Eric went on a field trip Tuesday with his class. They went to a place called The Oil Ranch. It’s in Humble I think, which is kind of far. He came home so excited about the trip, telling me that he got to ride a horse and pet various animals. He said they let the children milk the cows too, but they weren’t ready for milking that day so the kids only got to brush the cows. They also all got to pick a pumpkin out of the ranch’s pumpkin patch. The pumpkins weren’t really huge. Eric carved his for Halloween, all by himself. We have this pumpkin carving kit that I purchased a couple of years ago. He even saved the seeds for my mom cause she roasts them or whatever. I haven’t taken a picture of the pumpkin yet, but I’ll post it up on the next post along with a picture of him in his Darth Vader costume.

Anyway, today is Field Day at my son’s school so I need to go make him a sack lunch. He’s been taking his lunch daily anyway as opposed to buying a hot lunch, but he usually takes it in a little insulated bag. He’d been getting a tummy ache at school nearly every day after lunch and I couldn’t figure out why. I think it’s either the crappy food or the fact that the only thing they serve the kids to drink is milk, unless they purchase a bottled water separately. Since he’s been taking his lunch, though, he hasn’t gotten a tummy ache at all. So I think I’ll stick to making his lunches everyday.