First Day of 3's Preschool!

Grant had his first day of Preschool on Monday evening (9/22) at Avon Elementary School. The preschool class is 1 hour and 45 minutes long and he will attend 5 weeks with a parent and then 5 weeks on his own. This is really good exposure for Grant since he had not been subject to a school setting yet and he has a bit of separation anxiety if it is something new and different.
The first day of school wasn't all peachy, though. Little Mister, "'I always have to get my way" didn't want to wear jeans to school, but rather mesh blue and orange shorts with his white and light blue polo shirt. I guess by the pictures below, you can see who won that battle! And he looks so little next to this big school!

And then there was the shoe battle. After I got his cute brown leather shoes on and tied and we were on our way out the door, he insisted on wearing his camo crocs. By this time we had 5 minutes to get to the school so we didn't have time to change shoes. Again, guess who won the battle...Yep, you guessed it! MOM :)
The next few pictures are a sequence of him on his way into the school for the first preschool class..

I think he was getting a little annoyed that I kept making him stop to take pictures!
Look at his cute little Spidey back pack!

The little squirt is pretty tough...he even opened that big door all by himself!

This is his cute little classroom. I love how tiny everything is!

One more cheezy picture, please???

After class time was over, they were able to check out a book to bring home for the week. Grant thought that was SO COOL! Apparently I don't bring him to the library enough! St. Cloud just built a brand new library and there is talk that we may take a field trip there. Otherwise it will be a fun thing to do this winter.

And then there is the art project he got to paint for his Daddy and I. Isn't it a beauty!

Well, one class down and 9 more to go! He had a blast and can't wait to go back next week. Every day he asks me if it is Monday again so he can go to school. He is really excited to bring in the Box Tops for Education that we have been saving. He already has them all packed in his Spidey backpack!

Well, I can't end this post without including a couple of pictures of my little Tooters! Here are a couple of pictures of her in her adorable chocolate brown and cream cow print jimmer jammers. Aren't they just adorable! She has a matching cream and chocolate brown silky blankie that matches too! She is such a snuggle bug :)

Ugh Oh! Watch out...she is getting ready to stand up...

And we have lift-off! She is so ready to start walking. She just hasn't figured out that when she lets go and throws herself forward she has to move her feet at the same time. Needless to say she has bruises and dings on her forehead as you can probably see in a couple of the pictures. Poor little girl! She'll be up and running soon enough though!

Alright, I better sign off for the night. I bought some of those cleansing/detoxing patches that you put on your feet that are suppose to draw out toxins, metals, etc. while you sleep. Anyway, I have to go put them on my hubby like I promised. I'll let you know how they work.

Nighty night!

Mealtime Madness!

Mealtimes at our house can often times get a little crazy. Especially since I have one child who lives to eat and the other who could care less if he eats supper at all! I am pretty much going to share SOME of the MANY pictures I have of my kids eating. You may think it is weird that I have so many of these type of pictures, but it is the one time during the day that I can catch the kids sitting still or actually strapped in is more like it. I always have my camera sitting on the counter waiting for the next photo op to present itself. This first picture is of sweet little Audrey eating her food like a big girl. Don't fool yourself though...in an instant she can turn into a cheese crazed maniac!

And then there is little Granty. He is a very picky eater and it takes everything I have in me to get him to try something new. Here is a pic of him trying pea pods dipped in ranch dressing. The funny thing about this pic is that he liked the pea pods first and hadn't even tried ranch before. Go figure. Now he likes to dip his veggies in ranch. Hey, whatever works, right? Notice his shirt too..."Mr. Independent!" He is also good for liking to make a production out of meal times. Like this sequence of pictures. First he had to dress up in his biker attire to eat his raspberry yogurt. But notice he is sitting in his sisters light pink Bumbo seat. Oohh, tough guy! Then he shed a few layers and began to goof off for the rest of his "meal".

Our little Oinker has passion for cheezy macaroni. I truly think if she could eat just one thing it would be the Mac! The picture in the blue and yellow high chair is her first encounter with Mac-N-Cheese. It was taken the 4th of July weekend so she was about 8 months old. Ever since that weekend, when she learned how to shovel food into her own mouth, she has not allowed me to spoon feed her unless it is yogurt or pudding. I am thinking she should have a "Ms. Independent" shirt too! Here are a couple of more "Cheezy" pics...

Check out this one...she even has a noodle hanging off of her chin! Ewwww! Nasty, funky, slimy little girl!
And please, please don't rub it in your eyes!

Hey...where did all the food go? I wasn't done yet!

Here are a couple of Grant with his cousin Evan. They are only 2 weeks apart in age. Crazy, huh! And the just love to get together to play. Sometimes it gets a little rough as you can tell from the presence of the band aid on Grant's eyebrow in this picture. They were wrestling on the pull out couch bed and Grant fell off and whacked his head on the metal frame. OUCH! He cried for a little while, but for the most part he just shook it off and wanted to keep playing. Now he has a nice scar but hopefully the Mederma I have been putting on it will help with that.

Check out the frosting face on this little dude! He likes his sugar and insists on eating off all of the frosting from his cupcake before he eats the cake. And I don't blame him one bit when it comes to whipped frosting from Cash Wise bakery! Yum Yum!

This was Tootie's first encounter with a pickle. Boy O' Boy did she go crazy over it. She chewed and sucked on that thing until was almost not green anymore. Then she screamed when I took it away from her. Krazy babers! And this looks as if it is her first time eating something of the tomato sort...with a few peas mixed in for good measure! Hey, if she will eat em, I will give em to her. She is the closest thing to a garbage disposal that I have ever seen. Her dad thinks she is going to explode from the amount she eats. I just have to remind her that she is a growing girl.

Grant felt the need to be a "baby" and sit in the high chair up at Grandma Sue and Grandpa Oscar's "cavin" (aka cabin to most people, but not my little Granty) Then there is our little pterodactyl (s/p?) baby. She screeches and screams every chance she gets which is what she is dong in the pic above. Fun was had by all in that high chair! I know this is getting long, but only a couple of more to go...

Blueberry Butt Baby. That is what we have been calling her lately. She also has a deep love for the berries. Blueberries, that is. So much so that she would eat the entire carton if I would let her. And then there is poor Daddy, Grandma and Teresa who have to change the nasty blueberry diapers the next day. Oh, how I love going to work early in the morning :) But how could you say no to this face??? Grants favorite food by far is PIZZA. He prefers to eat the frozen pepperonis off the top of the pizza first and then eat the pizza once it is cold again. For the longest time I had had trouble convincing him that I needed to cook the frozen pizza before he could eat it. In his mind, it was already cold...why would you have to cook it just to get it cold again???? That is until I let him try to take a bite of a frozen one. After that he didn't question me again. Funny how that works! He was also showing off his grape eating talents the other night. He was so proud that he could put two grapes in his mouth at the same time. And I really thought it was cool because then he couldn't talk back to me! It is a win-win situation! Then there is the old "olive on the finger trick." Look at Audrey...the is thinking, " Are you gonna eat that or just play with it? I already ate mine and I am still kind of hungry."

And, last but not least...Here is little Miss Priss lookin' all sassy in her new leopard print, "Girls Rock" bib! Isn't she just as cute as a button!

Well, I guess I better sign off for the night. Since this post centered around my filthy eating children, I am thinking my next post will have to do with tubby time.
Hope tomorrow is as beautiful a day as today was. I'm lovin' this warm fall weather :)

Nighty Night!

Fall Frolicking

We've been busy soaking up the beautiful fall weather we have been having in Central MN. The last couple of days have been around 80 degrees but the nice 80's not the muggy 80's. I am gonna apologize early, but this post will probably be long because I want to share lots of pictures.
This first one is of my pride and joy hanging basket. It is a Tahitian Bridals Veil (I actually have two of them) and I am so in love with them that I have to buy 2 new ones every year.
The other evening, I stuck Audrey in the infant swing and she loved it. Grant also had a really fun time pushing her. As you may notice,Tootie is looking a bit mischievous as she sticks her tongue out! And Grant looks like he is ready to launch her to the moon!

Then, there are the beautiful hair-do's or both kids. Grant has a a cowlick (is that even how you spell that!?!) in the back of his hair and it has been sticking straight up for 2 days now! When he was a baby, that little bit of hair would stand up and he looked like a Cupie Doll! And, Little Miss Audrey is starting to get what looks to be the beginning of some CURLS in the back of her hair!!! Oh, I hope she has little ringlets!

Grant was also doing some posing for the camera last night. He is such a goof ball sometimes!

Oh, and check out these pearly whites! He is actually missing the two teeth on the top that are next to the front teeth. Sorry about all of the technical terminology, or lack there of that is! And talk about never having to floss those babies! Seriously, we will have x-rays done to see if his permanent ones will come in and if not, we will probably have to take out a 2nd mortgage to finance the orthodontist bills!

Okay, back to outside pictures... Well, me being the terrible mother that I am, let my beautiful little girl get bit in the head by a vicious mosquito. Check out the mark that that nasty little bugger left!

Check out the determination on this little girls face. She was on a mission to eat leaves and grass and every time I tried to take a picture, she had something else in her mouth. I swear she is part cow and part pig because she will eat almost anything you put in front of her including rocks, dirt, grass, plants, trees...you name it, she has stuck it in her mouth...repeatedly!

I just love these pictures of the two kids playing in the grass. Actually, they kind of remind me of a couple of monkeys picking bugs out of each others hair! If that were the case, I guarantee Audrey would be the one to eat the bugs!

And, last but not least...I jut think this picture is so cool. With the sun rays in the background and their faces shaded, it almost looks heavenly. Mo, if you are reading this, it reminds me of what you would call a "Jake Sky." These two little darlings are for sure my little angels.

I guess that is about it for tonight. I am planning a couple of cute posts coming up too. I have so many pictures to share and so little time to do so. Why can't blogging be my job instead of really going to work?