As is tradition, for our friend Maria's birthday each year, we go to an apple orchard.
She chose a new-to-us orchard this year and it was quite lovely.
Last year, it was about 80+ degrees. It was somewhat nippier this time around.
Adeline and Delia are SO ready for some orchard fun.
Birthday girl Maria! with Delia and Adam.
Adam was actually trying to look awkward and ended up looking more normal than usual. :)
If you couldn't tell from our faces, we were struggling to take a semi-decent family picture. My hair was static-y; Adeline was hating her life; and Gerrit....actually looks very nice. Well done, babe.
And then this was happening. Autumn carolers! Everywhere we went--there they were!
I was tolerating them when we began, but then they started a caroling version of Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance." If there's anything I hate more than a Lady Gaga song, it's an off-key a Capella version of one.
Our last hoorah at the orchard was the store (where I bought apples to make a delicious pie).
The girls took it all in.
"Delia, look over there!"
"Now over there."
"No, Addie, look right here."
"No. No.No. Let's just hold hands for a while."
"Fine."
Good times were had by all, even during choral performances. And Maria was celebrated in true Autumn fashion.
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