Fall Break

The kids have been out of school since Thursday for Fall Break, and it actually feels like FALL! While all of our best friends went on mini-vacations, we knocked out our favorite traditional fall activities closer to home.

Thursday we visited the Atlanta Botanical Gardens to see the scarecrows set up throughout the gardens. It is one of our favorite times to go each year! The kids lucked out with being able to vote on the winners this year, and they took this role very seriously as they examined all the options.

Maggie and I agreed that the llama scarecrow was the best!

The weather was so perfect that we extended our visit with a walk through Piedmont Park.

We arrived home to a fun surprise. The kids had been Boo-ed! We are officially ready for Halloween now!

The fall festivities continued on Friday with our annual trip to B.J. Reece Orchards in North Georgia. While our big group of friends could not visit with us this year, we picked up Parker as a bonus child since her parents had to work. She was a great addition to our family!

We started by filling our bags (and wagon) with apples. Jacob could not stop pulling apples from the trees once he got the hang out it.

Our next stop was the petting farm. Tuttle spent most of his time with the puppies. He may be wearing me down on the idea of a new dog for our family..... 

The underground slide was our final apple orchard stop. It is a good thing I took all my photos first because the kids left filthy from the adventure down the slide over and over!

We stood in line for over 30 minutes to purchase all our apple treats, but it was worth it! We left with apple pies, apple doughnuts, apple cider, apple chips, and enough apples to feed the neighborhood! 

Our major Fall Break excitement is over now. The kids only have flu shots and cleaning out closets and dresser drawers for colder weather clothes to look forward to..... Hopefully they can hang on to the fun memories from early in the week to make it through the work. :)