Weekend trip

Before I get to our weekend trip...

Graesen just loves to take care of Hunter :)

This past weekend we traveled across the state for Aidan and Addison's birthday party.  Aidan is 9!  and Addison will be 7 at the end of the month!  How did that happen?  The kids had an art party at Michaels.  It was so mellow and the kids really enjoyed it.

Aidan when he saw his new bike:

The boys crashed on the floor together after the party :)

The ferry on the way home:

Living

I haven't blogged in a while, because we have been too busy living.  I am no longer putting stress on myself to make sure to get pictures every day, or post all the time.  Instead we are just living, and it is oh so sweet :) 

Bowling and other things

One night last week Graesen got into my gum while I was doing something.  I never let him have whole pieces, because I'm afraid he will choke on it.  This is what he did all by himself:

Saturday we went to a friend's second birthday party. 

Saturday we went bowling with family.  I was playing on the lane with the kids.  Graesen beat me by 5 points, even though we both had bumpers and he was bowling overhand.  I am an awful bowler :)

Snow and valentines

Friday night we did movie night and popcorn.  Graesen always looks forward to this down time at the end of the week.

Yesterday we played in the snow...finally!  We finally got a good amount of snow that is supposed to stick around for a while.  We also went to yet another movie yesterday.  Such a fun thing to get to do every week right now!

Today after church Graesen worked on his valentines for a while.  Then we watched the Super Bowl with family, of course :)

Basketball and his "style"

On Thursday Graesen wore his Nike warm-ups to school.  He seriously thought it was the coolest thing ever.  He even flexed his muscles for me before school :)

Friday he decided to accessorize all by himself for school...

Yes, I did let him go to school like that :)

That night we went to a high school basketball game and my dad met us there.  I thought it would be fun to start taking Graesen to high school sporting events. 

Saturday we went to another movie with Phoebe and my parents.  We are loving the 9 movies for $5 :)  I normally don't take Graesen to movies unless we have a gift card since they are so expensive, so it is really fun to spend these long winter months doing this. 
After the movie I took Graesen to get his hair cut.  He told the lady cutting his hair exactly how he wanted it gelled up :)

Today we headed to the mall after church to buy birthday gifts for a couple of people, and to let Graesen play in the play area.  It was such a fun little outing.  Graesen made lots of friends and I met some really nice people :)  While we were there we decided to stop at a shoe store just to see if by some chance they had shoes that fit with Graesen's orthotics.  He only had one pair that fit with them.  My mom looked all over town and eventually had to get them special ordered for $70!!!  So I was thrilled today when we found a pair that fit for only $45!  $45 seems really cheap compared to $70, and now Graesen has 2 pairs of shoes to choose between :)

Tonight Graesen did a little crafting and then we made gluten free cookies together.  A good end to the weekend :)

A super hero

Graesen got a kiwi crate from my sister and her family for Christmas.  I kind of tucked it away knowing it would be nice to pull out when winter starts to drag on and we get stir crazy.  Graesen made a super hero cape the other day from his crate:

One of the theaters around here had a great deal going on this winter.  You could buy a pass for 9 kids' movies for only $5.  They are all older movies, but still super fun to go out to the theater each week.  They also sell kids popcorn and drinks for super cheap :)  We saw Turbo this week.  It was so funny watching the kids get all riled up and cheering for Turbo.  (I kept getting blurry pictures of
Graesen, but I didn't want to turn on my flash and disrupt the entire theater).

After the movie Graesen and Phoebe played legos for 3 hours at my parents' house. 

Yesterday we went to my parents' house to watch football.  Graesen showed us all his muscles :)

Today I took Graesen to McDonalds just to play in the play area.  We shared a little treat and he played and burned off some energy.

When we got home we took Walter out onto our balcony for a little fresh air.  He is only allowed to do this under supervision since he likes to sit/walk up on the ledge and it scares me!  I realize that cats are made for stuff like that, but still!  I am so afraid he will fall.