Grant Squared: 2010

The Zoo and Tanaka Farms

Monday, June 28, 2010

We have passes to the local zoo and have visited a couple of times. While the zoo is known for their monkeys, there is also a little farm with farm animals. Logan loved petting the goats, but Charlotte was totally freaked out by them. She wanted to be held the whole time and told us, "no, no, no" if we got to close to the goats and sheep. We just got a couple of pictures ...

Making friends with a goat.

Charlotte stayed far away from the goats. She loves to sit in chairs, the bigger the better.

Last week we took a tour of Tanaka Farms, a local farm that grows organic produce. We got to take a tour of the farm in a wagon pulled by a tractor. We sampled "just picked" carrots, beans, sugar snap peas, tomatoes, and sweet corn. The best part was when we got to pick our own strawberries at the end of the tour. They were perhaps the best strawberries I have ever tasted! The best part was that everything was organic and we ate it right off the plant. Definitely go visit Tanaka Farms. They have watermelon tours starting this week.

Tasting beans.

Friends Jill, Abby and Whitney joined us on the tour.

Charlotte is a strawberry picker.

Logan tastes a juicy strawberry. (He was actually more interested in a carrot he gnawed on for most of the trip).

Charlotte ate a lot of berries. There were lots of stains on her shirt to prove it.

Logan picks a berry.

June Pics

Friday, June 25, 2010

Here are some pictures from late May and early June. We hope to put up some pictures of our new house soon. We are getting settled and we're really enjoying the neighborhood. We enjoy going to the park near our house and taking walks around the lake. There are lots of ducks, geese, and turtles there. The neighbors have been really friendly and there are lots of kids around.

Charlotte Jane looking all sweet and innocent.

Swimming with Daddy

Dad Grant, our plumbing expert. He helped us a lot with our new house.

The manly moving crew on moving day.

Kevin and Logan relaxing together

Shopping at Living Spaces for new furniture. Logan and Charlotte thought it was like Disneyland.

Cuddling together

Checking out the new sand and water table.

Logan waters the yard for us. No need for sprinklers.

Logan and Charlotte are in robes since they got so wet playing outside in the water. These are the same robes they wore as newborns and they still (sort of) fit.

Helping Daddy plant an avocado tree. He also planted a pomegranate tree. Of course I had to plant a hydrangea. They always die on me when they are in pots but maybe I'll have better luck with them in our yard.

May Update

Sunday, May 30, 2010

This month has been filled with lots of packing and working on our new house. Kevin has spent a lot of his time down there. We've made a lot of improvements. Kevin has changed a lot of the fixtures and hardware. The master bath looks beautiful after the work he did there. There's also been a lot of painting and peeling off old paint for hours on end (not a fun job). And then there's been lots of adventures in plumbing. We've had lots of help with the house from my parents and Kevin's dad, and babysitting help from Grandma Grant and Grandpa and Grandma Thone. Thank you!! We couldn't do this without you!

We're currently trying to find a tenant for our townhouse. This will be our last week here. We are looking forward to living in our new home and enjoying our new kitchen and other improvements.

Kevin has completed all of his doctoral coursework and is now a doctoral candidate! He plans to work on his dissertation this summer. His broken ankle is healing slowly. He is mostly just using his walking cast now without crutches, and is doing PT weekly.

Logan and Charlotte are doing well. They are talking more and can follow some basic commands. They love animals and can make a lot of the animal sounds. Charlotte is a little lady. She loves to wear necklaces and likes to wash her hands by herself, and wipe her own nose. She recently began to say "yeah" and "no." She is starting to emerge as the leader of the two. Logan is a sweetie. He gives nice open mouth kisses and is obsessed with the remote control, cell phones, and Kevin's video games. He loves to say hi to the little dogs we see at the park.

Charlotte gets up on my chair and decides to eat my oatmeal.

Logan with his prized possessions.

Pretty Charlotte

Here comes trouble ...

Kevin during the kitchen demo.

Apparently Logan stole Charlotte's milk.

Coloring together. Logan mostly just ate the crayons.

Charlotte and her love for necklaces. She loves our stash of real Mardi Gras beads.

Logan is a great helper at packing boxes. He throws in the items for me.

Charlotte is into the berries again.

22 weeks pregnant with Baby #3

Happy Logie

Who me?!

A Girl!

Thursday, April 22, 2010

On Tuesday we found out that Baby #3 is a girl! I am excited that the girls will outnumber the boys in the Grant home. (Maybe the next dog will have to be a boy).

Everything with the baby looks great and I am feeling her move now. Our due date is 9/27/10.

New House!

Saturday, April 17, 2010

We are moving! We are currently in escrow on a 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath home in a great neighborhood! Our new house is 1/4 mile from a lake and close to hiking trails. We are excited to be moving to a bigger place in a great area to raise a family. We will most likely move at the end of May. Right now we are contemplating paint colors and a possible kitchen remodel.

Cute swing at the front of the house

Easter

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Egg hunt the day before Easter ...

Charlotte is ready to go!

Logan loved collecting eggs.

Yay! We found lots of eggs!

New sandbox at the Grants. Logan loved it, but Charlotte wasn't so sure about the sand.

Easter Sunday ...

Charlotte in her Easter dress

Hunting for eggs

Logan found lots of eggs. He loved filling his basket with eggs and dumping them out.

Apparently the egg hunt is over.

Logan and Charlotte enjoying chocolate cake on Easter.

March

Sunday, March 28, 2010

This month we have been enjoying warmer weather. The babies and I like to spend time at the park during the afternoons. Logan and Charlotte are starting to explore the playground and love going down slides by themselves. They love airplanes and helicopters and always hear them and try to find them in the sky. They both love dogs and Charlotte often barks like a dog when she sees one.

Both Logan and Charlotte still love their favorite TV shows Yo Gabba Gabba and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. It is fun to watch them dance to the music in the shows.

They are currently in a food throwing phase. (Not very fun for us). We recently invested in "leashes" for their cups. (Check out nothrow.com). They also love to feed me their food, which is kind of cute. I made the mistake of letting them taste a bit of an M & M this week and now they point to the M&M bowl all day and "ask" for an M&M.

Logan and Charlotte have been taking more steps and are getting closer to walking.

I am about 14 weeks pregnant with Baby #3. I am feeling good and we are looking forward to finding out the sex in late April. I got to see the baby again on ultrasound last week. I think we have another cute one on the way!

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