Today we had the most beautiful weather we have had all year, and we took advantage of it by visiting Morton Arboretum.
Time for a snack.
This is a solid stone ball. It's sitting over flowing water so you can spin it with your hands even though it weighs many hundreds of pounds.
When do you know you have finally slipped the rest of the way into insanity? When your Disney trip planning looks like this:
We spent probably three hours tonight planning meals, events, and park visits, after many hours spent reading tour guides and restaurant reviews. We used a different color post-it for each park, and yellow for events and meals at the various resorts.
Sadly, this is what it takes when you need to make dinner reservations six months in advance.
Driving the tractor with Bopaw
Doing doughnuts in the field!
Ian runs to see the turkeys
Ian secretly masterminding an escape plan for the piglets, which was carried out that very night
Lost in the straw maze
Playing in the fort
Katra, Suzie and Mamaw help Ian guard the fort
Kyle helps Bopaw fix the tractor
Ok, Kyle. You distract Bopaw and I'll hotwire this thing.
Ian testing Suzie's patience
Off to pick some apples
This looks like fun.
Kyle picks his first apple
Ian picks his first apple
One apple picked. Time for some quality control.
Mamaw helps Kyle grade the apples he picked
Graded, polished, and ready to go!
This was apple #3, I think
The mischief-makers exploring the barn
Time for a hayride!
Dogs. The most hilarious thing ever.
Chase enjoying the ride
I believe it's about time for a silly face.
Just enough time left for a quick wagon ride.
On the way back home from Springfield, we had beautiful weather and a little extra time, so we decided to take the scenic route. We drove along old route 66 for part of the way, went through towns with names like “Farmer City” and “Cornland” and stayed off the interstate the whole way. It took longer to get home, but it was well worth the extra time.
At one point, Katra started joking about the old horror movie “Children of the Corn”. Then, literally 2 minutes later, we drove past this sign:
Wind turbines south of Dwight, IL on Rte. 47
A disassembled wind turbine waiting to be installed. It's hard to see, but that is a very long flatbed trailer it is sitting on.