Harvest Fun

We took the kids to a fun little apple orchard this weekend where they had hay rides, fresh pressed apple cider, a pumpkin patch and loads of carmel apples, doughnuts and chocolate popcorn. We had a blast picking out our pumpkins for the year and watching the kids try to carry them. This is always such a fun time and one I LOVE to do with my kids. We have made it a tradition to go and pick our own pumpkins from a patch instead of the local grocery storefront and it's been a highlight of our fall each year.
The kids enjoyed a fun evening eating their doughnuts, sitting on hay bales and watching "The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" that was projected on the side of their produce truck. (Wow.. are we country or what?) What could be more fun for a kid? Hanging out with cousins, eating treats, and watching movies? They had a blast and it was all worth it just to know they had a good time.

To Eat or Not to Eat

People LOVE sushi... I've never quite understood it. I mean it's absolutely gorgeous but the thought of raw fish and seaweed just doesn't excite me in the least bit. But this weekend, I ended up trying the so called "cuisine".
Brian loves the stuff, but me.... not so much. I tried to be brave and test it out, and lets just say it was kindof a disaster. I'm not positive, but our table was laughing so hard at my attempts that I think we disrupted the "zen" in the restaurant.

My experience with sushi went a little like this... (I so wish I had a picture to show this in all it's glory)

I grab the sushi with my chop sticks. I put it up to my mouth, open my mouth... oh I'm going to do it.... 'BLAH" (a little dry heave action) and I put it down closer to my plate.
OK.. here I go again... up, up, up.... "Blah"... back down to the plate.
I can do it this time..... "Blah" before I get it in my mouth. This time on it's way down to my plate I drop it in my teriyaki sauce. The raw salmon is falling off (which I'm not very disappointed in by the way) and the rest is drenched in sauce..Maybe it will make it more palatable??? Let's try it again!
Up, Up... almost there.... "Blah!" Back down to the plate
(Now the waitress is at our table watching and joining in on all the laughing..oh great, more people to watch me peuk)
It's getting a bit embarrassing now as well as the poor beautiful piece is getting utterly destroyed by all the handling. So I try it again... this time... I will not stop...
I shove my chopsticks to my mouth and voila it's in my mouth!!!!
Chew,...aaaahhhh!!!...another 1/2 chew..... I make a nasty worried look as if I'm going to blow a gasket and try to chew again... This time the dry heave is going to be a full on gag if I don't get it out as fast as possible... So in the napkin it goes! (Oh, I have such etiquette)
The best part was after the whole "sushi eating adventure", I continue to eat my own very delicious "non sushi meal" and go to pick up my napkin and proceed to wipe off my face... you guess it.... I PICKED UP THE SUSHI FILLED NAPKIN!!! AHHHHHH!! CHEWED UP NASTINESS NEAR MY MOUTH!! WHAT WAS I THINKING?? (K- I'm not ashamed to say I'm dry heaving a little as I'm reliving this experience)
That was some wasted cash/food (sushi and $$$ go hand in hand) that someone else could have enjoyed! I guess it's cheap entertainment though!! So, I think it's safe to say that I'm not one for sushi.. don't think I'll ever get used to it. Sorry Bri-- this is one dining experience you're gonna have to do with someone else.