November 2010

We some nice and some horrible weather in November. The nice weather was first. We got to spend some nice days outside. We discovered that Grayson could draw people. He drew the whole family on the driveway. Notice all our belly buttons? Those are a very important detail to Grayson.

Mommy got upgraded to "limited activity" for a while and got to go out. "Taste of Salt Lake" is one of their favorite events to go to every year. We like to see them all dressed up to go out.

Can you see Mama's little baby bump?

Mama got to help at school for our Thanksgiving Feast. I love having her at my school. And having a feast was really fun.

Then came real Thanksgiving. We had a big Thanksgiving dinner up in Logan at Grandpa Thomas and Grandma Arlene's house. We got to stay in hotel and that was our favorite part of the trip. Our least favorite part was the horrible weather. One day the high temperature was below 0!

And finally, here are some pictures of Gray and I just being ridiculous.

October 2010

Fun in the Fall! Even though Mama was stuck on a couch most of the time in October, we managed to have a little fun in the fall and have her take our pictures.

Of course, the best part of October are all the parties for Halloween. I decided to be Hannah Montana this year and Grayson decided to be a Ninja with flames.

We had a trunk or treat party right in our neighborhood on our street. We look forward to this party every year.

By the time Halloween came, I didn't want to be Hannah Montana anymore. That wig was driving me crazy. So I decided to pull my new cheerleading outfit out of my dress-up box and be a cheer leader for trick or treating. Grayson still loved being a ninja though.

This is us before trick or treating. Believe me, we weren't this cheery afterwards. It was so cold and windy and rainy that we gave up after 10 houses. Note to us: always pick a really warm costume to wear for Halloween.

September 2010

This is a typical scene at our house no matter what time of year it is. The three of us sitting on a couch together with the TV on, a computer on one person's lap and at least one Ipad on someone else's. Can you say entertainment overload??

We tried to pack in a lot of family activities in together before the nice weather was totally over. We discovered the The Children's Discovery Museum finally. We had such a great time exploring there and Mommy had fun trying out her new camera.

We also hit the zoo again because we wanted to get as much use out of our annual pass as we could.

You can see baby Zuri eating from her mommy while her mommy eats at the same time.

At my school, they have a fund raiser that I was so excited to do. It was a fun run. Grayson and Mama did it with me too. We ran 1 mile!! I can't wait to do it again.

September is so great because that is when my birthday is. I had a pajama party this year to celebrate. My cake was specially ordered to look like fuzzy bunny slippers. It was so cool.

I turned 6! All my friends came dressed in their pajamas and brought their favorite dolls. We made matching necklaces for us and our dolls.

I finally got to have a pinata.

We all snuggled in the basement and watched a movie until the party was over and every one had to leave. I told Mama it was my most favorite party ever.

Then came my actual birthday and I got soooo spoiled. I got barbie things and American girl things and oh so many things.

This also was the day that Mama had to go to the hospital so we didn't get to do everything that we planned but that is alright. Mommy and the baby ended up being OK but there were a lot of things Mommy couldn't do after that. Hopefully my next birthday will filled with even more fun and everyone will be healthy.

August 2010

August was a time of change for us. First of all, I decided to change my hair. I had about 6 inches cut off. I had been begging my mom to let me cut it for months. I really liked it the first couple of days but then I realized that short hair is a lot more hard work than long hair. That is why I have been growing it out ever since.

Grayson discovered his new favorite sport. Miniature Golf. He still begs us to go to Boondocks and play every day.

Then the big changes started. We started a new year of school. Grayson went back to Newcastle Preschool but he was one of the big kids now.

He got to meet his class and his new teacher, Miss Samantha.

He was so excited for his first day.

I had my very first day at the big school. I started Kindergarten!! I was so excited, I couldn't contain myself. My teacher's name is Mrs. Saltmarsh. She is pretty great. Everyone thinks so.

We even have our own little playground at the big school.

When we lined up, Mommy realized I was a lot bigger than the other kids.

When I said goodbye to Mom, she couldn't take off her sunglasses. It was because she couldn't help but cry. Her big baby was leaving her and she knew it would never be the same.

I am just so excited to be a big kid though. Believe me, it was about time.