With school starting tomorrow we made sure to have a jam-packed, fun-filled day. Our first stop was Playtime Toddler where the four kids actually played all together. Gabe can no longer be called "Baby Gabe" as he plays with the big kids now! Griffin seems to have a good time making him laugh. It warms my heart how sweet he can be around him (and also gives me hope that he'll be like that with a sibling one day.)

We made a pit stop at our favorite, Chick-fil-A and played a little there but all the kids wanted to head back to "Pwaytime Toddwer" as Griffin calls it, so off we went for some more fun.

Later on that day and after a much needed haircut, Mimi called us over for dinner. After some deewicious spaghetti Griffin and "Cousin" (Grayson) got to do Griffin's Very Favorite Thing, go play on the golf course! Baby Georgia hung out and watched. She'll be swinging and putting before we know it.

Then it was time to go home, get a quick bath and head to bed for a (hopefully) restful night.

Potty Time, Excellent!

We've been trying to get Griffin used to the idea of pottying for a while now. Talking about pottying, buying a potty--if it's out there we've tried it. It's not gone well. It's still not going well. We had a teeny tiny breakthrough tonight though. We had gotten Griff undressed to take a bath. While waiting for the water he started peeing (on the bathroom floor) Jonathon and I hooped and hollered and sat him on the potty to have him go a little bit more. I think we ended up scaring him more than anything. But afterwards we made a REALLY BIG DEAL about it and he had to call Nanny and tell her all about it.

(to note: Griffin says he "pooped in the potty" and that's just a big fat story. I think he knew poop would get a bigger reaction and he is nothing if not a child who loves big reactions!)

Here's hoping we have more success!

We've spent this week trying to get in the last little bit of free time before school begins on Tuesday.

On Thursday we went to a tea party lunch at the Mad Hatters with friends Kate and Emma. Before lunch the kids got to play dress up with hats and gloves. As you see Griffin dove right in (with Kate's help, of course!)

Then it was lunchtime where Griffin had a grilled cheese in the shape of stars and a little chick! (Mommy had one of her very favorite foods, a shrimp and asparagus crepe, MMMM!)

One broken teapot later it was time to leave The Mad Hatter's!

Once more with a little more masculinity to make Daddy happy...

Family Sunday

I really enjoy Sundays. We have a bit of a routine most Sundays: church, lunch with family and/or friends, naptime (fingerscrossed!) and then downtime. Sundays are normally family days. It's never been official and there are certainly days where we don't see everyone but more often than not we see Mimi, Papa, Uncle Brent, Aunt Jules, "Cousin" (Grayson), Georgia and lastly Nanny, Papa & Aunt Erica. Whew! Luckily 3 of the 4 of those families live within minutes of each other!

After church and lunch with family there was a beautiful (and much needed) nap. Nanny called and wanted to spend some time with Griffin.

Off to Nanny's house.

But WAIT!! What about my Big Wheels?

Griffin is a speed demon on those things. Once he got tall enough to actually pedal he was off and hasn't stopped since! Griffin spent time with Nanny, Papa and Aunt Erica while Mama & Daddy went to the movies! They cooked and played and Papa even shared some of his sweet tea.

Then it was time to go home and head to bed.

BYE!

Hey Jude

I know we've been neglecting our brand new blog but we have been busy. We've been trying to get used to Daddy working out of the house so the goal has been trying to keep up the fun. This is not easy when it's constantly raining! There's been playdates with friends, playing the 'tar (guitar for you non two year olds out there), helping with the BBMS consignment sale, and yes--even some Diego.

One of Griffin's new favorite things is to make "bideos". He like to talk for about 2.5 seconds and the "I wanna see it's!!" begin. I can barely get any video shot before he demands a playback. Such a diva. (Is there perhaps a more masculine word that means the same thing?)