Life or Something Like it

To Grandmother's House We Go

The kids and I headed down to visit my 90 year old grandma...Their Great Grandma Elsie.  It was a fun-filled, jam packed, exhausting-for-mommy day that was worth every minute.  Ethan brought his favorite Mo Willems books and read them to Great Grandma.  Pretty sure she couldn't even hear him but it was so precious to hear her laugh and smile while he read.  After Lennie EXPLODED in her pants, we then set off to the store with Mimi for a change of clothing and then off to a local playground and some delicious ice cream.  We even managed a quick stop at Uncle Bill's house to visit their family and Uncle Jon and some cousins.  Last we headed to Pappy and Grandma Kathy's house where Pappy and Claire made everyone dinner of grilled cheese sandwiches (with an assist from Gma Kathy), per Claire's request.  Pappy let Claire spread the butter on all the bread for the sandwiches, yes it was a hot mess, but she LOVED every minute of it and talked about it for days!  It's these simple moments that just melt my heart.  Spending time with family is our favorite time...we are truly blessed!  

Great Grandma Elsie and Lennie

Ethan reading to Great Grandma Elsie

4 generation pic

Mimi, Great Gma, and the kiddos

Our Little Lennie

Holy Cow!  What a blessing this little girl is to our family.  I forgot how sweet babies can be.  She is super easy, content, and happy all the time.  She loves to laugh, loves her paci, rolls over constantly, and is growing like a weed.  She is a clone of her mommy, which for some reason thrills me to death, ha!  The kids adore her and love to "help" and "play" with her.  We are so grateful to have her join our family.

Bath time

Brother loves to hold his sister

3 month pic

More bathtime

Sisters!

This is one example of Claire "playing" with Lennie...piling ALL the baby toys on her.

Dinner for two.  More playtime between Claire and Lennie.

Zzzzzzzz

This and That

Popsicles are a HUGE hit at our house right now.  Here Claire and Ethan sat down next to each other and started chatting it up while eating them, as usual.  So sweet.

Ethan "playing" with Miss Lennie.

We switched Claire to her big girl bed about a month ago.  Surprisingly, it's going great!

Mimi bought Claire some My Little Pony Jammies.  So sweet!