The kids

Here are some pictures from the past few days. Julia had some raspberries last week and thought it was so cool to put them on her fingers. I gotta agree - it's a fun fruit to eat! Mom and Dad came to visit this weekend and Grant was Mom's shadow and Julia was crazy about my dad. She didn't want me - she only wanted my dad! That was great for me since Julia has decided that 5-5:30 is a great time to start our day. So I have more than enough quality time with her by the time she goes to bed at night.
Blake asked why Julia needed this coat. Don't you think it speaks for itself? This is Grant's reaction to tasting Grandma's tea. And yes, he insisted I take a picture of him.
Our little climber. Wow, did she think she was big stuff! Ok, so maybe Dad helped her up there, and had to pry her fingers loose to get her down.

My dad got LOTS of snuggles this weekend! Also notice how long Julia's hair is getting in back :)

Zoo day

Grant is finally healthy!! He had a virus last week, then a double ear infection. Anyway, he's back to normal (which means full of energy) so we headed to the zoo this morning. It was a beautiful morning! We even had a picnic lunch outside - probably the last time we'll get to do that this year.

Grant ended up falling off the elephant and requested that I take this picture, which he had to see immediately. Julia thought it was soooo funny to kiss this turtle. And I agree, as long as it doesn't have H1N1 :)

Grant laid back on this and announced, "Mommy - I'm an angel!"

Grant and Ellee - separated!

Grant's girlfriend, Ellee, and her family moved to Texas last week. We are going to miss them! They stopped by on their way out of town to say goodbye. I don't think the kids really understand that they won't get to see each other all the time, so they weren't too upset, but Amanda and I were :( Anyway, I'm glad they braved our sick, germ-filled house to say goodbye! Here are Grant and Ellee
Julia and Cole - we couldn't get these two to sit still

Joke time

Grant makes up jokes all the time, but most of them don't make sense. But the other night he had a good one while getting ready for bed:
Knock knock
Who's there?
Naughty
Naughty who?
Hi Naughty, I'm nice.

The kids are actually both napping right now - Grant is still sick (day 3), and Julia is just tired since she got up at 5:15 this morning. Why am I blogging? Think I'll go lay down.

Happy Halloween!

The kids had so much fun trick-or-treating last night - and the weather was beautiful. Julia only went to a few houses - she liked playing with the candy people had, then saying "tank ooo" (thank you). Then she and I came home to pass out candy while Grant ran the neighborhood with Blake in hot pursuit!

This is what Grant drew while Blake and I were watching the Hawkeye game (what a game, eh?). We were quite impressed!