N. Cali Trip Day #2

Today started off with the kids doing lots of exploring at Grandma and Grandpa's house. There was lots to see and do. First the kids had to watch a movie on the big TV - sitting in the cool blow up chair.


Then there was the dog (Sadie) to play with....

And we had to FEED the dog some of our breakfast...

And we had to explore the dog house in the backyard...

Grandma had some crayons and books for the kids to color with...

All this fun and it wasn't even lunchtime yet! Today we decided to hit up Bishop's pumpkin farm in Wheatland. We went to this place last year during our California Halloween visit, but the weather didn't cooperate very much (cold and rainy) so we didn't get to spend much time exploring all the activities at the pumpkin farm. This year the weather was PERFECT...and we had ALL AFTERNOON to spend there. We decided the first thing we needed to do was get our pumpkins. We rode the hay wagon out into the field and everyone picked their own pumpkin.

Here is what Logan picked out...

Zach and Grandma on the hunt for the perfect pumpkin...
Zach picking a fresh pumpkin off a vine...

We loaded up all our pumpkins on a cart to haul to our car. Both boys wanted to help get the pumpkins to the car.

Zach was the big helper getting the pumpkins into the back of Grandpa's car...

Strong boy!

Now it was time to do more exploring at Bishop's - first we rode the train. The kids LOVE riding on trains. Here is Zach and Grandma hamming it up for the camera.

The kids found some tractor toys to play with - those were a hit for quite a chuck of time.

Then we found this HUGE caterpillar - everyone loved looking at it, and feeling the fuzzy fur. Both the kids ended up holding it!

There was lots more exploring done. Logan ended up checking out the pumpkin fields, while Zach went to the mining and slide area.

When that was done it was ice cream time with Grandma and Grandpa!

At this point - it was nap time for all. We had succeeded in wearing out both kids (and all adults!). It was time to head back to Grandma and Grandpa's house.

We prepared a traditional Twogood dinner of BBQ hamburgers. Logan helped supervise Grandpa in the backyard.

Garrett, Renee, Scott and London were heading over for dinner tonight - the kids were excited to see their cousins again. Grandma had a surprise for all her grandchildren...she had made SPIDER CUPCAKES for dessert!

I think they were quite a hit!