Grant's Birthday Quiz

 Grant is 12! Here is the birthday quiz....

2) HOW OLD ARE YOU? 12

3) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE COLOR? orange

4) WHO IS YOUR BEST FRIEND? Brady

5) WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? I want to work for Cat

6) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE? Top Gun Maverick

7) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW? Dude Perfect

8) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BOOK? The Contract by Derek Jetter (thank you summer reading program!)

9) WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY? When I win a baseball tournament 

10) WHAT MAKES YOU SAD? Losing at baseball

11) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FOOD? Cheeseburger

12) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SONG? Heads Carolina

13) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE GAME TO PLAY? Monopoly (or Dominoes)

14) WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE GIFT? Tickets to Imagine Dragons
15) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SPORT? Baseball

Current Height: 5'5"

We have a teenager!! ELIZABETH is 13!!!

I have been reminded several times that I forgot her 12 year old birthday quiz...can I blame COVID?

2) HOW OLD ARE YOU? 13

3) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE COLOR? Purple or gold

4) WHO IS YOUR BEST FRIEND?Julianna

5) WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? Something to do with animals

6) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE? Jungle Cruise

7) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW? Heartland

8) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BOOK? I don't like to read

9) WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY? A lot of things

10) WHAT MAKES YOU SAD? Moving

11) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FOOD? Steak, mushrooms and potatoes 

12) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SONG? Iko Iko

13) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE GAME TO PLAY? The Logo game

14) WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE GIFT? I liked it all - I can't pick a favorite
15) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SPORT? Swimming, horseback riding and golf

Noteworthy: We told her we were moving the day before her birthday...she said we ruined her whole weekend :(

Grant is 11!!

 Wow a whole year went by and we forgot Elizabeth's 12 year old birthday quiz!

Ok, here we go....

2) HOW OLD ARE YOU? 11

3) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE COLOR? Green

4) WHO IS YOUR BEST FRIEND? Can we come back to that one...Evan & Brady

5) WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? A baseball player

6) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE? Peter Rabbit 2

7) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW? Dude Perfect

8) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BOOK? Ballpark Mysteries

9) WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY? Winning a baseball game

10) WHAT MAKES YOU SAD? When I lose a baseball game

11) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FOOD? Cheeseburgers (two years in a row!)

12) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SONG? Believer by Imagine Dragons

13) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE GAME TO PLAY? Catan

14) WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE GIFT? Everything
15) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SPORT? Baseball

CURRENT CATCH-PHRASE: "What the heck" (usually said when something has just been broken or spilled)

Height 5'3"

Day 99

It's Monday. Monday's are really hard for me. Brandon gets back into his work groove, but doesn't leave the house. The kids are still exhausted from the weekend and are in lounge mode and I have a list 10 miles long of all the things to do to catch up from the weekend and prepare for the upcoming week. I tired my best to put on my happy face :)

Elizabeth is training for cross country in the fall. Her running buddy is out of town so I was the fill in. 80 degrees, 70% humidity and two miles later we were two hot, sweaty girls!

The kids really didn't get a long all that well today either, which didn't help my mood. I even threatned the "get a long shirt" and they ended up writing sentences about how grateful they are for each other. 

I managed to throw a dinner together and we headed out to shop for life jackets for an upcoming boat trip! 

Day 98 - Grant is 10!!

Birthday Quiz

2) HOW OLD ARE YOU? 10

3) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE COLOR? Green

4) WHO IS YOUR BEST FRIEND? Brady

5) WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? A farmer or work at Cat

6) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE? The Lion King (that is the most viewed movie in our house)

7) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW? The Amazing Race

8) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BOOK? Mathlete vs. Athlete

9) WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY? When I get hugs and kisses

10) WHAT MAKES YOU SAD? When I get hurt

11) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FOOD? Cheeseburgers (such an upgrade from hot dogs!)

12) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SONG? Natural by Imagine Dragons

13) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE GAME TO PLAY? Black Jack

14) WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE GIFT? Everything
15) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SPORT? Baseball

CURRENT CATCH-PHRASE: "Let's Go!" and "I know, right"

Well this is a big day...Grant's birthday and Father's Day! We woke up early and I started working on the requested birthday Texas Sheet Cake. Brandon took off to pick up donuts. The kids woke up, we had donuts and then it was time for the first gift. We hid it behind the car and then brought him outside and Brandon pulled the car forward to reveal the BIRTHDAY BIKE. This is perfect, we were planning a bike ride today! ;)

Happy Father's Day

Maybe new pajama pants would have been a better gift?

The break after 10 miles

He got a quick gear lesson and then started making his laps. Brandon loaded our bikes up and got ready for the day. A birthday parade had been organized for him at 10:00. He loved it. Elizabeth had wrote "Happy Birtday Grant" in sidewalk chalk. Luckily there was enough room to squeeze in the "H" Ima and Pops were the caboose of the birthday parade and what luck...they had their bikes with them! 

We headed into town to park and unload the bikes. We road 19.4 miles. We learned a couple of things...1) Grant's new bike is really nice and we need to upgrade Elizabeth. 2) body parts will hurt tomorrow 3)we more than earned lunch! and 4) we should do this more often!

We went to a wood fired pizza restaurant for lunch and ate outside (of course). I actually asked if it was ok if I went inside to use the restroom. They looked at me like I was crazy for asking. 

We headed home to prep dinner. The birthday boy requested marinated chicken kabobs (I am not sure who my child is - unusual request for him). We then all hopped in the pool to cool off and relax. We actually got so cool that we all ended up in the hot tub!

Dinner was hand cut fries, chicken kabobs and veggies, homemade baked beans (we all decided Bush's was just as good) and apple salad. I forgot the frozen corn that he also requested, but  he said "It's ok to forget to veggies mom!"

Grant opened birthday presents and the dad's opened Father's Day gifts. Brandon had declared on Friday that he was growing the beard out again...good thing the kids got him a new razor! We sat down and looked at old favorite pictures and had a lot of good laughs. At 9:00 I thought we'd better do cake before Grant fell asleep. In hindsight, relighting trick bday candles may not be the best during these COVID times! There was a lot of blowing on that cake!

It was another awesome, perfect day, celebrating some of the best guys we know!

Day 97

Just another Saturday. The boys woke up and I made pancakes and bacon and then the jumped in the pool. There was a new pool toy calling their name...I will say it involves mounting a hot dog and jousting with ketchup and mustard bottles! We all had a family swim and some relax time. Grant had his first baseball practice in the afternoon. After his travel team league was cancelled we signed him up for a in-house team. Brandon gets to coach this team too! Looking forward to seeing my boys on the field! 

Grant opened an early birthday present for game night and we played Pickles to Penguins. Eb and I sat in the hot tub and the boys ended their night with Dr. Mario. Time for a good night's rest....big day tomorrow!

Day 96

Today we took time to celebrate 3 birthday boys who were all born within 11 days of each other. We had their families over to swim and for a cookout. It was a perfect day. It felt like a normal day. Something that we would haven't thought much of last summer and this summer it feels really special to have two families over at the same time! Everyone was in the pool. Only a few things got broken and apparently I forgot to tell Brandon that the boys were spending the night at our house. But after hours of swimming, and after their fort was built, they crawled in and crashed hard!