Training wheels off

Cole and Shayne decided to make good use of the sidewalks in the neighborhood and took the training wheels off of his bike.  He's riding like a champ!

Eating Cereal

Grant is more than ready for solids...so here we go:

Sleeping solo!

Due to circumstance more than necessity, Grant didn't sleep in his own room until he was he was about five months old!  He slept in his super cool motorized bassinet in the Texas house and in the condo until he outgrew it about the time we moved.  Then, in the transition of the move, it was just easier to let him sleep in the pack-n-play in our room to keep him close.  But FINALLY I got his room pulled together, everything washed and assembled and here are some pictures of his
FIRST NIGHT IN HIS VERY OWN CRIB:

With his little lovie "Bingo" right beside him.

Robot Camp

 

Moving In Day

After a two day drive from TX to IN and a night at Shayne's corporate apartment, the day finally arrived in which our THINGS would arrive.  We'd spent nearly a month living out of our suitcases since we'd spent three weeks in the condo after our house in TX closed.  We were more than ready to see our stuff and the boys were delighted to see their toys come off the truck and into the playroom.

We'd bought new master bedroom furniture, and it had already been delivered, so the boys set up camp in there to try and stay out of the mover's way.  "Try" is the operative word here.

I wish I'd taken more pictures, but the boxes were coming quickly.  It was a long day and over the next few weeks we were lost in a sea of cardboard as we rediscovered we own WAY too much stuff.

New Kids in Town

Field Day

The last day of 2nd grade...the last day at Grace Academy.  It was a fairly emotional day for Travis because he was so sad to leave his friends and his school.  I was able to watch most of his field day activities because Gran was in town to stay with the little boys.  After field day he went home with Miles to have one last sleepover, so that made the end of school a little sweeter.

Egyptian Feast

Travis' 2nd grade class culminated their year long study of Egyptian History with an Egyptian Feast..complete with tunics and authentic food.

Although he enjoyed the punch, Travis concluded that he might starve if he lived in Egypt.  He was particularly not a fan of dates...but he gave them a try!

My favorite picture of the day...I couldn't believe that he actually posed like this for me!  Classic!

With Mrs. Gresham, who went all out with her costume.

The always fun toilet paper mummy game.  Travis and Bryson were the winners!

A Night on the Town

My WONDERFULLY AWESOME friends who planned a "last night out" in downtown Austin.  We had drinks poolside in the afternoon, then dinner and fun on 6th Street that night.

Mindy, Dominique, Ginger, me, Jessica, Denise, Julie, Brenda and Kelly

Farewell to Council Oak Preschool

We will certainly miss countless things about Texas, but ranking high among them is Council Oak Preschool.  I've dropped little boys off here for over five years and was looking forward to about five more...

The Council Oak

The Trinity Fountain

The statue of the little boy with a book.  I marked growth in photos by posing the boys by him for first day of school photos.  Here's Cole with him on his graduation day.

The labrynth in the parking lot that Cole paced around almost every morning while we were waiting for time to go into school.

Cole's Preschool Graduation

We planted our sign on the tiny patch of grass outside the condo where we were staying temporarily.

With Gran who drove in for the occassion.

With his sweet teachers Ms. Kathy (r) and Ms. Julie (l)

Excited to have the diploma :)

Equally excited about the refreshments!

Crawfish Boil

Our friends Ginger and Trey had a crawfish boil--good friends, good food, great time!  I wish we'd taken more pictures, but our hands were too busy peeling!

Travis vowed to try crawfish.  Knowing what a famously picky eater he is, I was skeptical.

YUMMY!  He liked it!