grant's nap

Interesting.

mom's gone fishin'

Yesterday Grant wanted to go fishing, so I said, "call grandpa." But, grandpa was out of town for the day. That was the end of the fishing bug until this morning when Grant asked to call grandpa. I knew that since my dad was out of town yesterday, he would probably be busy today trying to catch up on work. So, I said, "Grant, I'll take you!" Hmmm, after a bit of discussion, Grant finally decided that I would suffice!!

We get down to the pond, and the first fish we catch SWALLOWED the hook. Now what? I look down the fish's throat and I can't even see the hook, I have no scissors to cut the line and the boys are saying, "please, mommy, don't hurt it. OHhh, it's bleeding!! Don't hurt it!" So, I lay it on the ground, give myself a little line and rip the line apart. Poor fish, I had to throw it back into the pond with a hook in it's stomach and about a foot of fishing line hanging out it's mouth.

On to the next fish. We wait and wait. Grant has now moved on to throwing big rocks into the water. Cole sits by my side and holds the pole. We catch another fish. Grant comes to pet it and is back to rock throwing. Cole waits on another fish and after a while joins Grant.

"Ok, boys are we ready to go home for lunch?"

Grant: "No mom, you can catch more fish!"

I go back to fishing. By myself. The boys are now in the creek stomping through the water.

"Are we ready for lunch now boys?"

Grant: "No. Not until you get another fish."

I decide I have had enough. Next time grandpa can take them!

popeye

Grant: "Cole, do you want to be like Popeye?. . .I do. Wish we would've had spinach for dinner."

Grant's first CAREER touchdown!

Grant had his first flag football game today, he's been waiting all week for this. He and Luke have spent a lot of time practicing his "football throw" and doing lots of tackling (even though it is flag football and he won't get to do this in his game). Grant was pumped before the game and was just as pumped after the game; he kept asking to see the video of his first touchdown! So, here it is. He is the ball carrier. . .you will see the coach hand the ball off to him on the right side of the screen.

picture time

We had our family pictures taken by our friend Carrie (www.rhemaphoto.com) yesterday. Of course while you are taking them you wonder if there will be any good ones! She sent me just one picture for a preview, and of course i love it, how could you not??!!!?

"i hate babies"

This morning I told the boy that we were going to baby-sit our friend's little girl, Hollyn, after lunch. This was the conversation that Grant and I had about baby-sitting:

Grant: I hate babies!

Mom: Grant, we don't use the word hate in our house.

Grant: I don't like them at all!

Mom: Grant, you are always the one that likes to play with them, watch over them and ask mommy if we can just have one more baby in our house.

Grant: Well, I don't like them and I am not playing with Hollyn today.

So, after Hollyn arrived, guess who smothered and mothered all afternoon?

breakfast

The quietest meal in our house.

the assistant

With the arrival of summer, my cleaning routine flew out the window. Thus, my house has been in a bit of a disarray. So, to get things back in order I decided when Luke went back to school it was time to CLEAN!
I have been through and cleaned every closet, every cabinet and every drawer.

Through all of this time I have had an assistant. Cole. He has made these jobs a bit more fun, a little bit slower and a lot more interesting than if I had just been by myself. He is a "mommy's boy,"hence the reason he wants to be with me all of the time. But, he truly has been a worker. We have had many great conversations and he has taught me to take my time!

Not only has he helped me clean, but he LOVES to help me in the kitchen. YES, he has a knife in this picture, but it's just a butter knife! Plus he is a pro at cutting up strawberries and cracking eggs.

I am privileged to have him at my side!

Girl Trip

Ahhh, time with friends. . .girlfriends. Besides talking on the phone, I guess I would say I don't get a whole lot of time with just girls. I am not complaining that there are 4 boys in our house (for the most part, I love it [minus some of the bodily functions!]), but it is nice to have some girl time.

Today I got back from a long weekend trip to Orlando with the girls from our small group at church. We enjoyed a day of outlet mall shopping, a few mornings of sitting at the pool and some concerts. We headed to the Magic Kingdom on Friday afternoon to the Night of Joy to hear some great artists: David Crowder Band, Chris Tomlin & Third Day. Saturday we saw Jeremy Camp over at Universal Studios.

The trip reminded me how it is to travel without kids: simple & easy. How wonderful it was to be in no hurry, relax and to talk, talk & talk. As much as I enjoyed being away, there is nothing better than coming home to a house full of hugs.

It's Pre-K for Grant

Today is Grant's first day of Pre-K. He will tell us that he is excited, but if anyone else asks, he will tell them he's not excited and it's [school] dumb!

I did get a good "first day of school" picture, but not without a fuss (life would be WAY to easy for mommy if Grant didn't like to fuss)!

our BABY is off to pre-school!

Cole had his first day of pre-school yesterday. He was up early and couldn't wait to meet his "new friends!"

After school was over he went out to lunch with Terry. He picked Fazoli's.

When he came home and walked in the door, he was BEAMING!!

last day of summer

It was the last day for the pool! Cole has been swimming in the deep end most of the summer, so I had to "mark" the occasion with a bit of video. He definitely did the doggy paddle instead of using his strokes here, but at least it shows that he can do it!

Taylor Football

We headed up to Taylor for the first football game of the season. They played Anderson and suffered a loss; but, we enjoyed watching Trennen play quarterback. We also enjoyed some lunch at Ivanhoe's and dinner at TOPPIT. . . ahh, nothing better than a fall day at TU!