Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Winter break

Tea time with Snow White

Snow White and cozy pj grant playing the new fishing game from Mimi!

Picnic time with animal friends galore.
tunnel hiding at short pump mall.
giant christmas tree at mall.
ellory's new elsa doll from Mimi waiting patiently in Red Robin's restroom.


two clean kiddos testing out their new christmas robes.
after christmas shopping at target- where we didn't buy a single thing.
more after christmas perusing at home goods.





we discovered a little mice one morning and joshua managed to trap it in the downstairs bathroom before heading off to work. Grant made a reminder sign for the door to "Stay out of the bathroom" until the pest control man came and rescued the frightened mice.

setting up baits for the mice. eek!
on a trip to toys r us, i found some fake snow on clearance. the kids got a kick out of playing in the pretend snow in the bathtub with their swimsuits on.
rockwell, the explorer.

happy grant and his burger king meal.
rockwell and ellory smiling at burger king.
rockwell handling a burger like a man!
we made an igloo fort with our new fort making kit and the kids enjoyed watching a movie in there.
and then rockwell helped take it down.


Monday, December 14, 2015

Shopping adventures with the boys

While Ellory and Dad were busy at home snoring away, i loaded up the boys and went to Once Upon a Child to look around and let grant spend his late birthday money from grandma and grandpa.

a broken robot is what we came home with...it was one of those times as a parent that i really had to restrain myself to not try and talk him into something...different. while it's not something i would choose, this was his money and his purchase- oh boy.
he took the time to wash up and care for his robot

and then proceeded to test out the baby gear

welcome to the family little robot

Saturday, December 12, 2015

Jingle bell race

Grant was excited to participate in his first race. His wonderful school sponsored a jingle bell race, where all the runners wore little jingle bell bracelets, ran around the school and then were rewarded with hot cocoa, donuts and fruit. 




and hooray for our g man! who took 2nd place in his age group.


Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Ellory phrases to remember

delphant (elephant)
help me out
come here, little guy
I'm told! (cold)
wait a me! (wait for me)
see suit (swimsuit)
bay break (blanket)
tog dog (hot dog)
dant (grant)
moat meal (oatmeal)
i so much can!

Saturday, November 07, 2015

Mimi and papa


We LOVE when Mimi and Papa come to visit and the automatic adventures and memories that accompany their stay.  

Ellory helping herself to her first pop tarts. After all that work to get them open, she took one bite and was done.





 Mimi helping with Grant's classroom Halloween Party. She's always a great sport!



Chocolate chip cookies with Papa!

Fall festival up the street from our house where Papa enjoyed throwing popcorn at Rockwell for him to eat. :)
Face painting
First taste of cotton candy and Mimi was convinced that he would enjoy it- He did not:(
storytime with Mimi and the new book she gave the kiddos.

Annual turkey dinner at the Whytes house where Grant was surrounded by the little girls (Leah & Kensley) while playing the piano

Attending the LL Bean grand opening festivities in the rain




Ducking inside for some shelter and playtime while J and Bee ran to Cheesecake Factory for some dessert to go.



We love Mimi and Papa- come back soon! :)