Back to School & Cider Squeeze

When summer ended this year, autumn literally swept us off our feet. After 14.5 years since stepping foot in a college classroom, Chad returned to school. Here he is on his first day, all ready to go:



That first week of classes was intense, and Chad definitely needed a break from all the hard-core studying he'd been doing. So on a brisk Saturday morning in September, we set off for the 32nd annual cider squeeze and harvest festival at Philip Foster Farm. It turned out to be a really great way to welcome autumn! There was live music:



... ready-to-be harvested veggies (here's Grace checking out the broccoli plants):



... super realistic scarecrows (oh wait! That's Chad!):



... and of course, bushels of apples just waiting to be squeezed into fresh cider:







Elsewhere on the farm, Grace got to feed a pony:



... pose next to a sunny sunflower:



... and peek out the window of a little cabin:



She even got to build her very own cabin out of life-size Lincoln Logs!







After all that, we took home some freshly squeezed apple cider as a souvenir of our fun day. Yummy!