Pearland's Farmer's Market

Pearland now has a Farmer's Market in the Old Townsite near the old CJ Harris Elementary. I believe it is every 2nd and 4th Saturday. It is still very small...but we had a great time. I bought an orange and lime tree for the backyard with some of my birthday money! The weather was great and we had a really nice time in the fresh air with my parents.

Longer than expected!

Two Friday's ago Kirk and I decided to go to the by the Houston Temple with Grant. We didn't get a babysitter since it was a really last minute decision...but we wanted to hit up the distribution center and the LDS bookstore near by and walk the temple grounds with Grant. We left with plenty of time...or so we thought. It was around 3 and we "hoped" the stores would be open until six. Well, after almost two hours in the car in Friday afternoon traffic and watching the entire movie Madagascar in the car...we made it. Luckily we were not killing each other at that point...tension was high though...when we realized the bookstore and distribution center closed at 5. Ugh! We did walk the grounds and take a few pictures of Grant. The flowers were amazing! Since we didn't accomplish our goals of buying some things for Grant for Easter on this trip...we made another shopping and temple trip this past Friday. It was Good Friday and Kirk and I both had off work and Grant still had daycare. This time we accomplished everything we wanted...plus more. Second trip...1 hour not 2

Surprise! It's a playground!

Well...Kirk and I have been thinking about getting a playground for the backyard for sometime now. We do live extremely close to a really nice park that is in walking distance and another one in our neigborhood--also in walking distance, but I was really craving the convenience of opening the back door and letting him play. Plus our backyard was looking kind of boring and needed some color. My main requirement was that I wanted something sturdy and heavy. After the last hurricane and seeing all the broken wooden playgrounds sitting out with the trash...it was easy to tell what kind would survive if it needed to. Also...I really wanted someone else to assemble it. I know Kirk could do it...but I have heard too many horror stories of horrible directions and a million little pieces.
When the guys arrived on Wednesday, I didn't know how long it would take...but 2 hours later it looked great! (See Lola at the bottom right again sneaking into our pictures. I really need to make my next post about our treasured family pet. :)
I picked up Grant from daycare and I told him I had a surprise waiting for him. He didn't really seem to care, because he was watching the movie Cars in the car. He is a little obsessed and points to the TV whenever we enter my car and says Cars. His new bedroom with a big boy bed will be devoted to the movie. Pictures to come soon because it needs a few more finishing touches. When he saw the playground he was pretty excited and he went right to playing and running around. Here are some of his first moments on his new toy.


And believe it or not...Grant can do the rock wall by himself. It does require close parent supervision, but I was really surprised!
Ah...I love being a suburban mom where a playgound can bring so much pride and joy to a family!

Happy St. Patty's Day!

A big thanks to Nona and Papa for the St. Patrick's day goodies in the mail. Grant was very interested in all the cool new items. I tried to get him to smile in the pictures but he was too interested in watching Dora or Diego...I don't remember which. He loves them both.


Also...on another note...it is Spring Break! Yea!!! On Saturday we kicked off Spring Break by going to a Rockets basketball game. It was LDS night and then Elder L.Tom Perry spoke to the Mormons after the game. It was funny to hear all the kids wondering why they were still there when the game was clearly over. Hopefully, sometime this week we can hit up the Rodeo!

Excuses!

Well...it seems like I've been slacking on my posts about Grant. I have a few excuses to my defense. First, I couldn't find my camera for a while. No pictures...no posts. Second, we have been really busy. Kirk has started his last semester at school and work for me has been surprisingly hectic lately. Third, we have been pretty boring lately. This is because Kirk seems to have school every Saturday and this means the highlight of our weekend is playing at the McDonald's playground. This is because it has been slightly cooler and wetter than usual during this time of the year. I think this is going to change any day now. :) Here are some random pictures Kirk took this morning of our growing little boy. I know I am his mother and I have to think he is the cutest boy ever...but come on!!! He is pretty dang cute! You have to admit that!
Grant and our shaggy dog

Did we mention that Grant is taking gymnastics at his daycare? He is on the Tumble Team!

Kirk bought doggie stairs for Lola...but she didn't like them. No worries...because now Grant can climb up on our bed by himself.

For some odd reason...this was Kirk's favorite picture of the bunch. Kirk said it was Grant's Al Bundy pose.

Bouncing Baby Boy!

Here is a picture of Grant with his new toy. A neighbor's trash is Grant's treasure! We love having neighbors with kiddos a few years older than Grant! Now Grant can stop jumping on our couch everytime a song comes on the tv. I don't know what happened to the picture...but I am sure that I did something wrong with the camera.

San Antonio!

After Christmas, we decided to go on a short (3 hours)weekend trip to San Antonio. We could visit my grandparents who I have not seen in a long time and we could also visit some of the tourist attractions that San Antonio is known for...such as the Alamo, Riverwalk, and Market Square. We also visited the Children's Museum which Grant probably liked the best! Needless to say...we did a lot of walking!