Harvest Time!

We live SO close to the winery and nearly every time we drive by, Ellie (the question-asker) asks when we can pick grapes! Last year I missed the sign-up, so this year, I put it on my calendar to call in July and we were excited when there was an opening to pick grapes!

We couldn't have asked for a better morning and a better baby! Eva did great on her first adventure picking grapes. She slept ALL morning in the baby carrier.

The girls were amazed when they found this spider and web. Even though I'm not a fan of spiders, I thought it was pretty neat too!

We weren't sure how this was going to work out...getting to the winery at 8:00 am to pick grapes until a little before noon. On our way to the winery, Jared and I just looked at each other, started laughing and told ourselves we were crazy! But...we were so proud of the girls. They worked SO hard picking and had SO much fun! Half-way through picking, Ellie asked "When do we get to do this again?"

After picking grapes, the winery fed everyone brunch, complete with Sangria :) And, we even got a free "Harvest Crew" T-shirt! We would have to mark this up as one of the best, family-friendly outings we have done. If we can do it with 4 kids under the age of 6, in the mud, anyone can! And to top it off, the owners of this place are wonderful people!!

About 2 and a half TONS of grapes were picked yesterday morning...the girls contributed to 4 buckets worth and they were SO proud. When we drove by the winery last night, they squealed with excitement about how much fun they had!