"Restore life the way it should be I'm waiting for this cough syrup to come down"

These lyrics are from some crazy song I heard on the radio from "young the giant." Feel free to look it up. 

DAY 3 (I think. You know how I am with day counts): about 20 men (no lie) descended on our house around 7:30 am. They began cutting down trees and taking the old plaster off the pool.  

The tree I liked the least in our yard

Men chipping away at the fiber glass. 

The new view from our kitchen window

Those large sheets of white are sheets of fiberglass 

Thunder wanted to know why everyone had masks on. I told him that it was bad to breathe the fiberglass flakes. That kept him inside and away from the workers. This was around 8 am this morning.  

To get out of the house, H-P, Thunder and I went strawberry picking with my mom's group. 

Thunder waiting for our tractor ride. 

H-P is not picking his nose. He doesn't do that yet. But here the boys are waiting before our "tour" of the local farm. 

Thunder on the tractor that took us around the farm. 

Along the way, the tractor stops and the guide hands out different vegetables to taste. H-P wasn't sure about the cilantro! 

or the carrots (but they made nice teethers!)

Thunder pretending to eat his carrot. 

H-P didn't really like the celery. He wasn't too happy today. He's getting sick. 

At the final stop, the kids all get to jump out the tractor to pick strawberries. Thunder loved it (even though he doesn't' really eat fruit)

 The farm is "Tanaka Farms" in Irvine. Here are the kids of the mom's group we joined. A diverse group, for sure.

I wanted a close up of Thunder. He loved the tour! 

 MEANWHILE....BACK AT THE RANCH...

Two Bulldozers moved our giant shed from one side of the yard to the other. 

This is the new view from our bedroom. No more wall!! 

Trees are gone (except for the Maca) 

The pool sans plaster but with RKZ and H-P (Buck above) 

The current view of the back of our house. This will help with seeing the progress. 

Our bedroom doors. 

H-P has begun to get really sick with a flu-type illness. Poor guy! 

Thunder being punished for something and throwing a fit. 

The side yard. This is wear the bulldozers have been coming in and out. 

As a joke, I took a picture of the dirt being traipsed into our floor. I know that this is what you get with construction. We are still excited about the changes. Just dirt now.