Sunday, March 28, 2010

Quickie

Greyson wanted to wear his pirate underwear for the 2nd day in a row.  Mike and I tried to explain that they were dirty and probably smelly so I suggested that he take them off and smell them himself and if he thought they didn’t stink, he could keep them on. 

  • (He removes his underwear, smells them and crinkles up his nose)
  • Me:  “What do they smell like?”
  • G:  “Cheese”

Coming off of an awesome family weekend with home cooked meals, movies from the comfort of our living room and the first un-assisted roll from back to belly and back again.  Life is good.

April 15th is right around the corner!

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Sunday, March 21, 2010

A Successful 4th Birthday Bash

We are so blessed.  Today, March 21st, is Greyson’s 4th Birthday.

Greyson and I have nasty colds and Graham’s a little congested.  I sat down on my deck yesterday afternoon, exhausted after the last party guest left, and just felt---thankful.  We had a beautiful 70-degree sunny day for Greyson’s 4th birthday party, a houseful of spirited kids and great conversation with their parents.

  • Tanner Johnson called to sing Happy Birthday to Greyson a few minutes before his party started.  What a great start to the day!
  • Greyson’s nanny, Sara, was the first guest to arrive.
  • Then came Tegan and Ryder, Jayden and Vincenzo…Santino, Michael, Sarah, Carson and Kayla.  (and their siblings- 2 Coltons, a Beckett, Ethan, Emily and 2 on the way)
  • The Spiderman bouncy-house was a HUGE HIT!
  • Despite Greyson’s cold, he was the host of all hosts, leading his friends in pirate swashbuckling and bouncy-house slide dives.
  • Graham napped through 1/2 of the party and smiled for the rest of it. As Greyson likes to say, he behaved “like a real boy”!

He wasn’t feeling well, but the cake made him smile

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The friends we’ve made in the greater-Seattle area have restored my faith in friendship.  They’re genuine, fun and most of all really easy to be around.  We’ve missed the ease that comes with real friendships and after a year and a half, found it in a few who thankfully have kids of similar ages.  Greyson chose the guest list and his mommy and daddy couldn’t have been happier about it.

Posing in front of the house before the party

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Giving the bouncy house a test run

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‘I may be into Spiderman, but I’m still a pirate at heart’ 

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Happy Birthday to our sweet boy Greyson.  We love you for who you are today and for the boy you are becoming.  You made this past weekend the best yet! 

GREY*isms*

  • G:  (after watching the men deflate the bouncy house, roll it up and cart it away)  “They’re taking my bouncy-house…and I’m not even upset about it!”

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Odds & Odds

Happy Daylight Savings.  Let us welcome the beginning of our new nighttime ritual whereby it will become increasingly more difficult to get our eldest to sleep by his 8pm bedtime because “it’s not dark yet!”

GREY*isms*

(After washing my face and moisturizing, I walk into Greyson’s room to say goodnight while Mike is reading a bedtime story…I lean in for a kiss)

  • G:  “Mom, you stink”
  • Daddy:  “Grey, that’s not nice”
  • G:  “But, she stinks”
  • Me:  (smiling) “Good night Greyson”
  • Daddy:  “Tell Mom you love her”
  • G:  “I love you…stinky”

GREY*isms*

(while listening to “ABC Dinosaur” on my iPhone)

  • Book Narrator:  “F is for Fossil”
  • G:  “That’s not a dinosaur! It’s just an old bone”

You’re getting a short post this week because the pictures deserve to be front & center.  These boys are just too damn cute.  Happy Birthday to Jake, Greyson, my dad and Mike’s dad.  March Madness it certainly is!

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Sunday, March 7, 2010

I Spy a Basketball Player…not so much

Greyson’s been into “I Spy” for quite some time.  It almost always comes up at the dinner table, particularly when he’s not a fan of what’s being served.  What’s not to love about marinated spare ribs, garlic mashed potatoes and a baguette?

The first time he played, we were eating breakfast and he didn’t quite have it down:

  • G:  “I spy with my little eyes…a sausage”. 
  • Me:  “you don’t want to say what you’ve spied, you just want to describe it”
  • G:  “Oh, OK…I spy with my little eyes…something sausage-y”

So, that was a few months ago and since then, I thought he had gotten the hang of it.  “I spy with my little eyes…something blue” and so it went.  We recently learned that he has, in fact, been cheating:

  • G:  “I spy with my little eyes…(pausing and looking around the kitchen- eyes landing on the orange colander on the counter)…something orange”
  • Mike:  “is it the colander?”
  • G:  “Noooo”
  • Mike  “Oh, really, then what is it"?”
  • G:  “Ummmm”….(looking, looking)" 
  • Me:  “Grey, you can’t change the object after the game starts!”
  • G:  “I was just kidding”

Quick, what are we up to?

  1. Graham is 14lbs 10oz, 25.5in and
  2. We’ve hosted friends for dinner every weekend for the past 3 weeks and went out to dinner without the kids twice this week.  Life is no longer about survival- we’re finding ourselves again. 
  3. We’re finally done with the string of classes we signed Greyson up for through Kirkland Parks and Rec.
  4. I’ll be in Orlando and Toronto this month for work
  5. Greyson will be 4 on the 21st of this month.  Like every parent out there, we’re asking ourselves where the time went.

This is the team photo from Greyson’s basketball class. Can you spot him?  I didn’t get the memo that the kids were supposed to wear red t-shirts until the morning of.  At least I found something with red in it (and that’s better than the parents of the kid standing behind him). He participated in class for about 20 minutes.  Every class afterward, he stood on the sidelines and watched.  Glad we dropped $75 on that!  

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GREY*isms*

  • “Do you remember the time the puppy followed me home with my wagon and then he took a dump in my backyard?”