Children of the Apples

Let's be honest, even though this is my daughter and she is pretty adorable, is this not a "Children of the Corn" look she is giving me?  Then again, the glare may have been designed to scare off the other pickers from the tasty Gala apples in the orchard.

Eliza has perfected the art of animal feeding and we only suffered the loss of some grain when we were attacked by the psychotic Emu. The goats however, were pretty happy to see us:

The alpacas were in a good mood (thanks to the food) and thankfully did not spit at us as they tend to do when annoyed incessantly by small children and large adults:

We found the actual Three Little Pigs and are pleased to report that all three houses were standing tall and there were no wolves in sight (note to the crafty people out there, it is amazing what you can do with an old dog house!):

Eliza was accompanied on her apple picking trip by a few of her "men."  They were all very compliant to her demands, orders and instructions but she did let Otto have some alone time "driving" the old tractor:

Eliza did take command of the life-size toy tractor and, like her grandfather, was quite the driver, although I didn't have the heart to tell her she was driving on the wrong side of the road:

The tractor ride dramatically improved when J joined Eliza and provided the appropriate tractor sound effects:

Otto and Eliza were pretty excited to carry the empty half bushel bags, but not so much when they were "heavy" ("heavy" meaning one apple in each bag):

And no trip to a farm in the fall is complete without a good maze to run through.  Eliza and B had a delightful time running through the maze and taking turns "winning" even though they are both winners: