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Grant goes back to Disneyland! (And Disney inspired crafts)

June 5, 2013 1 Comment

Back in February we took Grant on a special surprise Birthday Weekend at Disneyland.  Even though we’re less than 30 minutes from the park, he had never been.  We planned, we schemed, we gave him the day off from school, we stayed in the Fabulous Disneyland Hotel, we all had a great time… until he […]

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A rat by any other name…

May 28, 2013 5 Comments

It’s been a while since I had a Grant story for you.  Lots of little things happen daily, and I usually just end up Instagramming them (#grantism) but I had to share his latest obsession with you: Rodents. I was going through Grant’s school papers in his backpack and found one of his math tests […]

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The Homework Battle, or “What must the teachers think of us?!”

March 5, 2013 3 Comments

Grant was out with the flu all last week.  (Remember the sad end to his Disneyland weekend?)  Well, we’re currently focused on doing all of his make-up work.  It makes me crazy that he would rather do his own thing than follow directions.  It would be so much easier if he would just bang it […]

Filed Under: family, frustrating, Grant, hilarious, No Mom wants to hear...

A fabulous birthday weekend at Disneyland and the Disneyland Hotel. (Yep, we took a local vacation!)

February 27, 2013 12 Comments

We celebrated Grant’s 9th birthday at Disneyland over the weekend!  We had an awesome time (until he got smacked with the flu bug and we had to cut our trip short.)  Boo.  We will be taking him back for a “re-do” of Disney’s California Adventure, but today I wanted to share our trip to the […]

Filed Under: Disneyland, family, Grant, travel, vacations

Surprise! You’re going to Disneyland! (Right. Now.)

February 22, 2013 15 Comments

Oh! My! Gosh! Remember on Monday when I told you that we were going to surprise Grant with a weekend trip to Disneyland for his birthday…?  That’s today!  Happy birthday, Grant! We just taped his reaction when we told him. What? Is this the new, mature and subdued Grant?  The seasoned 9 year old?  (I’m […]

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A surprise trip to Disneyland for Grant’s birthday…

February 18, 2013 17 Comments

I’m kind of a sucky mom. Grant’s birthday is this Friday.  He will be turning 9.  And he lives in Southern California and has never been to Disneyland.  Crazy, right? I repeat, I’m kind of a sucky mom. Last year around his birthday we had a lot going on, and this year we’ve had a […]

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Who said that chivalry was dead…?

January 19, 2013 3 Comments

This morning I took Grant to school.  I was running a smidge behind (looking for my keys, grabbing my coffee, etc) and I sent him out to the car ahead of me. I went out and discovered this: The driver’s door was wide open and Grant was sitting, buckled up in the back seat and […]

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Teachers drink wine too…

January 9, 2013 6 Comments

You know I like wine… and wine cork crafts, right? Grant made me a wine cork craft for Christmas.  It’s this sweet little “bulletin board” of wine corks, glued onto a ruler. He also made me a “To-Do” list of what he thought would be a day of bliss for me: #1 Wrap presents; #2 […]

Filed Under: Conner, Exchange of the Day, family, Funny, Grant, hilarious, just funny

“Hurtful Times” (A Grant story.)

November 7, 2012 2 Comments

Grant seems to really enjoy writing stories.  Part of it is that they really push something called Writer’s Workshop in his school, the other is that he is just a funny kid with a big imagination, which helps to bring out the story-teller in him. I was cleaning up in his room and found a […]

Filed Under: family, Grant, hilarious, just funny, The Boys In General

QRTY Confusion.

October 15, 2012 5 Comments

Kids are pretty tech-savvy, right?  I ask Grant for help with my iPad all the time.  He navigates the web with the greatest of ease, knows exactly where he is (thanks to Google Earth) and manages to find episodes of Robot Chicken on YouTube (thanks to big brothers.) So I was very surprised to look […]

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