Grandma & Grandpa Erickson's

Grant keeps busy at his own little table.

The three of us got sticky buns at Auntie M's and then walked around Ruttgers.

Grant showing me a leaf.

The leaves were at their peak last weekend!

Grant had fun at the playground.

A Busy Saturday

We started out the day with a little "monkey jumping on the bed"

Ben is relieved that finally all the pictures have been hung... Grant is eager to help with his own tool set and building knowledge from "Bob the Builder."

We made an impromptu trip to an apple orchard in Wayzata this afternoon! It was beautiful, but we were shocked when we discovered that apples were $25/bag! Admittedly, they are much better apples than ones we've had in the past. Now we just need to make sure we eat them all...

Grant was more interested in eating the apples than picking them.

We were there until early evening--with the sunlight, it was really pretty time to be out there.

A tractor to drive--a dream come true!

A Fall Evening

On a walk to a nearby park last night.

Grant loves to climb.

Spaceman Grant (Buzz's assistant)

Grant received this great space suit in the mail from Grammy Mavis today. We had to open it and put it right on when we got home from school!

This was taken several weeks ago. We had the fire department come out because our carbon monoxide detector was going off. Yep...it was just a low battery.

This was also back in mid-August on Grant's last day at "Auntie Jenna's Daycare."

We're almost done with week 2 of our new schedule. Grant has had no problem adjusting to daycare and is pulling us out the door in the morning. He seems to really like his teachers.

Ben has been burning the midnight oil doing homework. I usually do some of my planning at night while he's studying, so it works out fine.

Big Day at School!

Now ALL the Bowmans are going to school! Grant and I made it through our first day just fine.

Ben dropped Grant off bright and early--7 a.m. I picked him up at 12:45 and he was having a great time.

This is on our way home from the lake last Sunday.

This is at a friend's house last week.

What we've been up to...

We've been spending lots of quality time with Granny.

....and Uncle Tyler.

We've been enjoying our new house.

Gretta has been especially enjoying Grant's bed.

Saint Louis Park

Hello again! Sorry for the long break... Here's some shots of our new place--which we love! Grant is in charge of plants....

The hose provides hours of fun... Still hanging on to those dang pink swim diapers!

This is one serious gardener...

Finally Grant gets to use this gem that we found at a garage sale in June (but had no space to play with it in).

I'd say about 25% of Grant's hose time goes to the plants.

Here's a shot from last weekend--this is Grandpa Jerry's motorcycle!

Our new address is 2746 Kentucky Ave S Saint Louis Park, MN 55426 (no more of that annoying P.O. Box). I'll put up some inside pictures soon--Grant's room is the best part! BTW, he had his first night in his "big boy bed" last night--he slept fine all night long.

Grant's First Fish

Don't tell anyone...but my mom and dad have a bunch of bass at the end of their dock... Here's Grant's first catch--doesn't he look impressed?! Since Grant calls all the fish "Nemo" we figured we'd better throw him back in.

Grant had a sleepover at Grandpa Bowman's when we were up 2 weekends ago!

Here's Grant driving the golf cart at Church Island.

Lucy came over and read several stories to Grant the other weekend. Grant must have wanted to protect her privacy because when I took this picture he was saying "stop the camera!"

We don't have any recent pictures to post because Grant broke the camera...but the new one just came so we should be up and running again soon.

Grant on Vacation

Canterbury Park

Ben has been insisting that I need to see Canterbury Park in Shakopee for some time now, so we headed out there last Thursday evening. Grant thought it was pretty cool--especially when the tractors pulled the starting gate out!

Weekend Fun

Every little kid needs a picture with the fish!

A trip to see the fish of course includes ice cream. BTW, how's Grant going to learn how to put his shoes on if his parents can't even get it right?!

Grant had the privilege of ringing the bell at church. He did a great job and didn't want to stop.

We're going to have to have Lucy sit with us at church every time, because Grant stayed put for almost the whole service!

Lucy is 8 years old and hopes to someday baby-sit Grant. So far her resume includes watching various kinds of animals.

Uncle Michael's Grad Party

Congrats to Uncle Michael on graduating from high school! He and his mom threw a great party complete with one of those blow-up bouncers! In addition, they served the best pancakes I've ever had (that were delivered in style--see below)

Here's Michael opening our gifts--the hat he has on, some "special pens," (code for cigars while Grant was around) and some money to add to his undoubtedly big stash.

Uncle Tyler and Grandpa Bowman seem to have a little surprise for Grant every time he sees them.

Grant thought catching pancakes was tons of fun! Each time he caught one (about every other one) he threw his head back and gave out a good belly laugh.

Here's Ben catching his pancakes--he wasn't as expressive as Grant, but he had fun. :-)

There were only three kids at the party, but Michael and his friends also had fun in this thing.

Cool sky, eh?!

Unfortunately this one turned out a little blurry, but it's still cute.