Check out this cute and messy boy! Reid has been enjoying all kinds of foods. He loves to eat the “pouches” and picks up and plays with and sometimes eats some finger food. It’s the cutest thing when he really loves a flavor – he just hums and moans until you give him the next bite!

Kevin took Griffin by Tyler Run Elementary this weekend so he would feel a bit familiar with it before he and I went there for his kindergarten screening. When I started talking to him about going there to get ready for kindergarten he would just talk about how nervous he was.  “Um, I’m going to be nervous. What if I don’t know anyone.” So I explained to him that it will be a fun time playing “games” essentially and that in the beginning everyone is new and just like he did at NPCA he will make friends. He looks so happy in these photos and he really had  a great time on the playground.  Reid is in to any and everything. He can make his way around anywhere and is getting good at getting up into things, getting toys out, finding the door stops, slapping Brutus (we’re trying to teach him to be gentle!), and so on.  On Valentine’s Day we had a lovely heart-shaped pizza from Flyers :). Kevin gave me a lovely flower bouquet and a fun date night for the next night to go see Tenth Avenue North and Mercy Me. It was an awesome concert and we were in a bit of a hurry to get there, but we did have just enough time to grab a quick dinner at Hot Chicken Takeover in Clintonville. It’s been on our list for a long time! It was delish, as we knew it would be, and we went all out sampling all items on the menu 🙂

Griffin had waited weeks to open his Valentine gift from Grandma Beilstein – and first thing on Valentine’s Day morning he asked if he could open it up! It was an awesome hand made racoon lovie! And once Reid was awake he helped open his polar bear for him. Such a hit, thanks Grandma!

We spent some time this week putting together Griffin’s Valentine cards also. I’ve always been reminded of John 3:16, being that Griffin was born on 3/16, that’s always been one of my associations. When I saw this idea I so wanted to do it! Griffin signed his name to all 20 cards and put the chocolate hearts on each one.  With the Olympics going on, Griffin has really been liking watching all of the winter sports. He’s taken to going down the “ski jump” on his “skis” (parts of our blinds!). I just love his imagination and creativity.  I love when Finn does this kind of worksheet at school. It’s always fun to see how he answers questions 🙂   And this day he was so beat after he came in from playing outside in the cold. I had the olympics on and he was watching them. Next time I checked he was laying in a puddle of drool! He never naps anymore (unless he falls asleep on a long car ride) so this was quite a surprise! After church on Sunday we went to Aab India for a tasty Indian buffet. It was the first time we’d put Reid in a high chair in a restaurant. He did so great and really loved feeding himself mum mums.  And this guy loved eating a tasty spread of indian food!