Hagen and the cat fiasco

I decided to take the boys to Curtis Apple Orchard because I had heard that my favorite Honey Crisp Apples were in and hey a donut apple didn't sound bad either! When we got there Austin was so excited because he realized that they had characters from the Wizard of Oz around the play area. He saw Dorothy, the Lion, Scarecrow, and then started freaking out because he couldn't find the Tin Man. Luckily we spotted him a few minutes later. It's amazing that last fall, he never even noticed them and this fall he couldn't contain himself.

After exclaiming over all of the characters the boys went into the play area and Hagen ran straight for the kittens. He had a blast just picking them, holding them, walking around with them, putting them down, and picking them up again. He was so gentle with them. I was very happy to see him petting and holding the kittens so nicely. When he put them down and they ran away he would yell, "Come back kitty". It was so cute! He even carried one of the kittens through the maze.

Of course, we couldn't leave the orchard without some sort of incident. After carrying them around so nicely, he decided one of the kittens needed a bath. On Saturdays they have this sluicing station where kids can "mine" for rocks and water flows through a trough into a bucket and then get recycled. Well, Hagen thought it would be a nifty idea to put one of the kittens into the bucket filled with water. Luckily, one of the employees got the kitten out in time. The poor kitten was sopping wet but otherwise okay. I figured it was time to go after that.

Garren also thought it was pretty neat to chase the kittens. Here he was just learning how to stand by himself.