Yesterday was a really great family day! We decided to go up to Mapleside Apple Farm because they were having their 35th Annual Johnny Appleseed Festival. These fall fest's are always such a great time here- lots of great food, vendors and music. Bonnie was also going to be coming up with the girls and Jill and Granny, so it would make it even more fun.
We got there first and made our way inside to check out the Apple House and all the yummy homemade goods. They were handing out Apple Cider Slushies (Yumm-o!) and also a taste of a relatively new Apple called Honey Crisp. They were sooooooo delicious. Keep your eyes out for these; they seriously were the best apple's I ever had. Aside form the apples, Jackson’s favorite part of the Apple House is definitely the huge buffalo head above the fireplace. We had to look at it and talk about it for forever! He has a stuffed buffalo that Grammy and Pop brought him home from South Dakota, so he recognized it right away. Although this one was MUCH bigger!
Next we decided to head on down to the festivities outside. After smelling all the yummy food it didn't take long to realize we were starving. So we headed over to the food tent for lunch and to listen to some music. The food was just excellent (not your normal "fair food") But then again, Mapleside has their own restaurant. Jackson got to try his very first corn on the cob. At first he didn't know what to do with it, but once he got his first taste he just wanted more and more! It was too darn cute. He eventually got really good at biting the corn off the cob, and was loving every bit of it.
After lunch Bonnie and their crew arrived so we headed over to the face-painting booth so Anna could get her's done. Boy was it beautiful! Her entire face was done in pink swirls, and adorned with a jewel and glitter. After she was done you could just see how beautiful she looked and felt. It was really sweet. Next it was on to the pony rides. Jackson just enjoyed running around and looking at everything free of a stroller so just the girls decided to ride. Sophie was just to cute- all her squeals and smiles! She loved it!
The rest of the day we wandered around looking at all the booths, getting some fun freebies (like Jackson's new shades?!) and enjoying the great music they had playing. It was really a wonderful day. After such a stressful past week with Jackson being sick and all- this was much needed. For all of us.
By 3:00 we were pretty tired after all the sun and people so we thought we would head home to relax. We thought all our excitement was done for the day until we were on our way home and North Royalton was having their Fall Fest. We spotted the whole tree lawn of the town square FULL of tractors. We absolutely had to stop for this one. If you didn't already know, our little Jackson ABSOLUTLY LOVES tractors. Every kind, big ones, little ones, you name it. We even had to get him a book on tractors so he could look at them all day long (which he does, believe it or not!). So seeing this many at one time and so many different ones up close, he was in heaven. He couldn't contain his excitement, running from one to the next with his little fists clenched like he does when super excited. This was by far the highlight of the day.
When we got home every inch of Jackson just shined with happiness. All he was doing was dancing (lots of "happy feet"), playing with his new balloon, kissing us, kissing the kitties, and talking about tractors nonstop. Our Happy Little Man is back to us- finally. It was a good, good day for all of us.
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