Category: grandkids!

Henry and Miles were both entranced by The Magician, the photo I took of our friend Dale a few weeks ago. I asked them who they thought was in the photo, and Henry tentatively asked, “Santa?”.  When I told them that it was someone they knew, they both realized it was Dale. They were curious about how the magic got into the photo, so this morning we re-created the photo with Henry as the magician. I think he enjoyed being dressed up and posing more than seeing how the magic got into the photo.

After viewing the print, he said there was one thing he didn’t like about the photo- his FACE. Caitlin says he doesn’t like mad or sad faces in books. He certainly enjoyed making all sorts of faces for the camera!

We ordered some new lego sets for the boys before their arrival, including a huge ship for Miles.  He completed it with no help within hours- he’s pretty amazing!

Life is busy and fun right now, because our daughter and sweet grand-boys are here! They are moving from Yellowstone to Anchorage, Alaska, and are visiting with us for two weeks while they are in between houses. They arrived Friday evening, and we spent most of Saturday at the new Legoland Discovery Center and Aquarium in Phoenix- a fun way to begin our visit together. We will be busy keeping them entertained over the next two weeks, so my blog posts will be intermittent.

There were LOTS of Legos to play with.

Miles LOVED building structures and testing them out on the earthquake table.

Assembling Lego cars and sending them down a ramp was a lot of fun.

Yup- life is good!

I’m back in Arizona and missing my little guys!  The photo below is from the treasure hunt I set up for them last Saturday.  Treasure hunts are a tradition in our family that started in my own childhood, when my father created a treasure hunt for one of my birthday parties.  I continued the tradition with my own children and later on with my first graders as the culmination to a mapping unit every year. And now it’s Miles and Henry’s turn!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Miles is in second grade this year.  He loves reading and science and math- just about everything involving learning.  He loves school and is so confident and articulate- I couldn’t be more proud! Since we last saw him in May, he has shot up a couple inches and seems heavier too.  What happened to the little premie who was late to do everything as a baby? He is excelling now!  Here he is practicing piano before his lesson yesterday.

Penny the puppy isn’t a puppy at first glance- she is also growing up. At six months old, she is almost as big as Callie, the older golden in the house- but her behavior is VERY puppyish. She is sweet, incredibly intelligent (can sit, down, heel etc. etc.); however she is full of spunk and energy and can be very naughty, especially when her daddy is not around.  She is definitely keeping me on my toes!

 

I’m having fun at Yellowstone! I’ll be visiting here for over a week and spending most of my time babysitting Henry and Miles while my daughter and husband are on vacation in Alaska. Yesterday I spent the morning in preschool with Henry, which was a blast- especially because his mommy is the teacher!

At 4 1/2, Henry is one of the big kids at preschool this year.  Here he is, happily stringing some beads before the rest of the kids arrived.

I’m looking back to the beginning of summer- and looking ahead to this weekend when I return to Wyoming to spend some precious time with my boys!

And I’ll even have a couple days to spend with my girl, who is having a birthday today! She is still the same smart, capable, fun-loving person she always has been- HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CAITY! I love you! ❤

 

Homework time

Making a Halloween picture

Making pancakes

Playing in Miles’s room

Gramma, there’s an elk out my window!