Apple Jack Orchard

We enjoyed an afternoon at Apple Jack Orchard, a wonderful orchard just outside of Rockford.

Reese liked the pony rides the best. She rode a pony named Rusty and was proud that he was the biggest pony there. She held on all by herself for the entire ride. Then Reese made us stand and watch the ponies give other kids rides for approximately 30 minutes.

We also enjoyed a tractor ride, time on the jumping pillow, and a ride on the cow train. This was the first time Reese rode the cow train by herself. I'll admit that I freaked out a bit when she started getting far away. It was a good 50 yards away from us and I don't think she's ever been by herself so far! So I walked (very quickly -- Todd called it runnning) across the strawberry field to make sure she was ok. Of course she was just fine -- it was only me who was freaking out.

Her horse/pony obsession continued this evening when Reese was pretending to push her babies in a shopping cart. She was telling her babies that she forgot to put a horse on the grocery list so she could buy it! So funny. Not funny was when Todd turned to me and said, "Reese sure likes horses. Where do you think we could put on at our house?"