Ken & Betty sure have some fun toys to play with. They brought out all kinds of toys.
They even let me chase their cat.
I think WE should get a big lawn mower like this one.
Ken showed me all the farm machinery that was in the shed.
Unfortunately, the farmer who stores his tractor and combine in the shed had come while we went in to town and took both the tractor AND the combine out of the shed. Humf! I really wanted to see those up close!
Even though I didn't get to see the big tractor and combine, we DID make some big bubbles!
Besides, Ken & Betty gave me a toy tractor and combine to bring home with me. That was so awesome. I even learned how to say "AAAHM-mine" (translation=COMbine)!
Table tops sure make good slides!
The church that Mommy & Daddy used to go to in Iowa is building addition onto the existing structure. We stopped to see the new construction and had to wear these hard hats.
We stayed the night with Aunt Judy and Uncle Tom. They have some really cool toys too. Too bad Mommy didn't get the camera out that night. But, the next morning Judy made muffins for us. MmmmmmmmMMMMmm, were they good! And the apple butter was good too... I ate it straight up... right out of the bowl.
Uncle Tom has some pretty big slippers, but they were warm and fun to walk in.
Poor little moose. It was cold, so I gave it a kiss.
I don't know about the rest of you, but when it's this cold outside, it's OK to tie your blanket around your shoulders. Whatever it takes to keep warm. Or maybe it's one of the first steps to becoming a superhero, ya think?
Big field, tall grass, warm blanket... I could wander around out here all day.
But... it was time to go back to Gramma & Grampa's house to start making apple juice.
First you have to wash the apples and get rid of all the yucky parts.
Lots of apples to wash.
I let Grampa & Judy do the cutting. Mommy doesn't like me to use knives yet.
I picked the apples out of the water.
And I threw some back in.
Sorting apples is sure a lot of work.
Grampa warned us to back up... he was about to add more apples and it was going to make a splash. Well, I wanted to see that splash, so I stuck close to the washtub. And, just like Grampa said, there was a BIG splash!
After a while, other aunts, uncles and cousins came out to the garage to help make the juice.
Aunt Jan and Luke helped for a while, but then things started to get a LITtle bit CRAzy!
Suddenly it was raining on my head... and I was inside the garage!
All that work washing the apples made me hungry, so Grampa cut a nice slice of apple for me to chew on while I worked. Yummy!
Munchin' on my apple slice before things got REALLY crazy!
Everybody had a little taste of the apple juice, fresh squeezed, right out of the press.
But there were more apples to wash. Back to work folks!
Just WATCH us work....
I was SOAKED!
So, Mommy took off my long sleeved shirt and then I got back to work.
Ya only need one apple to make a big splash!
But, hey, there are more apples there in that bucket beside the washtub.
So, Elizabeth and I got busy and started washing them again.
Elizabeth wasn't too sure how many we should re-wash, but I told her it was OK, we could keep doing it.
But then, OH NO! Somebody dumped out all the water! Yikes!
So I decided to just hang out with Gramma and drink some of that yummy, yummy apple juice.
I guess my Uncle Jim once said, "If it's not Grampa's apple juice, just take it back." I think he had a good point!
After working so hard on the apples we headed over to the school playground for some recreation. Gramma even slid down the slide with us! Yeah, Gramma!
The next day was the Walk to Defeat ALS. It was SOOOOOO COLD, and hey, what's that white stuff falling out of the sky? I don't think I like it, especially in early October.
I got too cold, so Mommy took me back to Grampa's van, where he gave me a driving lesson.
Then, we were off to the races.
What races? Keep reading.
I guzzled a bit of pop to quench my thirst.
OK, so I didn't REALLY guzzle any pop... but it was fun pretending.
And, YES! The races!! The highchair races!
Competitors, face off!
Hey Dylan, I think you've grown a bit since you wore that coat!
Can I see that picture? I want to know what you are going to put on the blog.
Hey, Iz, let's push this highchair together, OK?
(No, people, I did NOT wet my pants! Water got spilled into my highchair while I was sitting in it. How embarrassing that you would even THINK such a thing!)
OK, ready, set, GO!
We have to push at the same time.
Hey, Grampa, look what we did! We pushed this highchair all the way from there to here!
Hey, what's all the commotion?
Wow, Dyl! You are AMAZING!
Six spoons, you could talk, smile... WOW!
But, then someone made you laugh. Aahh.
I LOVE Elizabeth!
OK, enough hugs.
On the go!
Then we loaded up and went to ride the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad.
The steam engine was made in China... like me!
Fill 'er up with water so she'll have lots of steam power.
Grampa, tell me more about trains. This is amazing.
Wow, Wow, wow! I think I must have said "Wow" at least 25 times while we were on that train ride.
Most of the people in the train car were relatives.
Wow!
Going over a very high bridge where they let off steam.
When the sun shined on it, it formed a rainbow. In fact, there was a double rainbow.
Lovely Fall colors.
A view out the window.
Hey, look at that, Grampa!
Spending time with Gramma on the train, too.
Still saying "Wow"!
Hey, that's loud when they let off that extra steam!
OK, everybody, listen to Gramma!
Not bad! Good organizing, Gramma!
Hey, Dyl, are you spying on the brakeman?
Good bye, people! Glad you checked out my blog today.
Oh, there are more pictures and more adventures, but I think that this is enough for one day, don't you? Time to head back to Gramma & Grampa's house to get warmed up and have some yummy soup for supper.
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