Getting It Done

I had big plans last Saturday... But then again, so did Pops! He climbed up high in the tree tops and took down an enormous branch, effectively blocking the driveway and forcing us all to help in the branch removal. That sneaky devil!

We helped him out, but we were on a mission: #1 Superkid was about a week away from his Cub scout Pack meeting, and I found out about 2 weeks before that that Wolf book he brought home last year is just for 1 year, not all 3! Doh! So we had big work to do to sure up Sam's Wolf badge. Including a visit to the fire station. We were double lucky, not only is the fire station in walking distance (which is good when you are barricaded in), but also they were having an open house! Bonus round! So we mosied down the street to what turned out to be the BEST excursion of all time.

Plenty of fire trucks, utility trucks, and even a police boat to climb on!

This made us all very happy.

We even got to practice turning on the electricity in the neighborhood! 

Those gloves can take 20,000 volts!

We had a great time, but we couldn't stick around forever, we had to get to the farm! Sadly, we missed out on the last of the season's apples. We consoled ourselves by picking some pumpkins instead!

We felt so accomplished after our day's labors that we treated ourselves to freshly made (cows in the back of the stand) ice cream from our favorite place, Peaceful Meadows. Okay, the whole farm trip was just a rouse to get a fantastic ice cream cone on the way home!

So rich!

So creamy!

Even Superkid, the ice cream eating MACHINE, couldn't make it all the way through. 

Seriously, this stuff is deadly.