taekwondo camp

Grant attended Taekwondo camp this week, a 30 minute, Mon-Thurs class but "camp" none-the-less for a four year old!  Surprisingly, he really, really enjoyed himself and having his friend, Juliet, along didn't hurt!

This was the first class he has attended where the parents are not in the room, he didn't know what to think about that at first but as soon as they got to run across the room screaming at the top of their lungs, I knew he would be just fine!

On the last day of class they could choose to break a board, of course Grant wanted to give it a try!

They started with the foot and ended up letting him give it a shot with his fist...

success!!  He was thrilled!

On our drive home Grant asked if we could keep his wood and not burn it in the fireplace!  Hahaha! He wanted to be sure and ask his Daddy too, it was his special wood and he didn't want us to use it in the wood burning stove.  

WAY TO GO BUD!  We are so proud of you for trying something new!

Love you!

grandparent fun!

We were fortunate enough to have Grandpa and Grandma O pay us another visit!  We spent a morning at a local amusement park having fun and acting like kids with our real kiddos!

Parker loved it because he was able to go on almost all of the rides, sometimes accompanied by an adult and sometimes just with the big kids!

Poor Grandma O was eating her knees in this one!

Then we headed to the cousins for the weekend to play at the local fair and celebrate cousin Francesca's fourth birthday!

Grandma R and Parker waiting for the big kids to finish another ride.  Poor Bear wasn't big enough for the rides this time :(

The boys loved having Grandma O play the piano and Grandpa O served as a great human jungle gym!

Everyday Grant begged and begged to play the card game, Garbage.  He is great at it and managed to talk Grandpa and Grandma O into playing a LOT while they were here, he was a happy boy!

Thanks for making the trip Mom and Dad, we already miss you terribly and look forward to our next visit!

xoxo

dog-dog swimming

Much to my dismay, dog-dog went for a swim in a Target restroom this morning :-/  Parker threw it in as soon as Grant finished peeing in it and was busy pulling up his pants.  There were some tears, screaming, words exchanged, grrrrrrrrrr!  NOT our finest moment!

Parker's prayer

I was going through our nighttime routine with both boys tonight when it came time to turn out the lights and pray.  I prayed our usual bedtime prayer, then it was Grant's turn and it usually goes something like this, "Dear God, thank you for.....I love you Lord, Amen." He generally fills in people, places, activities, things, etc.


Well, tonight he was dragging his feet a little when Parker chimed in, "Dear God, thankyoufor Geema's (Grandma's), Kowee (Kori), Gant (Grant), Amen."  I about fell out of the rocking chair, and my heart about exploded, I think there was some dancing in heaven over that one!


Wow Parker, I guess we don't give you enough credit, way to go Bear!  From now on you get to pray your own prayer too!