Grandparents Day

Crash's school hosted a Grandparent's Day last week.  We were excited to have my parents and my grandmother be able to join him for the day.  He was just positively giddy about the whole thing.  He has been looking forward to that for days.

I realize I am tall, but pictures like these always catch me off guard.

Here's the grandparents with our beloved teacher, Mrs. C.  We are so thankful to have her this year.

They did crafts together.

The kids performed for the grandparents.

I was the parent coordinator for the day.  I led a story time with the book "That's What Grandparents are for."  I had to be super crafty and creative for that day, which is so not me.  Thank goodness for ideas off the internet.

It was a fun day!  It just made Crash's day!  That was worth it all.  What a blessing to have Grandparents!

Enchanted Rock

We took the boys on our first official hike to Enchanted Rock.  It was about a 2 mile round trip so we thought we could handle that.

Everyone had to carry their own water, which was a huge relief to the backs of the parents.  It was fun sharing our love of the outdoors with the kids.  We talked about trail preservation, how to hike, etiquette, and beef jerky.  They actually enjoyed that after tasting it.

Crash loved this outing!  He is quite the hiker.

Hooray we made it to the top!

In addition, to their water bottles they all decided that had to bring a stuffed animal hiking.  Don't ask.  My chatty children made friends with some women visiting from the east at the summit.  They talked these ladies' ears off telling them about tadpoles, stuffed animals, and dinosaur bones.  Thank you ladies for listening to my children!

The nice ladies took a great family picture at the top!

We finished off the day with lunch in the park and a little birding.  It was a fun day!  We look forward to doing it again.