Happy Birthday Grant!

March 28, 2007 Grant David Walker

March 28, 2010: Grant is 3!

Opening presents with his buddies Dane, Taylor, and Owen

Chloe thinks about going down the slide ( of course we had to count to 3)

Grant loved the pinata....we were thankful for big kids like Blake and Caroline to help us out.

Brooklyn saying "cheese" while she eats

Grant and daddy

Grant is listening to his friends singing "Happy Birthday"

On Sunday, Grant turned 3 years old. He has been talking about turning three for a while and was so happy on his birthday to wake up and have birthday pancakes with a candle to blow out- twice! On Monday we kept him home from school to have a small birthday party at the park with his friends. It was a beautiful day and the kids enjoyed playing and the mommies enjoyed hanging out in the gorgeous weather. Grant was so happy to have his cousin Chloe come down for the festivities. Aunt Carol and Chloe got up early Monday morning to drive to Austin and we were so happy they did! Grant loves playing with and trying to "hold" Chloe and he was definitely happy to see her.

Grant is becoming such a fun little boy who loves his brother and friends so much. He likes to play outside on his scooter and bike, loves to fish with daddy, and really likes playing with his toys. Right now his favorites are GeoTrax and anything Lightning McQueen. He enjoys going to school three days a week and is learning to use his words and not his teeth or hands to get his point across. We love having him in our family, he is such a joy! Happy Birthday big boy, we love you!!

Mutton Bustin'

Tate has been talking about "Mutton Bustin'" since the rodeo last year and he was so excited to get to do it this year. While they have MB every night at the Austin rodeo they also have a separate event for kids who want to try it in the Youth Arena. We decided to let him do this thinking he might get nervous and back out at the last minute. However, he did not! He was nervous but he got on that sheep and rode and scored a 93! He won for the longest time in his group of 10 kids and was SO happy! He has been talking about it nonstop and looking at his trophy alot. It was so much fun to watch him, we just hope this doesn't mean he wants to pursue a career in PBR (professional bull riding) in the future. Thanks to my parents for coming down in the middle of the week to watch him and to Kim and Raegan and their kids for coming out. Tate loved having his friends there!

SNOW 2010!

Star of the week

This week Tate is the Star of the week. He has been so excited and his poster has been ready for about two weeks. He gets to bring in something to share, a book, or snack each day to show the class.

The difference 100 makes

August 24, 2009- The first day of Kindergarten

February 4, 2010- The 100th day of school

It is so hard to believe that today is Tate's 100th day of school! He has come a LONG way since August. That first couple of weeks was hard (on all of us) but we really seem to have gotten into a routine. He is loving school, his teacher, and his friends. He says PE is his favorite part of school and his favorite friends are Jonah and Nick. He loves buying his lunch at school with pizza being his favorite and buying chocolate milk every day is a definite highlight.. He is learning to count by 5's and 10's to 100 and is reading basic sight words. This is our only year at this school as he will be going back to our neighborhood school next year but it has been a great experience for our family and we will miss it next year. To celebrate the 1ooth day his class his making a "100's snack". I told him each child is bringing in a bag of something like goldfish, M&M's, pretzels, etc. and he was going to count out 10 of each to make 100. His response was"You mean I have to eat other people's snack? Gross!" (He reminds me of his aunt Carol alot sometimes) I assured him that each bag had not been opened and he would take the M&M's or goldfish out himself to put in his bag...he doesn't want anyone touching his food! He was also excited because not only was it the 100th day of school but it was also a field trip day (hence the lovely green shirt with kids on it.) Boy, those teachers are in for it today!

Little Helpers

I wish I could get their help like this everyday!

RODEO!!!!

Tate, Chloe, and Grant ready for the rodeo.

Chloe in her cowgirl Pettiskirt. She was so cute!!

Two cowboys.............

Chloe and Daddo looking at some animals.

Grant not looking at the camera but attentively watching the rodeo.

Me and my cousin Stephanie who came with her family to the rodeo.

We let them each ride one ride at the midway and they chose the four wheelers.

Grant take his four wheeling very seriously.........

Tired cowboy going home from a fun day at the rodeo.

This weekend we went with my family to the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. The boys love all things cowboys so they were in heaven the whole day! They love walking through the barns to look at all of the animals and they enjoy every event of the rodeo. We were up close to all of the excitement which they thought was great. It was a fun weekend with my family and we love to go to the rodeo each year.