While I realize Charlotte's birthday was last Sunday, October 12th, I just haven't gotten the chance to report on it. It was a busy day and a lot of fun. We ended up meeting both sides of the family up at the Minnesota Harvest Apple Orchard in Jordan, MN at 11:00a.m. Charlotte wasn't too much aware that it was her birthday but she did continue to tell me that we were all going to a party, so she knew that something was up. We drove up to the party with my sister Katie and my nieces Lydia and Alice. Kevin ended up going with my other niece Mary so that she could practice driving on the freeway. And thank goodness she drove on the way up instead of the way back because after the party ended my sister Katie and Mary wend to head out back home to Bloomington and her car wouldn't start. They ended up having to get the car towed and being that we're on vacation I actually don't know where everything stands with that.
Nonetheless, Charlotte had such a great time with her cousins and friend Grace too (my friend Megan's daughter). She definitely enjoyed her cake as did her cousin Sam. They both were trying to eat it without using their hands, but surprisingly it didn't get too messy. After lunch and cake Charlotte and I happily opened her present. I must admit, it's even fun as a mom opening gifts for Charlotte. Charlotte had a ball opening her gifts and sharing them with all the kids and Kevin and I had so much fun watching her face light up, having such a good time.
Well, after all the presents were opened an then put away swiftly, we decided to enjoy what the Orchard had to offer. Charlotte got to look at the farm animals and went on a pony ride and best of all we all went on a Hay Ride and picked apples. For those of you who have been reading the blog this is Charlotte's 2nd time to the Orchard. This time, instead of having fun picking the apples in the orchard, she just enjoyed running around and sitting and playing with Grace and then picking up the gross half eaten apples. At least she didn't eat them.
All in all the day went great and as you can imagine, Charlotte slept the whole way home, as did her cousin Lydia.
(Funny story: Because my sister was going to drive Sammy,Alice and Lydia home with her and Mary, because Sarah and Ben were out of town for the weekend with their friends, it turned out that we had to take one of the kids home, which was Lydia. Well, that left Alice and Lydia who needed a ride. Thankfully, Bob and Karen were still there at the end of the party so they graciously opted to drive Alice and Sam back to their house to meet Sarah and Ben. Well, Sam wasn't to keen on this idea. His parents have been teaching him of course to not go with any strangers. So, he was having a fit and crying and screaming that he wasn't supposed to go with strangers anywhere. After a bit of a rant, Alice assured him that Bob and Karen weren't strangers and would safely take him to his mom and dad. My goodness, poor Sammy must be confused!).
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