Happy Halloween....A Little Late

I think it is safe to say that the kids had a blast on Halloween!! We took them both out trick or treating. Logan walked the whole time with his neighbor friend Kathy and Graysen rode in the wagon with her buddy Armando. We all had a great time and got lots of candy which we are now in the process of eating. I am trying to limit Logan to one or two pieces a day since he really doesn't need to be eating that much candy, but he is constantly asking for more treats. I can't wait until it is all gone. :P I'm really looking forward to next year when Graysen can enjoy it a little bit more!!

Long Time No Blog

I can't believe it has been 2 months since I last posted to this blog. I guess you can say that life has been busy.

Updates:

Logan is a week away from turning 3 1/2 years old! I still can't believe how quickly my little boy is growing up. He is literally growing leaps and bounds. He is now 38 inches tall and weighs 30 pounds. He is also growing smarter by the day. He knows his entire alphabet and is working on recognizing letters and their sounds, he can count to 15 by himself and recognizes his numbers up to 10, he knows all his colors and shapes (even some of the not so common shapes like pentagons) and is just talking up a storm. He is looking forward to Halloween and is going to be a fire fighter again this year.

Graysen will be 16 months old this week! She just had her 15 month check up on Friday and she is now 30 1/2 inches tall and weighs 20lbs 2oz. The biggest news is that she is now walking!!! It came as such a shock that she took awhile to start walking since Logan was walking well before his first birthday. She is still a very laid back little girl, but now that she can walk, she is into everything! Her vocabulary is also growing by the day, which is something that Logan seemed to never be concerned with at this age. She can now say "mama", "dada", "baba (bottle)", "bye", "hi", "baby", "book", "nana", "bi (binkie)" and "me (mine)". I am looking forward to taking her out trick or treating with Logan this year. She is going to be a ladybug!

We also had an unexpected thing come up at her 15 month check up, but that will be for another blog post.

I hope to have more pics to post next time (especially of Logan since I don't have any of him since the summer) and I will hopefully get back to posting much more often.

Wordless Wednesday

Graysen's First Artwork and Cookie

While I was working with Logan on his preschool activities, Graysen kept trying to climb up on his table so I decided to pop her up in her high chair and let her color her first picture. In typical toddler fashion, the first thing she did was put the crayon in her mouth, but once I showed her what it was for, she did a little bit of coloring before throwing the crayon on the floor and crinkling the page up and then throwing that on the floor too. She is such a silly little thing.



I decided to make cookies from Nana's secret family recipe the other night and Graysen finally got her first taste. She absolutely LOVED it. She definitely has her mum's sweet tooth and proceeded to burst into tears when she realized she was done and she wasn't getting any more. Don't worry though; she did get to have a second cookie tonight after dinner and this time there were no tears.

August 2010

I can't believe that the summer is coming to an end already. We have been trying to keep busy and enjoy the weather, but it has been so hot this month that we have had to spend a majority of our time indoors.

Logan is at a really interesting age. I say interesting because he is learning new things everyday, but he is also very good at testing boundaries right now. We are working with him to try and keep him occupied during the day since he tends to test these boundaries more when he is bored or restless. I have been trying to take both kids for a walk in the morning before the weather gets too hot and make sure we have something fun planned on the weekends.

Graysen is a very mobile, but very laid back little girl. She is now cruising with ease, climbing the stairs and even took her first steps a couple of weeks ago. She hasn't taken anymore steps since then, but I can tell that she is thinking about it. She loves to play both independently and with her brother. Her favorite pastime is emptying a container, putting everything back and then emptying it out again. She is also in love with books right now.

We are hoping to take another trip to the zoo this coming weekend. They both love the zoo and seeing all the animals.

Grocery Shopping on a Budget

It can be done! We have been trying to save as much money in as many places as possible lately. One of the ways that we are doing this is by price matching and using coupons while grocery shopping. Thankfully, we have the local ads delivered to us for free every Tuesday. They have also started to include a coupon book with the ads over the last month and I am enrolled with CouponMom and get weekly emails with additional coupons and deals. Every week before we go grocery shopping, we go through the ads and circle the things that we need and are on sale. Then I go ahead and make out our grocery list and write down all the items that we will be price matching. Then I go through all my coupons and pull out the ones that I will be using that week and make note of that on my grocery list. This has really helped us save a lot of money and it helps me make sure that I don't forget to use the coupons. I realize that it takes maybe 30 minutes longer to prepare this list before we go grocery shopping, but it is totally worth it in the end. I don't think we have spent over $45 on groceries in a week over the last month!

Wordless Wednesday