Pow-Wow on the Ranch

Pow Wow on the Ranch or at least thats what the flyer said:  Lots of great activities as you can see from the list but I was most interested in the Pow-Wow factor!

Feed the Animals

Live Music

Games & Crafts

Story Time

Lots of Fun Activities

Grandma Rita is full blooded Indian, Dave 1/2 and Grant is 1/4 Indian, Yaqui and Navajo so it was an opportunity to get to know his heritage. Unfortunately there was only one Indian there and he was doing story time.  I was expecting dancing and music but other than that Grant always has a good time running around. www.leonisadobemuseum.org

I turned my head for 5 seconds and he was up and almost over!

The volunteers were handing out hand fulls of hay from the wheel barrel to feed the animals

Pressing a tortilla, blacksmith (off duty), music and placing a sticker on his favorite fruit column

The only Indian at the Pow-Wow....

Underwood Family Farm

Being a kid again is so much fun! We discovered the Underwood Family Farm in Moorpark today. Kids under 2 are free otherwise its a non beatable price of $3.  They have a small store with fresh produce or you can pick your own.  I saw berries, peppers, tomatoes, beans, etc while riding around the farm in the cow/train but I know there is much more. http://www.underwoodfamilyfarms.com/index_uff.html

We will definitely be going back with daddy, we barely even saw everything there was to see.

We went for the best cut of beef on a cow/train ride around the farm 

Purchased a bag of carrots for $1 and dropping them down the tubes for the animals.  The pig weighed between 600-800lbs, yikes! Lots of other animals to see as well.

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Beautiful grounds

So much for kids to do 

Our favorite! You could sit in the tractor as well as shoot down the slide and drive miniature tractors. I tried to let Grant ride by himself but he's still too young to push the pedal.

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Feeding the dog

If you keep up you know that the cats are fed when the dump truck delivers the food and tips it into their dish.   I taught Grant not to disturb the dog when she's eating because I think its dangerous and possibly she could bite.  So I feed the dog and walk away and go about the rest of the housework.  The other day I came back to Grant feeding the dog one kernel at a time by launching it down his slide....haha And the dog didn't seem to mind obviously. We don't torture the dog like this anymore however, I did find the humor in it.

Pie

With fruit

We make what we think is a healthy version of pie for our sweet tooths. At least it sounds healthy, so if it isn't it should be. Buy a graham cracker crust (the small size), 2 containers of your favorite Greek yogurt, and creamy cool whip.  Mix both yogurts with 1/2 tub of cool whip and stir.  You can also add fruit if you would like.  Pour into crust, invert plastic lid to cover and chill for a couple of hours. Oreo crust with raspberry yogurt is a nice treat too but we prefer the graham cracker crust.

The Baker

 Gather ingredients

To stir or lick, that is the question

Yogurt Pie

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The best part of helping in the kitchen

Creek

Stopped off at a park in Beverly Hills on the way home thru Coldwater Canyon that we have never been  Its the one across from Firehouse #1 if you ever get a chance to go there.  The kids were playing in the man made creek and Grant wanted to join in on the fun. Grant started to take his shoes off so I helped and he stepped right in. Must of walked up and down the creek at least 10 times holding my hand.  There are a couple steps and steep parts and rocks to climb otherwise I would of sat down and watched him play. After about 10 times up and down the creek I used my coaxing skills to go get our shoes and run through the park to the finish the line, the car :) I swear he's our little outdoors man. I was thinking this was a mini version of white water rafting and how I bet he'd enjoy it when he's older.

1st Ice Cream Cone

What better way to celebrate your 1st ice cream cone but going through the Baskin Robbins, 31 Flavors Drive thru with a toddler in a loaner vehicle. Not the best of ideas but the car seat needed to be washed anyway so I figured why not!  Gold Medal Ribbon is the flavor in case you are wondering.

kids scoop on a cake cone please

Finger licking good

 

Yummy!

Saving a Buck $

I love saving a buck and getting the satisfaction of being able to fix it myself.  In this case Dave of course gets the credit. I love the bloggers who post every and anything you can think of to fix things.  Last time I think I fixed a leaky washer connection. Toshiba is known for power jack problems and no wonder, they use a cheap plastic part that eventually breaks off inside the laptop. Research shows it would cost $200-$400 to fix the power jack but I stumbled across a blogger who fixed it for $3.00 so we gave it a try. Success!

$3.00 Fix

Grant helping repair, or just sawing my computer in 1/2

Soldering

Indestructible power adapter