Took a while to get this post up but I guess it is better late than never…
Last Thursday we went apple picking at an orchard on Mont-St-Gregoire, south of Montreal. It was an activity with the Homeschooling group but it was supposed to be on Wednesday and was cancelled because of rain and then put for Thursday as a non-official outing which ended up being nice because we were a smaller group then intended and it was nice to be able to talk to people more…
The day turned out to be gorgeous and the kids got to play in the park and eat their lunch while us mom talked and shared until we decided to buy our bags and head out to the Orchard on the tractor ride…
We were let off of the tractor in the orchard where there was another park and we were able to go pick apples and the kids played and we talked more…
Xavier didn’t stay long to pick apples.. but he did pick a few…
Colin and Khéna though loved it and I sat on the ground and they filled up the bag completely…
When it was time to go the kids didn’t mind at all because it meant another tractor ride and they were getting tired from a day full of playing and fresh air… a quick stop in the shop and a few purchases and we headed back home…
This is what we ended up with…
A BIG bag of apples… I don’t know how much exactly but at least 30 lbs, probably more… A few pounds of plums, Local Blueberry blossom honey and some Apple Ice Cider for Simon…
Over the weekend a few pounds of the plums and apples got made into some yummy treats… and I still have a lot to do…
You know, my son went there on Thursday, too, with his school.
Was he with FACE?
If so, we had a “bad” experience with that group… well, not with the group per say, but with finding a 6 year old little boy crying in the parking lot… he had wandered away from the group while they were at the park and then the group left for the Orchard.. I had seen him about 15-20 minutes before heading toward the street following two adults so I assumed he was with them, but then a friend found him in the parking lot crying and brought him to me because he only spoke English… we found someone who worked there and they located the group in the orchard and brought him back to them… In all he was gone for about 45 min and no one had noticed…
Oh no!
Yes, he was with FACE.
Yeesh. I know it can be difficult with so many kids and so few adults, but there’s no excuse for that.
Wouldn’t be my kid (he’s 7), but I’ll ask him about it tonight (gently, just to know how the trip went). (I only have my kids on the weekends.)