apple and arts

on sunday, peter, erik, and i headed out to delmont for the annual apple and arts festival. this was our 3rd year going together and it's always a great time. it started out particularly good when we met up with my mom and she asked peter if he would judge the baking contest (apple themed, of course!). i immediately asked if i could do it, and luckily peter was happy to let me. it was like a dream come true! here's me and my fellow judges:

we got to taste 13 delicious desserts and it was a real challenge to pick a winner. kudos to all who entered the contest - you all did a terrific job!

immediately after that, peter, erik, and my mom were hungry and ready to eat, so i took one for the team and partook of some more delicious victuals, namely a fried dough salami sandwich. YUM! peter, who wisely saved room, also had some great chicken on a stick and some of my mom's beef. unfortunately we didn't get our apple dumplings in time and missed out. luckily we learned from previous years and got our cider early in the day so as to avoid the long lines at the end of the festival.

but enough about the food! while judging the baking contest was awesome, the highlight of my day was taking erik to the petting zoo and seeing how excited he got to see and pet the sheep, goats, geese, donkeys, ducks, chickens, and cute furry scottish cow thing.





erik's granny was sweet and suggested that he should go on the pony ride, and doubly sweet in missing it the first time because she was busy being the boss lady so he had to go again. he LOVED it! i thought he would be either bored or (more likely) freaked out by it, but he grinned from ear to ear and cried when it was time to get off. i am so excited that maybe in a few years i will have someone to go horseback riding with!



towards the end of the day, chrissy, morgan, marisa, and maggie came and we got to spend a little time walking around with them. erik hadn't napped and was cranky and tired, but still enjoyed seeing his cousins.




it was a long day, but the weather was perfect (third year in a row!) and we had a great time as always! thank you to my mom for making it all possible! without her, apple and arts would just be ple and rts ... or something like that :)