Mimi’s Visit Last Week & Other Fun Stuff

As you all know, Mimi (Brandon’s Mom) came to visit for Thanksgiving. She got in Friday the 19th and left Friday the 25th. We have not seen her since July so we were all very much anticipating her trip here. It was so nice having her here for the week. I can’t lie, the extra set of hands around the house, especially while Autumn was sick, was truly a blessing to me! I even got to get ready the other morning from start to finish with no kids running around screaming for my attention. Hooray!

Well, with the busyness of the season and a sick kid we really did not get out and do anything too over the top exciting. We celebrated my birthday, ran lots of errands, did lots of Thanksgiving grocery shopping, went to the mall play area, a short park outing, took Owen to school and so on. Nonetheless it was so nice to just be able to spend some quality time with Mimi. We are so blessed to have such amazing involved Grandparents in our kids lives. Thanks again so much for coming down Mimi, we miss you so much already! Here are some pictures from our week with Mimi…

Since Mimi is a 2nd grade teacher, she was dying to go with me to drop Owen off at school last Tuesday so she could see his new school. Owen had no problem showing her around and explaining step by step how the morning goes. Here is Owen waiting for school to start outside with his good friend Cora. These two love showing off what they brought for Show and Tell before school starts. Too cute!

Owen explained how he walks in his class and finds his name on the floor and puts it in the folder on the wall to take attendance.

Since I don’t really have pictures of him in his class room I was glad to have Mimi there to snap some fun memories!

In his class, each student has their very own journal that they work on throughout the entire school year. I took a peek in Owens and I was super impressed with how well his handwriting is. He is growing up way way way too fast!

Ms. Frances, Owen and his friend Amandamae.

 

Autumn’s favorite part of dropping brother off at school is sitting in the mini rocking chair in the library area. Little cutie!

While Owen was at school, Autumn and Mimi played baby dolls.

Throughout the week, there was lots of lovin…

lots of games played (yhatzee jr. was one of the favorites)….

and lots of yummy food was cooked (sweet potato sausage soup). I saved this recipe to try while Mini was here because she LOVES sweet potatoes! It was quite delish and so simple to make.

Brandon and Owen went out one afternoon to finish hanging up the outside Christmas lights so Autumn, Mimi and I stayed inside to play. Occasionally Owen would come up to the window in the play room to talk to Autumn. It was so cute, they were both cracking up!

One afternoon we decided to take the kids to the park. It looked warm out but once we got there it got pretty cold and windy. We didn’t stay long but the kids enjoyed the time outdoors while it lasted.

Now that is one very proud Mimi!!!

These two little monkey’s are so much fun! The had a blast showing off for Mimi!

Did I mention Brandon and I even got to sneak away for a nice date night? Thanks again Mimi for allowing us to have a nice evening to our self! Here we are all ready for a nice date. They have been few and far between lately.

We went to this really nice restaurant on the Santa Ana Golf Course called Prairie Star. Wow is all I can say! The food was absolutely amazing, hints the empty dessert plate, the atmosphere was beautiful and the prices were great too! We will definitely be going back there again I can tell you that for sure!

On Friday afternoon we all had to wipe away our tears and say goodbye to Mimi. I can not believe how fast the week went by. That night we went over to my parents to also say goodbye to my Aunt JoAnn and Uncle Bob who were heading back home to Nevada on Saturday morning. I hate goodbyes, they are always so hard.

Here is Owen having computer time at Nana and Pampos. He is obsessed with the computer. We really have to limit him or he’d be on it all day!

This little missy has to sit down with Nana every time we go over to look at her photo albums. She also enjoys dragging my purse all over the house and calls it her “backpack”. She is such a little stinker, look at that face she is giving me when I asked her to bring my purse back. Hahaha.

Two of my favorite new things with Autumn, 1) I can finally put her hair  in full pig tails (so so so adorable) and 2) She can finally say “cheese” and smile for the camera. She melts my heart!

And here we are on Sunday with a quite house and no more company. So so sad. Come back soon Mimi!

O yeah, and GO BRONCOS!!!!!!!

Have a great week!