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 […]
A rat by any other name…
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 […]
The Homework Battle, or “What must the teachers think of us?!”
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 […]
A fabulous birthday weekend at Disneyland and the Disneyland Hotel. (Yep, we took a local vacation!)
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 […]
Surprise! You’re going to Disneyland! (Right. Now.)
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 […]
A surprise trip to Disneyland for Grant’s birthday…
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 […]
Who said that chivalry was dead…?
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 […]
Teachers drink wine too…
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 […]
“Hurtful Times” (A Grant story.)
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 […]
QRTY Confusion.
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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