The Pumpkin Patch and The Lot

Today I took the boys to the Los Rios Pumpkin Patch in Oak Glen! It was actually a field trip for Brian's preschool. We had fun, but we were ready to leave after 2 hours of cold, foggy weather and I was so happy when Carson was once again buckled in his car seat. He started to get a little out of control the last hour! It was so much fun to learn about all the apple orchards, make apple cider, test taste apples, and go into the pumpkin patches and pick your own pumpkin off of the vine! However, by the end of the field trip the kids were going crazy standing still listening to "Johnny Apple Seed." They were so excited and ready to run through the fields of pumpkins and find the pumpkin they wanted to take home.

Last night we decided to go to "the lot." "The lot" is where Grant's Dad is building a house for Grandma Great (Grant's grandma) and a house for Grant's uncle Dennis. In other words he is building two houses right next door to each other here in Redlands. We hadn't been to the lot for a while so I took the boys up there to see the progress that has been made (Grant was already up there with his dad). The boys were so excited to see the "digger tractor" as they called it and the huge pile of sand.

Brian didn't want to leave. He was having such a fun time rolling and playing in the sand pile. As you can see these pictures were taken after dark -- they were having so much fun they didn't want to leave, not even for dinner!

Carson got to drive the tractor with Grandpa Bascom. He was in absolute heaven! He loves tractors!

This is Grandma Great's house being framed! Grant was so glad I brought the camera because he wanted to take pictures of the framed house. Too bad that I didn't bring the camera out until after in got dark! Grant actually designed both house right before he got sick! So he is very excited to watch them go up!

Too bad I didn't take a picture of the bathtub after the boys took a bath. I think they brought home half of the dirt and sand pile with them! They really needed a bath and the bathtub was filthy dirty after we scrubbed them clean! Thank goodness for bathtubs and running water!