The Miller Minute: First Week of School

We got Leah started back to school and we fumbled our way into our new schedule without her.

I have recently discovered that Grant has a love of cleaning, or you know, he's just entered that far too short phase of wanting to do EVERYTHING on his own.

Here he is vacuuming before our PAT visit one morning. He's always loved the vacuum, unlike most small children he's never been scared of it.

I was telling my sister about it and we decided we could just give him the vacuum and let him go do his thing. It would be just like having one of those Rumba vacuums but without paying a ton of money for one. Ha!

One day I was talked into going on a walk and then, as is usually the case, I was talked into going to our neighborhood park.

Sadly, when we arrived we found this mess...

Dylan was so sad to see the park flooded. Darn rain.

He looked at me with puppy dog eyes and said, "Mommy, why will it never stop raining???"

Just broke my heart.

So, we decided to go home and have a snack, because I am all about eating for comfort. Ugh. This is Dylan's attempt at eating a healthy snack in lieu of his visit to the ER for being "clogged up." He says he likes celery, but he sure doesn't gobble it up like he "likes" it. We are working on improving his veggie and fruit intake, but it's going to be a slow process. Where do these stubborn children come from???

This never happens...

I don't even recall where we went after dropping Leah off at school on this particular morning, but at 10:30am when I pulled into the drive way and looked back they were both out like a light.

The previous week, Grant turned the big 1-8...months that is.

Why these children are in such a hurry to grow up is beyond me?

We took him to his 18 month check up and this is what we found out...

He is a tall, skinny, big headed kid. Sounds about right for our children.

Grant is such a blessing to our lives.

At 18 months old he loves to: clean, eat, dance, run, laugh, give kisses (with an occasional "love bite"), take baths, quack like a duck, repeat anything and everything you say, throw away his own diapers (while saying "pew-wee"), wear Mommy's sun glasses, go "ousiiiide" (outside), go up and down stairs, play with the big kids, play peek-a-boo, climb up into his brother's loft bed, and draw/color.

His nicknames include, but are not limited to: Munchkey and Boo-boo

His favorite foods are yogurt and bread (of any kind).

We love you little Munchkey!

(now please stop growing up so fast!!!)

Okay, I digress, now onto the rest of our week.

What in the world would we do without Little Tykes???

This smile is what I look forward to every single morning. Be still my heart!!!

We took the kiddos to Parents Night Out at church on Friday. Dinner and a movie are always a welcome treat for Mommy and Daddy, and the kiddos have an equally fab time. It's a win/win!!! When we arrived to pick up Grant he came running over to the door with a huge grin on his face shouting "Hiiiiieeeee!!! Hiiiieeee!!!" It was the BEST!

How adorable is he in his jammies dragging around his blankie?!?!

The weekend proved to be a really nice relaxing, with just the perfect amount of fun, kind of weekend.

First up, we had to go get our annual supply of freshly roasted Hatch Green Chiles at a local greenhouse.

They send a big truck down to Hatch, NM every year and bring them back and they will roast them right there in the parking lot for you. We bring our half a bushel of roasted green chiles home, put 2-3 in baggies, and freeze them to use all year long. Green Chiles are definitely one thing we miss about living in New Mexico.