Baby's Birthday Bash - Dexter Cider Mill

I LOVE Fall. Like seriously, love Fall. The colors of the trees, the crispy sound leaves make when you step on them, the crispness in the air - I love it all! But something that definitely deserves a shout out is apples! I really like apples. They are one of my year round, go to fruits, and it's no secret that apples taste best in the fall. I was so happy to see that a trip to Dexter Cider Mill for some donuts and fresh apple cider was on the schedule. On Saturday I got up early to get myself and Annie ready for her group lesson (I was about 3/4 successful ;) ) so that after her lesson we could join the rest of the family for a trip to Dexter. With all the social distancing because of the pandemic the line at the cider mill seemed to be extra long. Thankfully those 6 feet distances keep lines moving pretty fast. Ethan and I volunteered to hop in the line, and we sent our babies with everyone else. Ten minutes later we emerged with two dozen cinnamon sugar donuts and two gallons of apple cider! We hopped in the car and drove two minutes to the gazebo area in Dexter to enjoy on some picnic tables. As soon as we sat down and opened the bags of goodies, everyone dug in! Poppie went off to find some cups for us, but many of us were too impatient to wait for that! The apple cider was opened, and at least half was drunk before any cups showed up! It was SO delicious. Man, what I wouldn't give for a donut and apple cider right now!

Before we left to return to Lollie and Poppie's house, we all took off our winter coats to get a group picture. You see, Glo and Lollie designed the most EPIC Halloween Family shirts! On the front they said "It's Fa-BOO-lous to be a Kennedy Birthday Bash 2020". On the back, in addition to the number specifying the order of which each of us entered the family, we each picked our favorite villain. This is my favorite yet! It was so fun to see who everyone picked for the back of their shirts!

I also want to include a little thank you to EVERYONE in the family for helping out so much with the babies. Mark and Allison are so great to play with the babies, John is always good to provide a distraction and give Poppie washes, Lollie was a LIFE SAVER practicing with Baby each day along with helping the babies with any little thing they needed, and Glo and Hannah were always taking the babies by the hand and helping them in and out of the car (not an easy thing). Seriously, thank you all! I loved our Halloween Kennedy village :)

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