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Pumpkin patch and apple orchard days with kids
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items We do the orchard and pumpkin patch thing every fall with my two, and the day always turns on the same three things: mud, cold hands, and a phone that dies before the hay ride. This is the exact bag I pack now, with the honest catch on every single i...
I keep two of these folded in the side pocket of my bag from September on, because the one time it drizzled at the patch we paid twelve dollars a piece at the farm stand and I still think about it. It goes on over a hoodie and a backpack without a fi...
Emergency Poncho - All In Motion™
Orchard rows in September are mud in the morning no matter how nice the forecast looked, and sneakers come home ruined. These are around fifteen dollars and my daughter got two full falls out of hers. They run narrow through the calf, so if your kid ...
Wonder Nation Girls Rain Boots
By hour two somebody is done walking and somebody else is carrying twenty pounds of apples, and this is what saved our last two falls. It folds into the trunk without me fighting it. The hard plastic wheels do not love deep mud or loose gravel, so on...
Amazon Basics Collapsible Heavy Duty Wagon, 265 lbs
Wind across an open field does something to my kids lips that nothing at home does, so this lives in my coat pocket from Labor Day until March. My eight year old will actually put it on herself, which is most of the battle. The peppermint tingle both...
Burt's Bees Natural Origin Beeswax Lip Balm - 0.15oz
Farm stands sell four dollar bottles of water and I refuse on principle, so both kids carry one of these in the wagon. Cold stays genuinely cold for hours even sitting in a warm car. The straw lid has a little gasket that grows mildew if you do not p...
Thermos Stainless Steel Funtainer Water Bottle with Straw, Sealife, 12 Fluid Ounces
Nobody warns you that a warm September orchard is full of gnats and mosquitoes hanging around the fallen fruit. One pass on ankles and the backs of knees before we get out of the car and we are fine all afternoon. It smells strongly of DEET and it wi...
OFF! Sportsmen Repellent Deep Woods, Mosquito & Bug Spray, DEET Bug Spray, 8 OZ.
I stopped bringing a real backpack because I was always taking it off to get into it. This sits on my chest and holds a phone, keys, wipes and two granola bars, and I can open it without setting anything down. It is genuinely small, so if you are the...
WATERFLY Crossbody Sling Backpack Travel Bag
Forty sounds like way too many until you do one October patch trip where nobody can feel their fingers by the second lap of the corn maze. I shove one in each kid coat pocket before we leave the car and they stay warm the whole afternoon. They need a...
Hothands-2 Disposable 2.25 x 4" Instant Hot Pack 40 per Box
Every patch we go to has a petting zoo with a goat my son cannot walk past, and the hand washing station is always at the far end of the property. A travel pack lives in my bag permanently from September on. They dry out fast once the seal gets loose...
(2 pack) Wet Ones Antibacterial Hand Wipes Travel Pack, Fresh Scent, 20 Ct
Every orchard has a lawn with a food truck and zero open picnic tables by noon, and this is why we always have a spot anyway. The backing keeps wet morning grass off and it folds back into itself without a fight. It is bulky once folded, so it is a w...
ZAZE XL Waterproof Picnic Blanket 80x80 Green
Cider donut grease and apple cider down the front of a shirt is a guarantee, not a risk, and this gets it out well enough to keep going for the rest of the day. It is under three dollars and lives in my sling bag. It leaves a damp ring that looks wor...
Tide Stain Remover for Clothes, Tide To Go Pen, Instant Spot Remover for Clothes, Travel & Pocket Size, 1 Count
Corn mazes at dusk sound charming right up until it is fully dark and you are somewhere in row twelve with two kids and a phone at nine percent. One of these on my head and my hands stay free. The strap slides around on fine hair, so I cinch it tight...
Blukar LED Headlamp Rechargeable 2000L
The muddy boots and the soaked socks have to ride home somewhere and for two years that somewhere was my trunk carpet. Three sizes for around fifteen dollars, and the small one doubles as a phone bag when it starts raining. The roll top is stiff and ...
Outdoor Products Ultimate Waterproof Lightweight Dry Bag, 3 pack, Unisex, Green, Blue, 10.6 L
Between three hundred photos and the maps app my phone hits eighteen percent by two in the afternoon every single time we do this. This one is small enough to live in my sling bag and gets me two full charges. It does not come with the cable you prob...
UGREEN 10000mAh 22.5W PD3.0 Power Bank
Splinters off wooden fence rails and scraped knees on the hay bale pyramid are the entire injury list at these places, and a real kit beats digging for a loose bandaid at the bottom of my bag. It is about ten dollars and it lives in the car now. Most...
Benelinemed Mini First Aid Kit - 137 Pc Red