farm. We found a nice shady spot, spread out a blanket and enjoyed a picnic in the middle of the orchard while the kids filled our bags with apples.
When the bags were full, we walked through the orchard till we found an open space then picked up a stick and had an impromptu batting practice with the windfall apples.
This was our first visit to Stuart's and I loved it. It's a low-key, small, family owned orchard — no Halloween carnival on the side. Just a beautiful farm with shortish trees that were easy for the kids to gather from.
The best part: We were with dear friends, Katherine and Peter and their charming kids William and Elizabeth. And new friends, Karl (who loves Peter Lugers and was therefore an instant favorite of Ben's) and Martine (who is a textile designer from France and therefore an instant favorite of mine) and their beautiful daughters Mirabelle and Anais.
There's a chill in the air this morning and it feels like fall!
Labels: kids
posted by Gabrielle of Design Mom at Monday, October 01, 2007
4 Comments:
That sounds lovely. We are still having warm-ish weather. I miss New Jersey falls.
Your kids are so beautiful. I can see so much of both of you in them. Do they ever fight? You made the afternoon sound like a magical wonderland. Mine act like they want to kill each other half the time.... sigh.
It was a great afternoon, Bek, but on this outing, like all of our outings, there were plenty of tears.
At least two kids in attendance received direct hits from thrown apples and there was a major tantrum when a certain 6 year old was inadvertently left out of a funny face photo. And at one point, Betty stepped into the bowl of salsa. . .
But I still might describe it as a Magical Wonderland. It really was a great afternoon.
Whew...so your kids are just like the rest of ours. It does still sound like a great time, it is all in how you let it affect you. right?
is it my imagination, or is maude a total mini-you?
beautiful pictures, lovely description. wish we could have joined you!
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