As is our family tradition, we headed out to pick some apples this fall. We love to go to the Grafton Eckerts so that we can take the ferries over to the IL side. This year we were fortunate enough to have tons of Jason's family along for the ride.
I really do love the ferry, even though it is a short ride and a bit pricey, there is something magical about it.
Poor Henry missed the ferry ride. He was too busy snoozing in the car. Did I mention we picked a FREEZING day to go apple picking?
Henry awoke just in time to catch some pumpkin time at the tiny store we always stop at on the way to ferry #2. There pumpkins are the cheapest around, so we always stock up.
They have a little store inside with lots of goodies like Apple Butter and homemade turtles. Amelia picked out tiny pumpkins for her and Henry. Other than that, I pretty much used the inside to get more pictures.
Amelia found some corn and was cracking herself up by pretending to eat it. Yep, its the little things.
We JUST missed making it onto the second ferry when we pulled up which gave ample time to get out and throw rocks into the river. I got out of the car just long enough to take a few pictures, but man it was COLD and WINDY!
Once we made it to Eckerts, it was easy to see that the focus was more on pumpkins, than apples. We picked late this year, but we still walked away with a bag full.
Even Henry got into the spirit.
Jason's cousin, Derek, making sure that Amelia was using the apple picking tool safely. Luckily with Jason around, we didn't have much need for this particular tool.
Jason's gotten in the habit of carrying both kids at once and I feel the need to take a picture EVERY time. That's seriously like 60 lbs. of kid.
The whole apple picking crowd!
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