Fall traditions

Fall seems a much bigger deal here in Michigan than it was in Texas. Perhaps that's because it could be 80 degrees until Halloween, and the leaves on the trees didn't change colors much at all.



In Michigan, people live for Fall. It's one of the more popular seasons, and people look forward to visiting cider mills on a perfect Fall day.



That was today for us. We headed to our favorite, Three Cedars Farm, for a picture-perfect outing. The sky was blue, the wind was absent, and the temperature was mild (though we had to start the morning with jackets).



The kids loved the hayride and enjoyed picking pumpkins. We noticed the pumpkin patch seemed to have fewer (and smaller) pumpkins than previous years. The newest addition to the very well done Three Cedars is a playground. The kids spent 45 minutes or so milking a pretend cow, going down slides in a barn, riding John Deere tractors, and playing on a wooden train. They barely stopped to eat the delicious donuts (part of the Fall tradition), which come in plain or cinnamon sugar. I made up for their disinterest by polishing off a couple of extra!

Ryan and Brendan find a pumpkin in the U-Pick pumpkin patch.

Kelsey uses this extra large pumpkin as a drum.

Brendan, Ryan and Kelsey sit atop a real and old tractor.

Porky and Mr. Ed, or Ryan and Brendan, play in the playground.

Ryan goes for a spin on this pedal-powered tractor. The play area included a small track they could pedal around and a shed to park the tractors.