15 months!

Im a little late with this post because life has been incredibly busy. How has 15 months gone by since I held you in my arms for the first time?! Grant, there is never a dull moment with you. You keep us very busy. Your latest favorite pastime is climbing the stairs and climbing on top of the kitchen table with your arms up in the air saying "tada" it's adorable and scary all at the same time.

You are saying lots of words, such as, up, mama, dada, more, ball. You mimic lots of other words too. You are starting to point to body parts and it's so cute. You poke us in the nose and say "boop" thanks to daddy for teaching you that one! 

Your personality is really shining lately. You smile all the time and your always happy to greet mommy and daddy when we come home.... I think you secretly get more excited to see daddy! You give the best bear hugs and sweet little kisses. Ahhh you are an amazing little toddler. I love watching you grow! 

The Littles...

Trying to capture photos of the three of you is almost impossible! At least I got one! Veda 5 yrs 7mo, Grayson 3 yrs 6 mo, Grant 1 yr 2mo

Kindergarten

Well, it finally happened, the moment I have been dreading for 5 1/2 yrs. Veda had her first day of Kindergarten. I fretted over it for weeks before the day actually arrived. The school clothes shopping, gathering of school supplies, picking out the most perfect first day of school outfit. It all happened in a flash. I shed a few tears, not in front of her of course. I didn't want her to think going to school was a sad event because I knew she would love it. It was much harder on me that it was for her. Veda has always been such an outgoing child. Luckily, we were able to ease into the transition with a day of orientation where we were introduced to her teacher and classmates. Mrs. Morelli is everything I would think a Kindergarten teacher should be. Veda has taken to her with ease. The only request from Veda the first week of school was that I walk in with her and drop her off at her door, something that isn't allowed after the first week. Of course I was ecstatic to do so. Now that she is comfortable she wants to be dropped off at the loop ( we drop off right at the door, close to the classroom, and there are adults waiting to welcome the children) She jumps right out of the car with a "see ya mom" breaks my heart and makes me happy all at the same time. I hope her love for school continues through the years. Here she is on her first day.

Ears piercing

My rule has always been that if Veda ever wanted her ears pierced she had to ask. Well that day came. She went for Kindergarten shots and was as scared As could be. Shockingly, she handled them like a champ ( scraping her knees is the end of the world) immediately after getting into the car she begged to get her ears pierced. I had always told her it was like getting a shot. It would hurt but only for a brief moment. I was excited for her, we took the boys home and off we went. She did great!

Boys will be boys!

Grayson's favorite past time this summer has been peeing outside. I usually don't care if we are just at home playing outside but he took it to a new level while out for a bike ride. "Mommy, I hafta go potty whelly bad!!!" What was I suppose to let him do? I couldn't let him pee his pants, he would have been devastated... Do he did what he likes to do, he found a tree!

Veda strikes a pose!

5 1/2 years old......to be that young and carefree. I love you my sweet girl!

Summer fun in Boyne

Our trip to Boyne City was a blast, as always. We stayed with Grandma Hosmer who was eager to spend lots of time with us.  She really enjoyed cooking for us. I haven't had so many sweets in one day in a very long time! Yum! Of course the home cooked meals that were not cooked by Joe or I, were awesome too!
The weather only cooperated for the beach for about 2 hrs of our whole trip which was a bummer but we made our own fun. My late grandfather use to drive me around on his riding lawn mower as a kid and its still parked out in his pole barn so Joe took all the kids for rides. They had a blast. It brought back a lot of great memories for me. I sure miss Northern Michigan and hope to return soon.