Last Days of Summer Fun on the Farm

Jack, George and I have been having a nice time with Grandma on the farm...enjoying the unseasonably cool weather (and wishing we could send some of it Daddy's way!)  We spend lots of time outdoors, especially in the evenings. 

One of the boys' favorite things to do is take a drive in the old Ford pickup down around the corn fields and drive through a pasture, collecting grasshoppers on the windshield! (Ah, country living!)  

We helped Grandma weed one of her flower beds in order to plant our fall favorites, Chrysanthemums.  In the meantime, the boys discovered the joy of earthworms!!

And then got back to the business of digging.

We all take advantage of the cool, shady grass to sit and play in.  (I even learned how to mow it all with Barb's fancy zero-turn mower!)  Jack lays down and swings his arms and says, "Mommy, feel how cool and nice it is!"

Grandma only planted some sweet corn this summer instead of her usual feast of garden veggies....but that corn was delicious!  And the boys learned how to shuck it.  Jack, with his usual serious intensity, did a fine job! 

And George...well...he couldn't quite decide what to do with it.....

...so he just ate it, right off the cob!  :-)

Jack is really enjoying the outside grass time.  Being in this kind of environment and weather really feeds all of our souls, especially after having a gravelly, cactus-filled, dry yard in Curacao! 

And, after all our outdoor adventures...the boys take a bath!  (Another luxury we don't have in Curacao where there are only European showers.)