My Lil' Chef

Since we've been back, we have been doing lots of cooking with Daddy!!!!! We are back in Austin and have had a great time cooking with Daddy!!! Auntie Alison gave G an awesome apron and he's loved using it! He helped D make spagetti and actually ate it!!!!! He's not a BIG fan of sauce but does love the noodles!!! Then we made some donuts out of biscuits, powdered sugar, and icing!!! They turned out okay!!!! Not close to Krispy Kreme!! :) He even helped make philly cheesesteaks!!!! He just LOVES to cook!!! He will make a great husband a looooooooooooooo looooooooooong time from now!!!

Love G's Mommy!

WOW!

He is so excited to be 5!! He can't stop saying that he's 5!!!! He's so happy and proud to be a big 5 year old boy!!!!!

My son is 5! WOW!

Let's see if I can sum this up!

Thanks for all the help with the birthday party!!

When G got to the party, he had a BIG smile! He loved the Superman, Batman, and Justice League decorations, the HUGE 6 ft Superman, the BEST cake ever, the games, the prizes, the playscape right next to our shelter, the beach, the awesome personalized capes, and he said "Mommy, thank you for all your hard work you did for my party!" :) :) He knows I love him!!! He said "I saw it from the car and I was like WOW!!!" Na dwhen he saw the cake, he couldn't believe how cool it looked and how it had many of the Justice League characters!!!!! I just wish Dennis saw all of his smiles!!!

:)Gs Mommy

Happy 5th Birthday!

Garrison was SUPER SUPER excited about his birthday!!!!!!! He was laying in bed with me!!! And when he opened his eyes, he had the BIGGEST smile on his face!!!!!! And the first words that came out of his mouth were "Aren't you going to say Happy Birthday to me?!?!" I thought it was super funny!!!! It was so early and he was so excited!!!!! He just had the biggest smile on his face the entire day!!! He was so shocked when he saw his party and his cake and everything else!

:) G's Mommy

Arrow in the heart!

So it was a few days before G's birthday party. We were on the phone with D just talking and telling him about our day. Somehow G's bday came up. So, D asked G what he wanted for his birthday. And out of nowhere he said, "We're going to have my party but it's not my ACTUAL birthday!" But then he said "Daddy, I don't want to have my birthday here! I want to come back to Austin!" So D tells him that we'll do all this stuff when we get back to Autin. Then G says "Daddy, I have an idea! Why don't you come here for my birthday?" I thought it was cute but I also thought about how much those words hurt D! I just know that seriously broke Ds heart! It broke my heart too! D really wanted to be there but was not able to come because he had started a new DAY job!

We went to Otani's Hibachi Grill! It was G's first time at a hibachi grill!!!! He was in LOVE with it!!! He was in AWE!!! C on the other hand, did NOT like it and was scared!!!! He really opened up because there were some people there that he didn't know. He's growing up!

Love, G's Mommy

...Learning NEW things

We went to Washington DC because G has been wanting to go to a Dinosaur Museum for a long time. We went when he was younger but we were very excited to take him now that he is older! Unfortunately, D was not able to be with us because he had to head back to Austin! :) Well, to sum it all up G asked sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo many questions! He wanted to know about everything! I was such a proud Mommy! C really enjoyed it as well!!!It was super busy and we didn't have much time! So we will definitely have to plan on going there next summer for about 3 days at least and I need to make sure D is there so he can see all the joy and happiness in G's eyes! G just LOVED it!!! He was such an explorer!!! He loved investigating!

:) G's Mommy

No More Kids' Meals!!!!

We had a great lunch with old friends in Va. Beach. We went to California Pizza Kitchen. I've never been there before but loved the Carne Asada Pizza that Dave recommended! Mmmmm, yum! I will have to tell D about it! But the real story is that I ordered Garrison a Pepperoni pizza and he finished it up very quickly and asked for another one. Yes, they were think pizza but still pretty good sizes! And he had eaten at home right before we got there!!!! And then that evening we went to Village Inn with some family. And I should of learned from earlier in the day...I had to order him two kids meals!!!! I think I just need to stop ordering kids meals and just order him one regular meal! REALLY?! Already!!!? I thought I'd be able to order kids meals for several more years. He's only 5! Oh, well what can we do!!?

My boy is growing up!

:) G's Mommy

I just want to make you happy!

So, since we've been on vacation G has been sleeping with me or with my parents. Well, today I tried to get one of the kiddos in my bed. C came with me but then she found her way back to my parents' bed! So I tried to get G in the bed but he wanted to stay in my parents' bed. So, I pretended to be sad so that my parents could have more room in their bed. A couple of minutes later, my SWEET son came to my room and said "Mommy, I want to sleep with you now!" And I was happy. I hugged him really tight! He said "I just want to make you happy!" I told him that he was very sweet and that I appreciate it but he could sleep with them if he wanted to! Then he ran off to their bed!

:) G's Mommy