Toddler Bed!

Over Memorial Day weekend, we decided it was time to convert Garrett’s crib to a toddler bed.  First Noah graduates preschool and now this!!! I almost can’t take all the milestones!!

Garrett LOVES to climb and so we were afraid one day soon we would be making our way to the ER with a broken limb as a result of him launching himself out of his crib. So, behold! The toddler bed!

Ready for Garrett!

Perfect size for climbing in!

“Yep, I can get used to this!”

The first night, he did great!  He wandered around the room for about 10 minutes and then crawled in bed and fell asleep (we watched on the monitor).  He woke up around 6:30 in the morning and was wandering around his room, confused.  I put him back to bed, and he slept until 8:00.  The next night, he was feeling a little more bold.  He fell asleep okay, but he was quiet in his room in the morning.  When I came in, this is what I found:

“Hey, who made this mess??”

Every book was off the shelf.  All his friends were out of his bed. Benny the Bear was overturned. Garrett had even gotten into his closet and pulled out the diaper pail!!  It looks like our independent stage (a.k.a. Terrible Twos) may be lurking around the corner!!

Flashback Friday and Preschool Graduation!

As I sit down to write this blog, I am in amazement that our first born is now going into Kindergarten!!  Yes, Noah is a Pre-K graduate!! It seems like just yesterday that he started out at Celebration in the Mommy’s Morning Out Program with Ms. Rachel and Ms. Janna:

Noah singing the blessing at lunch – he was 23 months old

The next year, he had Ms. Laura and Ms. Debbie for the two year old class:

First day of school

Last year, he had Ms. Sue and Ms. Michelle for the three year old class:

So happy to be at school!

And this year, he had Ms. Carol and Ms. Debbie for Pre-K:

Look at those great smiles!

You can imagine the emotions when I saw this picture come home in Noah’s school bag:

He’s growing up right in front of our eyes!

Noah’s Pre-K Class – Ready to graduate!

The graduation ceremony was very sweet, and Ms. Carol and Ms. Debbie were kind enough to gift us with a pack of tissues beforehand. The songs the kids sang just tugged at my heart strings!

This is the picture they showed on the screen when Noah received his diploma.

Ms. Dayna giving Noah his diploma

Noah and his friends, Ella Rae and Hailey, were recognized, among others, at graduation for having gone to Celebration all four years:

Weren’t they just babies yesterday?!

After the ceremony, we had a picnic lunch and snapped a picture with Noah:

Our graduate

Onto the next chapter…I’m going to need more tissues

21 Months!

Wordless Wednesday

20 Months!

It’s getting harder and harder to take these pictures and have Garrett sit still and hold the cube!  This month involved a little creative photography/editing to show you the right side of the cube

More Fun With Nana and Papa

On Thursday, while Greg and I were still out of town, Nana and Papa got to go to Noah’s school for his Easter Party and Egg Hunt!

The yummy spread!

Sharing his lunch with his brother

Ready to hunt eggs!

A hug for Garrett

Checking out their goodies

Nana took a video of Noah hunting eggs.  I thought this was cute that he got more than the allowed 12 eggs and so put one back:

It looks like it was a fun day! Later that evening, Nana and Papa took Noah to his first t-ball game of the season, and they won! But more about t-ball later…

Happy Easter!

Garrett Cottontail

Noah with his Edible Easter display: The Oreo (stone) has been rolled away from the donut (tomb)! A graham cracker bunny watches on!

Special Nana/Papa Time

While Greg and I are up in North Carolina, celebrating our 10th anniversary at the Biltmore Estate, Nana and Papa are home with the boys. They were kind enough to coordinate their drive back from Florida to Ohio with this mini-getaway. I have to admit, I was nervous leaving home, but before we were too far out of Atlanta, I was greeted by this good-morning smile:

Nana and Papa took Noah to school and then followed by taking Garrett to Kindermusik class. Garrett and Ms. Dana were happy to see each other:

Noah had his 100th day of school:

He also got a music lesson from Papa:

Garrett spent some quality time with Papa, reading the Vitamix manual:

So, while they’re having a good time on the home front, Greg and I are having a great time in Asheville. The weather is a little crisper than we had anticipated, but it is so beautiful up here in the Blue Ridge Mountains: I can’t wait to see what they have in store for tomorrow! (Hopefully Nana will share some pictures that she’s in, too!)

Wordless Wednesday

Noah, the T-Rex

Noah is fascinated by dinosaurs lately.  His favorite show to watch is Dino Dan. It is about a 10 year old boy who sees dinosaurs in his daily life and learns about their behaviors and characteristics (sadly, no one else sees them!).  Noah has been working on perfecting his Tyrannosaurus Rex impression. Beware – it’s scary!