Farm Fall Fest

One of the things we've always looked forward to about the fall is hitting up a local farm festival. Saturday was the last day of the fall festival at one of our favorite spots--White House Fruit Farm--so we put on our jackets and headed out to the farm!
Lesson learned: if you try to take your kids to an event like this when they still have some lingering sickness (in this case, coughing and tiredness), it probably won't produce the cute family and staged pictures (and super happy attitude) you were hoping for. I still managed a couple pics of the kiddos though.
After picking up some of the farms famous doughnuts (pumpkin and apple cider--yum!) and looking at the pumpkins and craft barn, we headed over to the fall festival section.

The girls enjoyed the petting zoo, even though the animals were a little too closed off to actually pet. They had some different breeds of farm animals than I had ever seen before there, and I got to pet a pot bellied pig and some soft bunnies, so I enjoyed it too. :)

Bethany loved the donkey, and here was jumping up and down. :)

They also had a little playhouse set up with slides and swings which was fun. Unfortunately it was a little too cold to spend a lot of time in it, so I didn't get any other pictures than this of the girls playing on it.

The highlight of the event for everyone was the pony rides. The girls had never gone on a pony ride and I was so excited for them to finally get to! Grace enjoyed it, holding on to dad for extra support.

And Bethany liked it as long as the pony's pace was slow. :) She did a great job holding on by herself and just rolling with the pony's motions too.

Giving the pony some after-ride pats:

All things considered, we had a fun time. We might have to make a trip out to our old favorite spot for fall fun--Patterson Farms--next year though (and pick a weekend the girls aren't sick). :)