I’m thrilled to be guest posting for Katie, at MomFavorites.com, and today I’m giving you a teaser of my Fall Family Fun article. As a wedding and event planner and stylist I usually blog about my events, entertaining and décor tips. However, this post allows me to step out of my normal comfort blogging zone and share my personal life with y’all!
The beginning of a new school year has become the unofficial welcome of fall for many of us. The smells of pumpkin, cinnamon, apples, and spice fill the air and we welcome the crisp mornings and chilly nights.
Charlotte offers a variety of fall fun from apple picking, to pumpkin picking, to hay rides and animal petting farms, to hiking trails.
Our first stop is always the Yiasou Greek Festival, which is the first weekend in September located in Dilworth at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church. The Greek Festival is rated the best festival in Charlotte, and we agree! We’ve been going for a few years now as a family and have figured out Sunday is the best day to go for several reasons: It’s as crowded and usually you can find someone handing out free tickets. The kids love riding on the rides and the food is too delicious to pass up! The outdoor vendors are our favorite, especially the spanakopita and lamb gyro!
As a native Ohioan living in Charlotte I miss the apple picking days of my childhood. However, just outside of Charlotte there is one apple picking farm that is perfect for a Saturday morning activity with the family.
Carrigan Farms, just outside of Charlotte in Mooresville, is the best place in the area to go apple picking. After apple picking we enjoyed the delicious apple cider and watching the bees make honey. You can also pay a small fee for a hayride tour of the farm. However, unlike other areas in the country, apple picking season in the Charlotte area is very short, August 31-End of September.
For more Fall Family Fun check back here on October 10 or hop on over to MomFavorites.com for my full article, including pumpkin patch round up!
any chance there is a greek festival here on long island, i go! one time i went to 4 in one month LOL adorable family!
Jess, ha maybe? I’ve always loved the Greek fest where ever I lived, you should check out your local events. Thank you, I think so too. 🙂
It all looks like a lot of fun, for sure!
Thank you Jen for stopping by and your kind words!
Sarah we should connect, I am also a weddin and event planner. I can’t wait to go apple picking with the little one.
Nicole, how cool! I love doing these types of activities with the kids, you’ll really enjoy it! Yes, definitely. Please send me your info via sarah@sarahsofiaproductions.com
Aww this is such a sweet post looks like apple picking was lots of fun.
Thank you so much Danielle! We did have fun and can’t wait to go pumpkin picking next!
We love going apple picking and to the festivals in our area! 😀 Looks like you had a great time.
Who doesn’t right?! Do you have a favorite festival? We did have a blast, especially the girls!
She is enjoying life right now!! we visit our local Greek Festival every year!
I’ve always enjoyed going to the Greek Festival where ever I lived and glad to hear others have it on their annual to do list!
For my family fall means APPLE PICKING! we go at least once a year! Love it!
I just LOVE that! This is our 1st year as a family of 4 going apple picking and hoping to continue to do it for years to come. 🙂
This looks like such fun! We’re in an urban area, so while we hit a lot of festivals with the girls, we haven’t been fruit picking. Now I’m on the hunt for an apple orchard that isn’t too far away. 🙂
Joy, don’t you just love festivals?! I hear ya. Charlotte area doesn’t have a lot of options either, but it’s worth going for an hour or so with the kids if you can find somewhere near by.
I used to stay in Kenosha, WI and just loved apple picking with the kids!
Taya, that is so fun that you enjoy apple picking with your family! This was our first year as a family of 4 and we’ll certainly try to do it every year.
I’ve never been to a Greek festival before, looks like a lot of fun for the family.
You would enjoy the Greek festival if not just for the food! There’s dancing and always other bands playing for entertainment.
I love Greek festivals! We have a fairly decent one here.
We’ve never been apple picking 🙁
Jaime, aren’t they fun, if not just for the food?! I grew up apple picking, maybe it’s more a Midwestern thing 🙂
I love apple picking in the fall! I’m living in Ohio now and fall for me definitely means apple picking and cooking all sorts of things with the fresh apples.
Carissa, thanks for stopping by. Oh, how I love the fall and miss Ohio! I grew up in Columbus and apple picking, so of course I had to find a place to start taking my “southern” girls since we now live in Charlotte.
It sounds like a great time. I’ve always enjoyed cultural festivals and apple picking but usually I hear square dancing and blue grass at the orchards, not Greek music. This is an interesting mix.
Michelle, thank you! Ha, yes that would be an interesting mix. The Greek Festival and apple picking are two separate fall family fun activities! We love doing both this time of year in Charlotte.