The Grass Family Chronicles

Andy has learned to do a new thing that I think is very cute. He puts his hands on his hips, scrunches up his face, and shouts, "I'm a superhero!". I don't think he has any idea what a superhero is, and I have no idea where he learned it, but is sure is funny!

Posted in: on Thursday, November 22, 2007 at at 9:18 PM 1 comments  

Michele "tagged" me on her blog to post 10 things I do, so here they are:

1. I take pictures of my kids.
2. I take a shower. (This is a good thing, right? :) )
3. I check my email.
4. I read, although I don't read near as much as Michele!
5. I dance around with my my kids.
6. I take Caleb to preschool.
7. I take Andy to storytime on Tuesdays.
8. I run as much as I can.
9. I try to be a good role model for my kids.
10. I do laundry. LOTS of laundry.

If you read this and you have a blog, I tag you. What 10 things do you do?

Posted in: on at at 8:52 PM 1 comments  

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you, friends and family. We are so thankful for YOU!

We started off the day with the Turkey Trot. The weather was really cold, but sunny. Grandpa was a trooper to help out and watched they boys in the van while Paul and I ran our race. After we were done, we went to go get everyone out of the van and headed into the zoo so Caleb and Andy could run their race. Caleb ran with Paul and did a great job, running the whole half mile. Andy, who was a little sick, ran with Grandpa and decided in the middle that it was too much for him. That's okay, he still got the candy cane and ribbon. Jakey slept through the whole thing, as usual. That's him sleeping on my back. We wore our race day shirts during our huge Thanksgiving day meal, deliciously prepared by Grandma! The boys weren't all that impressed with the huge spread, but they did like the homemade rolls. ALOT.

We all came home and took a nap; it's so nice when it works out like that! Gramee and Grampee are staying for a visit, so they came over with Grandma and Grandpa and we had leftovers for dinner.

It was a great day.

Posted in: on at at 8:19 PM 1 comments  

Today Caleb and Andy's best friends came over. Yes, it was the day after the big party, but who cares? Benny and Gracie's mom and Josie and Keegan's mom both had some things to do, so all the kids came over for the morning. You would think that taking care of seven children might be difficult, but it wasn't and they all were very good. And silly, as you can tell by the picture!

Posted in: on Monday, November 19, 2007 at at 3:05 PM 1 comments  

Andy is now three years old. He had a great check up at the doctor's today. 37 inches tall and 36 pounds. Weighs the same as his brother! :)

We had a big birthday party for him yesterday. All of his friends came and we all had the greatest time! Our neighbor, Claudia, made an amazing cake for him. It was so cool that Caleb asked her to make the cake for his next birthday! The kids all enjoyed the pinata and Andy pulled the last strings to make all the candy come out. Almost every present he got was a Cars thing, which was just fine with him. He really loves his Cars!

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What do you think? I don't really want to lose the baby hair, but it's getting pretty long. Post your vote in the comments and we'll go with the majority!

Posted in: on Friday, November 16, 2007 at at 12:53 PM 7 comments  

We are such a busy family that staying at home all day is a rare occasion for us. On Monday, though, it was so windy and gloomy that Caleb suggested that we spend the day inside. We found lots of fun things to do! First we cut up our Cinderella pumpkin and roasted it so we could make some pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. Then we made a paper plate turkey craft. After that, we built a fort. Jakey really enjoyed that! Staying at home is fun, but I was exhausted after all that!

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Today I went in to get Jakey after his nap and he was doing this. It was a real shock, I tell you! I know he's been pulling himself up on the couch, but the crib is a whole new ballgame. Guess we'll be lowering his mattress tonight!

I also want to mention that he climbed five stairs today. BY HIMSELF. He was quite proud of his accomplishment! :)

Posted in: on Wednesday, November 7, 2007 at at 5:38 PM 1 comments  

Last Sunday Jakey started crawling. A few days later, he learned how to go from crawling to sitting by himself. A few days after that, he started pulling himself up to stand. He's gone from zero to sixty in a matter of days. There's no keeping him still now!

Posted in: on Monday, November 5, 2007 at at 7:22 PM 1 comments  

The leaves are changing colors and are falling off the trees at a rapid pace. The weather has been beautiful and sunny lately, so we took advantage of this to play in the leaves. The boys had such a great time making huge piles of leaves and then throwing them up in the air. Hopefully we'll get a few more days of sun!

Posted in: on Saturday, November 3, 2007 at at 4:39 PM 3 comments  

We had another great Halloween this year! We started off with a visit to our neighbor, Camille's, house. Then we went to Grandma and Grandpa's house to show off (and get some candy, of course!) and then to the Morinishi's for our annual get together. We had some yummy food, made some caramel apples, then got dressed in our costumes to head out. We were quite a group; something around 15 kids. It was fun to see the faces of the people who answered the doors. :) Great times!

Posted in: on Thursday, November 1, 2007 at at 7:24 AM 1 comments