The Fro is No "Mo"

Well, Blake was born with tons of dark hair. We were thrilled because Grant had tons of dark hair too when he was born and we were so proud of our boys' thick thatch of beautiful hair. By the time Blake was one year old, his hair had become an issue. It was thick, coarse, curly, and CrAzY!!! It grows every which way, so even when it's short it doesn't lay exactly right. His hair is poofy, even when it's short. My mom always laughs at how Blake's hair doesn't grow, it "swells." Anyways, the hair that we were so proud of when our boys were babies has been a source of great anguish in the fact that they both have HATED getting their hair cut. Grant is fine with it now, but didn't used to be! Blake is still in the hating it with all that he is stage, so we probably go too long in between hair cuts just to avoid the nightmare of it all. This past Saturday, we decided to give Blake his first real "big boy" hair cut. Ovbiously he's had dozens of hair cuts by now, but Mase used the same settings this time that he uses on himself and Grant. I have to admit that even though I will always miss Blakey's curls, I do love his new do. Excuse me for the cheesy title, but "mo" is Blake's way of saying "more" and I just couldn't resist! The following pics were taken right after Blake's hair cut and bath and I think that he looks just a little proud of his new big boy hair cut.

Fall is Here!!!

Once I can admit that summer is over, I love fall! I love decorating for fall, the smells of fall, hot cider, candy corn and peanuts, and my favorite of all...FALL FESTIVALS!!! We have been to four different ones so far this year, and there are still at least two more that I hope to make it to!!! We love going to them and eating the food, buying the crafts, etc. This past Saturday we went to one that we'd never been to and had a blast. We even got to take the boys on their first ever hayride. My mom and dad came later and they had fun as well. I was thrilled because we bought some pumpkins and I was able to finish up my outside fall decorating. I kind of go a little crazy with decorating for fall both inside and outside, but that's because it thrills Grant even more than it does me so I find it hard to stop. I will post more pics later, but it takes forever right now for some reason so these will have to do at the moment...

Grant's Jammies

Here is a silly picture of Grant in some jammies that are way too small. I like to buy ahead when I find good deals, but sometimes I don't come out ahead from doing this. A couple of years ago, after I had bought lots of jammies for the future, Grant decided that he hated them and would only wear a t-shirt and shorts, or comfy pants to bed. Well, now he's changed his mind but that they are all too small. Oh well, hopefully Blakey will wear them. This picture of him cracks me up!!!

Boys Gone Baja!

The boys LOVE riding around in the jeep together!!! This is really the first summer that Grant is to be trusted driving the thing, although I'm not sure HOW MUCH he is to be trusted! He wasn't good at driving at all last summer, but has improved enough this summer that we were able to let Blake ride with him, although I walk/run beside them the whole time! In summer's past, Grant used to call it his "Gee." What a goof ball! So cute to see them together on it! I'm not sure if you can tell, but in one of the pictures Blake is signing "more" because I think he thought I was going to make him get off! We so enjoy watching them giggle and have fun together in the beautiful weather!

Another Year of Preschool!

Grant started another year of preschool a few weeks ago at a wonderful private CHRISTIAN school! He really didn't cooperate for pictures, but I still wanted to share the ones that I did manage to get. I had to take a picture of the mural of Jesus on the wall with the children, because this is what I've always wanted for him...to go to a Christian school and learn about Jesus and THEN learn all of the other stuff! Blake was so excited to go and pick him up and Grant was excited to see him. I surprised him when we got to the truck with some Iron Man silly bandz he'd been wanting. He was thrilled and then gave one to Blake, which thrilled me! We then celebrated by meeting Mase at Arby's for lunch. It was a good day!