Bust

We headed out to do some apple picking this morning, but it didn't go as planned.  Melrose apples are our absolute favorites.  They were supposed to be ready to pick, but after we got there, we found out they wont actually be ready until the 15th ish.  Also, because we had such a harsh winter, the trees are not holding up well.  They aren't allowing anyone to pick apples for fear that the branches will come off the trees with the apples.
We called a couple other orchards in the area and got the same story.  I might have a lead on a place that will still let you pick your own so we're going to check into it and try again this week.
While looking for other orchards, I came across Mapleside who is currently hosting a fall festival. We headed that way to see what they had happening.  They had an area completely closed off for kids with inflatables, a maze and a playground.  We decided to skip that part when we saw it was $12 per person to enter.  Instead we walked around, found some goodies to take home and grabbed a bunch of Melrose apples that they had ready to go.  We also left with 1 picture where all four kids are basically smiling!  I guess it wasn't a total bust.