Recent Happenings

So how much would you pay for this Belle cake?
If you are a 2 year old boy, this beauty is priceless. (He's goin' in for a kiss)
That's right folks, we went to a Young Women's fundraiser Saturday. They auctioned off desserts to raise money to go to girls camp. Well, we started the bidding at $5.00 and mommy ended it at $37.00- much to daddy's dismay. He was a good sport though. The blasted Kuhnen's kept outbidding us. But no worries, their 2 year old son ended up with a Sleeping Beauty cake. Adam was a little concerned that his Grant wanted a Belle cake. Bug was super excited and has been thoroughly enjoying it. Thanks daddy! You probably won't ever take mommy to an auction again, eh?!?!

Of course, Grant has been building forts. He LOVES to build them and he really enjoys just hanging out with Grace in them. They can sit in a fort together for 30 minutes plus! Grace is a pretty good sport and Grant is great to include her.Pardon their crazy hair...it was still early in the morning :-)
And here is my big boy on his first day of preschool. (Wipe a tear) Now let me just say that I have never wanted to send Grant to preschool and I am having a REALLY hard time with it. We have been doing 'Mommy Preschool' and love it! I am just not ready to have my baby be away from me for 3 hours (1 day a week) and I also have a really, really, really hard time justifying spending money for someone to teach Grant something I can teach him with even more attention. (Sorry for the ranting...back to the story). No wait, I am not done...please keep in mind that preschool in our area is NOT cheap! Anyway, why is he in preschool? Well, Gracie starts group on Thursday and it is the one therapy that I will not be able to take Grant to. The center where Grace receives therapy has a preschool so they encouraged me to put Grant in for 1 day a week, during the time Grace and I are in group. Grant had a trial run on Tuesday and seemed to like it so we will see.
Gracie kept telling me, "Yay for Grant! Yay for Grace! Yay for group!"
"More mommy?" (Good signing butterfly)

Piggies and Pumas

Tonight we tried to put Gracie's hair in pigtails
She wasn't thrilled at first
But eventually she decided it wasn't too bad...even if she doesn't have quite enough hair to actually pull it off.
Today, Gracie and mommy also got matching pumas! Thank goodness I have tiny feet and can fit in to little girls sizes. Bless you Nordstrom Rack!

Fun Visitors

Poppy and Nae Nae have been in town for a few days and it has been loads of fun!
They got here just in time for Mother's Day! What a great gift!
Grant is keeping them busy and being pretty bossy. He enjoys having people around that will do pretty much ANYTHING for him. :-)
And Gracie is having fun giving smiles and practicing her waving skills...and of course the new "NO" head shake while she signs all done. Poppy and Nae Nae, can you stay forever?

I {heart} this little girl...

You've captured my heart.
You can put a smile on anyone's face.
Your angelic presence touches all you come in contact with.
You've taught me more about love and what is important in life in just 9 short months than I've learned in 27 years.
You are so proud of yourself when you do something new. Rightly so, since you have to work extra hard at each milestone.
You've changed me but I hope you always stay the same. I love you princess!

Easter...a little late

So I am a little late with this post but better late than never, right?!?! Easter at our house was loads of fun. The Easter Bunny comes on Saturday so that Grant can focus on the real meaning of Easter on Sunday. Grant was a little spoiled by the Easter Bunny but he has been a really good boy so he deserved it all (and more)!
Gracie has enjoyed her toy and Mommy and Daddy have helped her eat the candy.
The kids looked adorable in their Easter outfits.
I swear this child cannot give a normal smile on cue...we will have to work on that!
Little Miss Chunks loves to give everyone smiles.
Bug enjoyed "checkin' out [his] new thweds" in the mirror before church.
Grant LOVES to "pet" Grace. Her face is a magnet to his hand (and a magnet to my lips).
Seriously, it was hard to get a picture where he wasn't blocking her face. Cute little Bug.
Overall, it was a great day! As soon as we got to church, some senior couple missionaries asked Grant if the Easter Bunny came to his house. I explained that the Easter Bunny comes on Saturday and then Grant said, "Jesus died. But he was resurreted (his pronunciation)." Well done, Grant! You do listen! :-)

Gracie Face

We don't really know why she does it but boy is it cute! And if you watch at the end, you'll see that she can wave bye-bye.

I Like to Move-It Move-It

Grant knows how to groove! He saw a Madagascar 2 video on Youtube and now he asks to watch it over and over again! If you look closely you can see that he is trying to copy what the animals are doing. Too funny! I was tired just from watching him dance to it over and over and over again! Go bug...back it up, back it up!