Thursday, May 12, 2016

Preschool, here we come!

Griffin had a preschool screening and tour in the last couple weeks. Talk about excitement! He is so ready to begin and it's adorable to see. 

His results from the screening were really good. The principal told me that Griffin was the first child all day to identify and come up with a valid application of the very last picture in a series of photos during one section of the testing.........it was tweezers. Ha! 

Another fun event is the tour and bus ride. He got on the step, took his photo, and turned right around to get on board. I spent most of my school years riding the bus with Grandma Kathi who drove a route for the school. On the other hand, Drew never rode the bus because Mimi was a middle school teacher. He thinks Griffin will never ride it either, but we'll have to see!




 

The bus cruised town for 10 minutes then dropped the kids off at the preschool classroom. They had a scavenger hunt to find where all the important stuff was, got to know their teacher, had a snack, and finished with a little recess.  

 


August can't come soon enough for Mr. Griffin!

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

The strawberry pickin' tradition continues......

We found a little time on Saturday morning to make a trip with Grandpa Don to the strawberry patch in Mountain Grove. Cooper did great and helped fill the box with plenty of mangled, partially eaten berries. Griffin was busy looking for a couple purple ones to take to Aunt Shiloh, but settled for some red instead. 
 












We are looking forward to next year!

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Turkey Season 2016

No more hunting between now and Fall, woohoo!

I love to see Drew in his element and doing what he enjoys, but it is also super exhausting for all of us. He leaves the house between 4 and 5am, walks/crawls all morning in the outdoors, tries to get whoever he may be taking on a bird, goes to work, and goes to bed late each night. I wasn't getting up in the morning but the kids were staying up way too late and I was responsible for getting them to daycare in the morning and myself to work on time. That is usually Drew's task to get the kids up and out the door. I applaud him for how much work that is!

It was good to see all of our friends and the business associates of Drew's as they passed through the last 3 weeks. 

The boys got to play outside A LOT, my favorite hunter tagged out with his 2 birds, and we are thankful. 























The second bird came on the last Saturday, and Cooper got to follow in the footsteps of his big brother. He was enthralled by it and both boys loved to feel it's feathers.