Stockton's First Oreo

So, why do people take their kids to grandma's house? So grandma can spoil them and let them do all the things their parents won't. This time however, it was Aunt April who caused all the trouble but I was right there supporting her. This was during Mindy's visit in February. Mindy had just told us that Stockton wasn't into biter biscuits like Logan was, he just didn't seem interested in putting food in his mouth on his own. April had a great idea, she gave him a golden Oreo and brought him in to show me. We tried to take it away and he just grabbed at it and pulled it back to his mouth, like his hands were glued to the cookie and they were rubberbands bouncing back to his mouth.

I guess the secret to get kids to eat is to give them something that actually tastes GOOD! I must say Stockton is a pretty smart kid, he knows what the good stuff is!

Girl's Day Out

We love to have "girl's days out". I decided it was time to start having them with the grand-daughters. I thought their birthday would be a good time. April, Millie, and I took Noni to Wingers for her first official girl's day out lunch (Dave took Caleb to Chuck-a-Rama . . . Caleb heaven). I told her she had to use her best manners and explained some of them. She did so good. She sat and colored her coloring menu, ate nicely, did not climb under the table (except once to get her earring), and didn't whine at all! The best part was when the waitress brought her a free kid's root beer float for being the birthday girl and shy little Noni looked up at the waitress and said "thank you". You must understand that Noni doesn't talk to anyone she doesn't have too. Besides being a good experience for Noni, we all had a great meal, Wingers is my favorite!

For kids the popcorn is the best part of Wingers!Noni is an excellent colorer

Fettucini Alfredo, Noni's favorite

MMMMM, sticky fingers and some chipolte chicken wrap

Leanora is 5

I am finally trying to catch up my blogging. It has been very busy and everything seemed to happen at once. On Friday, November 21 Leanora turned 5. One of her wishes was for Ellie to come to her party. We had it worked out until the Carlson's had a family emergency and she couldn't make it. But we had a fun evening anyway and she got to play with Ellie the next Monday.

Caleb's favorite part of any birthday "heavy, heavy, hangover"

Noni and her Cinderella Polly Pockets

Any girl's dream, Cinderella dress-ups

She got to pick her own cake, is that fair?

Blowing out the candles!

I cant seem to get the words right under pictures, anybody want to help me out?