{"id":3160,"date":"2012-09-29T14:34:30","date_gmt":"2012-09-29T21:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.evamariephoto.com\/main\/?p=3160"},"modified":"2026-07-29T11:43:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T18:43:47","slug":"apples-glen-oaks-farm-personal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.evamariephoto.com\/main\/2012\/09\/apples-glen-oaks-farm-personal\/","title":{"rendered":"Apples. Glen Oaks Farm. Personal."},"content":{"rendered":"

For the first two weeks of September, my lil bear (a.k.a. my son) and I spent the mornings learning, discussing, and playing with apples and the color red. I am blessed to have the opportunity to homeschool my toddler. Besides our mommy-and-me classes on Mondays, we spend three days out of the week \u201cplaying school.\u201d Since the first two weeks were dedicated to apples, what better way to wrap up the lesson then to take a field trip? This adventure allowed us to use ALL of our senses while visiting Riley\u2019s Farm<\/a> in Glen Oaks, which is \u201cgorge-e-ous!\u201d You name it, and the hidden community had it. Everything from apple picking (of course), to hay rides, archery lessons, apple pressing, and so much more. I\u2019m telling ya, if you want to spend a day in what feels like the country, then head on over to Riley\u2019s. We only had time to enjoy 2 hours there and didn\u2019t even get to taste their famous apple pie. Whaaa (my fault, I had a photo session after). My little family and I are definitely going back (maybe even this winter) because it snows there. I know, right? Magical! Hope you enjoy our little adventure and it inspires you to do something hands-on with your family too!<\/p>\n

Oh ya, seriously this is an amazing location for a photo session. For-reals! Lol, I know that\u2019s a made up saying, but it\u2019s fun to say.\u00a0\"\"Here\u2019s the deal. All of the trees that had a ribbon attached to it were ripe and okay to pick. Glad they told us that before hand, or then my applesauce would have been tasting like those candies you used to eat in Jr. High, Sour Apple lollipops.
\n\"\"Our first stop was a quaint little farm with the cutest country feel. Complete with a southern-style white two-story house, a red barn, and a fat old pig out back.\"\"\u201cToss the worm-holed apples in the crates please. We don\u2019t want them to go to waste,\u201d said the ranch owner. Umm\u2026if you mean won\u2019t go to waste by feeding the wormed-apples to the pigs then okay. Well at least I hope that\u2019s there plan. Ewww\"\"Of course he loved touching the \u201cbad\u201d apples. Ay, little boy!\"\"\"\"Caught red handed!\"\"Love.\"\"This was the second location, which was much much larger then the first. That meant more photo ops! Yay!\"\"Seriously, I love him\u2026but when I was potty training him this week I just had to keep reminding myself of how his cute face looks when he\u2019s not driving me up the walls. I\u2019m thinking\u2026.thanks to these photos,\u00a0he is now successfully potty trained. . Ha! Ya, ya, ya!\u00a0\"\"\"\"He is just too silly for words.\"\"Can you tell he\u2019s a photographer\u2019s son?
\n\"\"I love this story board the best.\"\"\"\"Boys can dress up too!
\n\"\"\u201cDada\u201d working hard for our hand pressed apple cider. Seriously the best cold apple cider I\u2019ve tasted and I love me some apple cider.\"\"The end!\"\"<\/p>\n