A Day at Grandpa's Work

I had the chance to go up and visit my parents last weekend, and what a blast Heston and I had.

I had never been to my dad's work at the Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland, so we put it on our calendar. There were so many exhibits  and Heston was so intrigued! He loved all the astronaut displays, and especially the capsule that he got to play in.

There was also a sun exhibit that he loved and he put his hands on the globe with grandpa and watched the electricity go .towards his hands. I'm not very versed or have much knowledge in anything space related, but I had such a blast especially since I had the chance to visit it with my family (my mom is the one behind the camera, she was there too).

Enjoy the pictures of our adventures!

The Farmer's Wife

A Day at the Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday, Heston and I stole away with my good friend Amee and her girls to Murray Farms in Bakersfield. Heston loves these two girls, and I think the feeling is pretty mutual. I mean, they were fighting over who got to push the stroller, and I'm thinking, "heck, go for it, I do this all the time!".

We visited the pumpkin patch and the girls (even Amee) picked out the two cutest little pumpkins which Heston loved and cherished. We also went on the big bouncing pillow which was too much for me but Heston loved it! So Amee and the girls took one for the team and held Heston for me while the other kids bounced away.

Then the girls got their faces painted, we were trying to do it with Heston, but he wouldn't sit still long enough, so there you go.

It was a long day but oh so fun, and we had delicious food at the cafe inside, and for those that know me, I had to stop at Sonic afterward and get a tea-don't judge me.


After we got home, Heston wanted to get his wiggles out and I let him play outside as I watched from the laundry room window. He pushed his stroller out to the dirt patch and was very quiet and still, which scares me. So I walked out there with the camera, and this is what he had been doing....

Ugh, how do I keep this kid clean? He made a nice little dirt pile all over himself, but he was in heaven! I think he found a little ball of goat poop and that's what was in his hand. Was I surprised that he found poop out of the entire dirt yard, absolutely not, go figure. So I told him to show me what he had and when he looked up, it looked like all the boogies and slobber he had going on collected all the dirt that he was throwing in the air. My little dirt devil.

Needless to say, when I picked him up to take him inside for bathy time, he was not happy at all! What a full day!

The Dirt Devil's Mom

Heading to Work with Daddy

Tom came home a couple minutes ago and took Heston with him to work. I clearly wasn't prepared, and this is why Hes is still in his monkey pajamas. Tom told me to at least cover his head with a beanie, so I pulled out his favorite beanie from Auntie Mandi and covered his poor bald little head (I still couldn't fit those ears under the beanie though, those things stick out everywhere!).














I told Hes to smile for mama, but he was just too excited to see daddy. Then Hes saw the tractor parked in the driveway, oh my goodness, even better than daddy's pickup!

So I got in front of Heston for a picture and apparently blocked his view, he wasn't very happy. Tom didn't look too amused either. I can hear Heston saying, "mom, can you please just move to I can go with dad in the tractor?".

Now Heston realizes he's getting in the tractor to actually go with daddy, he's awestruck!

 Heston was analyzing which button did what, and he loves to put his hands on the wheel of anything and say "vrooom vrooom", at least he has the sound effects down.










Then they sped away to work, and all I could see as I snapped pictures were two heads bobbing up and down as they drove down the driveway. Happy Trails!

The Farmer's Wife

  

Heston's Birthday

I know it's been almost a month since his actual birthday, so I apologize! Here are the picture highlights of his partay!

My mom had made him his first smash cake, but when she got here she realized she had left it in the fridge in Modesto, so we went to Vons and got this cute little block cake, and he enjoyed it just as much. He had a blast with this thing!

The following pictures are of him devouring the cake. The last two are what we had to do to get him clean, don't tell Hes that his bum is on mommy's blog for all to see!

Heston and His Daily Grind

I think these pictures were all taken in the same day, and I realize just how mobile this kid is!

So first things first, playing peek-a-boo under the laundry room sink. He loves the curtain I made to cover everything underneath there. He still pulls everything out to show me what's hidden, thank you child.

Then Tom wasn't feeling so well so I made him soup and a grilled cheese sandwich. Heston never wants to miss out on having lunch with daddy so I wheeled him over next to him so they could eat and watch Sports Center together. They match! I just realized this!

Chinese food was the dinner choice and Heston seemed to love it all. He loves to smear food all over himself, especially his golden locks, and he didn't realize that he had noodled himself, I was laughing and he, as seen here, had no humor in the matter. Noodle head.

After bathy time I let Hes just roam around and get his wiggles out, and after a long period of silence which is never good at this age, I came into the bathroom to see this. Thank you child for taking all the toilet paper off the roll!

I love this life, and Heston is work, yes, but when I blog about this kinda stuff, I always seem to laugh a little at the memories!

The Farmer's Wife

Peaches!

Tom and I had bought a white peach tree two years ago, and this spring it started producing fruit! Tom is so proud of his tree and harvests it daily, leaves mounds of peaches on the dining room table just for me. Today I looked at the full table and decided it was time to take care of them.

I washed them all up, cut them in quarters, sugared them, and bagged them up for the freezer. The bad parts were sent out to the goats and chickens who wait so anxiously for me to come with the rotten fruit. So it's a win win on the farm!

Tom wants me to make a peach cobbler tonight, so instead of the Pioneer Woman's cobbler, I'm using my mom's recipe. I love it! I shared it awhile ago on here, but I'll share it again!

Mom's Peach Cobbler (I hope this isn't a secret recipe mom, sorry!)

• 1 1/2 sticks of butter
• 2 cups Bisquick
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 quart (4 cups) peaches
• 1 cup milk

Melt butter in a 9x13 dish. Mix the rest of the ingredients in a bowl and add to the butter. Set the drained peaches on top of mixture, don't stir.
Bake at 350 for 45-60 minutes.

It's buttery deliciousness! Maybe I'll make this for lunch instead, just writing out the recipe made my tummy growl!

Oh and to top off this post, here's a picture of Heston saying "hi!". I've been starting to feed him breakfast, lunch, and dinner to get him weaned! So he's loving big boy food!


The Farmer's Wife

What Is It With This House and Snakes?!

I was so proud of myself yesterday, I got a bite from the re-decorating  bug, granted there's not much I can move in my living room but I angled things differently, vacuumed out window sills, cleaned the leather on the couches, dusted like no one's business and fluffed up the pillows. I stepped back and saw that everything was good.

Later that night, Tom and I had grilled up some delicious hamburgers outside and we sat on the porch with Heston and enjoyed the night air.  After dinner I told Tom that I was going to hop in the shower, and could he watch Heston for me please. Tom rocked Hes in his nursery as I shaved my legs and spent my "me" time relaxing in the shower.

I came out of the shower to tell Tom (who was still in the nursery with Hes) that if he wanted to start a movie I was ready. As I walked to Heston's room I saw a large black snake in the middle of my living room. I thought to myself: "wow, I didn't know that I bought a rubber snake for Hes, it looks so lifelike." That's when it started slithering across the carpet and I started screaming-not sissy-like, but enough to get Tom to coming running out of the room with Heston on his hip.

 Indeed, it was just a King snake (yea, just! It doesn't matter, it was a snake in my living room!) This is the second snake that has graced my house since I've moved in, not to mention the countless ones that are on my porch as well. So Tom called in reinforcements-Uncle Jack to the rescue! Tom was the snake catcher, hence the gloves, and Jack was the snake detective (we had to find it first, it had moved to a different couch to hide under). I was holding Hes standing on a chair, heck if I was going to be close to that thing!

They finally caught it and released it far away, at least that's what they told me. Where did this thing come from though? That's the scary part! Hes is always putting his fingers under stuff, and what if he was under the crib? Ugh I could go batty thinking about this!

Until next time, or my next snake adventure.....
The Farmer/Snake Catcher's Wife