What a wonderful and inexpensive outing this turned out to be. We left around noon for Tougas Farm and returned around 4:30pm.
We started with the petting area but Olivia is still pretty traumatized from the sheep that "BAAAA" her at David's Farm that she kept her distance. We then went to the playground area where Olivia just went wild. She mastered the rock climbing and overcame her fear of the tunnel slide. I found a comfy little spot in the playhouse to pull her/guide her up the final rocks and direct her to the slide. The other children were abundent but all well mannered. I had extended my hand across the slide so Livi won't get trampled in the chase and the kids dinged my hand as a toll booth and when I let them by they said they will call "when" to let me know it was clear. I thought they were cute.
I tried to get a picture with me and Livi on the tractor but Livi didn't like the idea of me being in the seat that she was previously enjoying. I have a picture of her pushing me off, lol.
After a good while at the playground we went aboard the tractor wagon to pick apples. Ginger Golds, Mcintosh, and Honeycrisp were ready for picking. Olivia's first reaction was, "mum, apples...eat?" meaing she was asking if she could eat an apple. I didn't think so but the hubby said it was fine. After seeing the apple cores on the ground I realize they weren't the first or the last to eat the apples. As we were passing another family, hubby says to the teenage girl eating an apple, "you're the taste tester like us" and she smiled and said yes. And another family was also "taste testing" the apples. Some people were really intense like bite and throw intense and commenting "too sour, too sweet..." I felt like Goldie Locks and the 3 bears. I didn't really have a clue how to pick apples and kinda kept circling in and out the groves. The hubby decided to finally take charge and started aiding in determining which apples were best. Near the end Olivia was getting tired and so wasn't the hubby who offered to hold the bag if I hold Livi....hmmmm.
At the end of our picking we went to the kitchen where there was a lot of yummy treats. I bought a jar of pickles $5.99 a blueberry pie $12.99, 2 apple ciders $1.50 each. Really wasn't a bad day at all BUT I could have gone WITHOUT the allergies. I think we'll go back again before winter.
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