Holy cuteness, Batman. I HAVE BIG HAIR LIKE BRAVE MERIDAAAAA!
I have never seen so many people stare and smile at us the grocery store before. (and I get a lot of stares and smiles!!) But this little firecracker seriously OWNS that big red hair.
werrrrrrrrrk
One of my favorite parts of living in Ohio is getting to visit my grandma, especially now that the kids can all okay nicely while we are there. She lives in a (relatively small) apartment, so before we come she arranges the furniture in the large gathering area of the retirement home she lives at (so no one escapes!), babyproofs it, and fills it with toys. Every time we come my kids are entertained and happy and always look forward to visiting with grandma joanne, since it is fun to see what new things she adds to her toy collection! Today it was a coloring book for little d, a magnetic doll dressup activity for little a, and little stuffed animals for the babies. Sometimes the things she gets them are to stay there (like foam blocks, markers, and other assorted toys and little things) and occasionally they get to take them home.
I try to visit her a few times each month but we don't always make it. I never regret coming and I would love to (and am working on trying to) make a weekly habit out of it like I did with Granny when we lived in Utah. Tricky part about that is every week is so different, so I just take it one week at a time. I just love how she lights up watching the kids do their things (until Lo finds the 500 piece puzzles and starts dumping them out!). Then she always ends their visit with a handful of animal crackers... grandma sure knows how to make my kids keep wanting to come back!
We had a lot of rain the last couple of days and I would be lying if I said I didn't secretly love it. I mean, those clouds...they sure do make me miss DK!!
and our backyard... SO GREEN!! (pardon the mess) Having lived in utah for 7 years, It really makes me appreciate intense color of the autumns out here. And springs. And big heavy rainstorms (my kids are still getting used to those though!)
we tackled home depot for a bit today. Didn't find what I was looking for but of course I didn't walk out empty handed. HD easily wins super brownie points in my book because everyone is so helpful and makes my experience (in an arena where I feel like I know nothing) super easy and enjoyable. Hobby Lobby, Joanne Fabrics, basically everywhere we frequent, could really learn a thing or two from them. Also they currently have a lot of construction going on outside of their store, so my kids were THRILLED to get out of the car and get a closer look!
and a quick trip to Kroger since I decided last minute to do Cafe Rio for Conference weekend!
I am sure it was a random pick, but my grandma picking out a cat (Lan is OBSESSED) and bird (Lo's favorite thing EVERR) was a superwin! They snuggled those things the rest of the day!
It used to be that I would put on a show for the big kids while I got the babies to bed when Drew was out of town... since our internet got out of whack on the wii (and naturally I am worthless to fix it), we can't do netflix or hulu on it and there's nothing on the basic tv we have that the kids would be interested in. So the last few nights I have been giving them some markers and they have been coloring up a storm.
PLEASE LET THIS PHASE LAST FOREVER.
