Grant and Hewitt

Hey, finally we were able to meet Mr. Hewitt (Jenn and Erik's baby). He turned one recently and since they live in Colorado and our summer plans of camping with them fell through...so thankfully they came to Cali to visit!! We were fortunate enough to see them twice over the week and I think I took a few really GREAT pictures. Look at those cheeks and eyes on Hewitt...oh, I could pinch him. Grant enjoyed having the company too, but everything Hewitt wanted to play with, so did Grant...our little boys are such cuties.

Enjoy!!! I can't wait to visit them in Colorado.

Mozart, Peacocks and Victor

Well, we have made our second annual family night at the Arboretum with the Cal Philharmonic Symphony. When we showed up there were the typical peacocks walking in and out of the cars in the parking lot. Also, there were people and booths set up with all kinds of fun activities. Grant, Scott and I were part of a drum circle...which I have to say was fun! Also, Grant made a tamborine and shakers, we rode around the arboretum on a tour and colored some pages of some instruments. Grant was able to investigate several different type of instruments. Some friends met us there and we ate VERY GOOD pizza with them. Then their two girls and Grant went on stage to "conduct" the symphony with Victor Vener (the conductor).

First day of PreK

Grant attends the same preschool and HE LOVES IT. He has loved school since day one. I am hoping for this continued success and happiness throughout...we shall see. So far, he gets a homework packet on Monday...and he is itching to do all of it Monday night, but we try to spread it out. Well, if turning it in by Wednesday every week is "spreading it out," then we've been successful. His teacher uses the token economy method of giving stickers for all good behavior. After ten stickers he gets to go in the prize box. Well, I asked his teacher if I could see this infamous "prize box" and I am not even going to go there. It is what I would call a bunch of junk, but Grant and his classmates swoon over it. LOL It is like miniature slinkies, erasers, pencils, rings, ball cards, miniature balls. I mean the box is TINY. Well, Grant has received chances in going to prize box at least once if not twice a week. His teacher says that he is always keeping her in line with what she has said she is going to do. I can only imagine. LOL Anyway, here is his teacher and first day of school.

LaVerne County Fair?

Scott and I decided that we had a free night to take Grant to the L.A. County Fair. This is a fun time for us each year, but always a tiring one. We decided this year that we would take advantage of the $5 after 5pm. So, we entered the fair and headed straight for the petting zoo and animal exhibit. Grant talked about getting a bunny the entire car ride. It was funny because we have explained on numerous occasions how we cannot have a bunny b/c of the dogs.

Anywho, we walked around, went on rides and went to the exhibit halls. We ate junk food and lots of it. Then headed home...oh, Grant and I returned the following Wednesday and stayed until nearly 11pm with Aunt Kris, Aunt Lisa and Uncle Nick!! Wow, we were so tired. Oh, and why did I name this LaVerne County Fair? Well, as we were walking through the tunnel to get back to the parking lot, Grant yells, "Bye LaVerne County Fair." LOL We had to tell him we were actually in Pomona and this was the L. A. County Fair, but really...who cares? It was funny!

Irresistible

I know it has been forever and a day...but I am super duper busy. So, I wanted to add an updated picture of Grant and yes, I will get back to my blog at some point. I am happy to say that for nearly a month before this event Grant would walk around and read the invitation. Yes, to a birthday party for a very special friend named Natalie. It is funny because Grant is totally taken with Natalie. He asked me the other day (which is clearly several weeks after Natalie's birthday party), "Mom what was your favorite thing about August 30th?" Well, we had just come from his Grandma's house, so I figured he got the days wrong and was talking about Carol's bday on the 31st. So, I replied, "You mean the 31st? Grandma's birthday?" He quickly said, "NO, Mom the 30th?" Hmmm, gee what did we do on the 30th? Well, that was Natalie's birthday party. So, Grant quickly reminded me that it was Natalie's birthday party and that is where we got to have fun celebrating her as our friend. HOW CUTE????

Okay, so here is the cute picture I could not resist. Enjoy.

This is a photo that Grant begged me to take. Sometimes I cannot get him to even take a picture and then there are times like the above where he is saying, "Mom, here take my picture with my hand on my chin." LOL

Metro and downtown

Well, at the beginning of the summer Grant mentioned that he thought it was unfair that all of the people get to ride the bus and we don't. He was really upset and said, "we have no fun because we always ride in the car." LOL So, we made his dreams come true last week. We (Aunt Diney, Lisa, Grant and I) took the Metrolink into downtown and then took some buses to the clothing area. We had a great time and Grant was super excited. We went to the Garment District, Olivera Street and some other siteseeing. Oh, what fun we had.

The Little Rock Zoo and fun with Aunt Christi

Okay, this is a back entry but an important one nonetheless...when we went to Arkansas at Spring Break of this year (yeah, I know it was a while ago), my fam and I met up with Aunt Christi, Madeline and Tyler at the Little Rock Zoo. We had a great time and walked the whole zoo. As you can see, we had a blast. We went to John's Incredible Pizza...and it was just that, incredible (see last photo of Grant's face).