It's Fall Y'all! This weekend we visited an Ellijay Apple Farm and petting zoo! We arrived as the first guests with the fog and by the end of our visit we left the bright hot sun & crowds behind. Our timing was perfect!

We walked through parts of the orchard on our way to the petting zoo. One of Zachary's current favorite books is Dr. Seuss' "10 Apples up on Top". Zachary was in shock at all the apples, on the trees and on the ground! We quoted lines from the book as he pointed to apples, apples, everywhere!!


We chose this apple farm because of it's petting zoo. We were both looking forward to watching Zachary's reaction to all the live animals. And, the petting zoo did not disappoint! It was full of baby goats, a calf, a pig, 2 rabbits, lots of chickens, a rooster, several kittens, 2 lamb & even a chihuahua named Scooper (no Yetty)! All the animals that are in Zachary's Little People Farm were represented in the petting zoo. He was most excited about the chickens. And, the goats were most excited with him!


One of the highlights of Zachary's day was the pillow jumper. He would have jumped ALL day if he could! He enjoyed it most when more children came to play causing the pillow jumper to bounce and jiggle with little effort. Even when he took some hard tumbles he smiled through it!


The Tractor Wagon pull ride dropped us off at the Pony ride & Bull sitting picture opportunity. Both situations where Zachary demonstrated his brave nature.Zachary didn't know what to think but I was happy to get a few more pictures into my camera. Zachary kept sliding to his left side while riding on the pony. I think he was afraid of falling off. But, the ride lasted as long at it took to hand over the $5 bill to the attendant. (Not long!)
I love this sweet picture...


Towards the end of our visit the sun finally came out. We stopped our activities for a few more pictures
Walking back to the shop we noticed lots of headless photo opportunities -- hmmm, my description isn't great but looking at these pictures I'm sure you know what I'm talking about-


We ended our day in the store choosing our purchases. We picked up a mixed peck of apples, apple rum butter, apple syrup, apple cider & apple donuts. Zachary LOVED helping put the apples into the bag. We had to keep an eye on Z because we caught him taking the apples off the table to sneak them into the bag with out our experienced inspection ;)

We had a GREAT day and we look forward to going again next fall! We have a few brief video's of our day and we will get them up online soon. Thanks for visiting our blog! Happy Fall Y'all!!