Tractors and Fries

This past Saturday, Ed mowed the grass on the property of some friends who were out of town.  We made a day of it with Charlie.  Here are some pictures and quotes from the day.

(Little bit of back story to help understand quotes:  Our friend's name is Ed, too, and Charlie knows him.  In Charlie's mind, both his own grandpa and Friend Ed are grandpas.  Friend Ed is quite a bit shorter than Grandpa Ed.)

On our way out to Friend Ed and Judy's property, Charlie asked if he could roll his window up and down.  (It is automatic, and he loves to push the button.)  Ed told him that once we got off the trestle and slowed down on the farm roads, he could put it down.

Charlie:  What's a trestle?
Grandma:  It's like a bridge.
C:  Is this a trestle?
G:  Yes.
Long pause...
Charlie:  Grandma?  Did God make trestles?

Once we got to Ed and Judy's, Charlie, Sophie, and Ed checked out the riding mower...oh, excuse me!  I mean, the tractor.

 However, Charlie was NOT interested in getting on the tractor at first, so he checked out the large gravel pile next to the house.  The pile is really two piles, with a small "valley" between them.
Charlie (standing in the valley):  "Look, a pile of gravel.  Two piles!  I can play with my diggers here.  And, LOOK!  The Little Grandpa made a path for me!!"

Playing Diggers

Finally brave enough to get on the tractor.

Pretty cool stuff.

Eating "princezels" on the digger pile.

So many neat things to check out..."I never had a door like THIS before."

Okay, riding with Grandpa is truly fun!

But, what he'd really been waiting for was some ice cream.
Actually, he wanted a milk shake or a "cherry ice cream" (sundae).
We had planned to take Charlie to King Charley's, a tiny drive-in on Hwy. 9 that has been around longer than our own kids.  When we drove up, they told us sorry but a pipe had burst and they were not going to be open.
Charlie:  What's burst?
Grandma: Broken, and water is spraying out.
Grandpa:  No problem, we will go into Snohomish to Jake's Diner instead.
Charlie:  And if THEY have a burst pipe, we will go somewhere else.

Yes.  But Jake's doesn't serve milkshakes or sundaes, just RB floats.  Which was fine!
(And doesn't Charlie look like he perfectly fits in a 40's/50's diner?  He is the epitome of Retro Kid!)

So we went to Jake's, where I simply HAD to take pictures of the burger and fries basket.  This is Ed's after he had (1) eaten some already and (2) given some to Charlie!

And I made him put the burger down, too, so you could see how they serve this monster.
But, yum, are they good!

After eating mountains of fries, we took off to look at laminate flooring at Home Depot and Lowe's.  At Home Depot, we picked up a couple samples to bring home.  In the car on the way into Everett...
Charlie:  Did we go to Home Depot?
Grandma:  Yes, that's where we just were.  Why?
C:  Because it says "Home Depot" on the back of these woods.
Grandma: (!!!) It sure does!

And when Ed and I were discussing the two samples, I said, "I am surprised, but I like the darker one better.  The lighter one is too cool, I think."
Charlie: Yeah!  It IS cooler!

We had a wonderful day, and the lawn looked great when it was all mowed.  (Thanks for letting Ed and Charlie ride the tractor, Friend Ed.)
And we had masses of fries leftover...no kidding.