We started this week by celebrating our pup Brutus’ first birthday! Wow, how can it be that he is already one. He’s been a part of our family for 9 months already and in that time he has grown immensely! We were able to get him to wear a party hat for a short bit and snap some pics. He also had a cupcake and we gave him a huge rope toy which lasted all of a couple hours before he had it torn to shreds. His teeth are sharp! He was sick a couple days later from eating too much rope, ugh! We’ve found thus far that the only toy he isn’t able to destroy are the large jolly balls we got awhile back at Costco.  It’s that time of year – apple art!
And it was unseasonably warm, so much so that the water toys made one last appearance. Griffin, Sam, Cole, and Cooper enjoyed some sunny afternoon play this week. Reid, he wasn’t a fan though the water was cool I’m sure. He can’t always be all smiles, lol.  He is still loving his paci and ripping it out of his mouth. He hangs on to it and puts it in and out of his mouth, but he tends to bite and chew on it more than actually put it in his mouth correctly and suck on it.  I love how he always holds on to my hand.  Griffin had his yearly eye exam this week too. He did really well at this machine, which takes a picture of his eye. And his eyes are looking great – he was able to read the letters on the wall without any issues. My appointment was at the same time also though my prescription has changed, for the better in my right eye. I’m glad to know why my vision has been so blurry. It turns out my right eye needs a 1/2 power less, hence the focus issues I’ve been having!  Griffin has really been enjoying soccer and he’s been super happy that Kevin has been able to make it to a couple of his lessons. He always enjoys having Daddy out on the field for Sharks and Minnows before or after class. Kevin is the Shark who tries to take down the minnows (kids) by kicking the ball and hitting them with it. If you’re struck with the ball you have to lay down and the only way you can get up is for someone to jump over you.  There is another Griffin is his class, who also has a younger brother, and each week after class they love to stay after and play a good game running from Kevin.  Griffin continues to have fun at preschool. I enjoy looking at his papers and how he’s coloring, cutting, counting, and writing numbers and letters. He’s very particular with his coloring, often choosing several colors in small spaces and really staying within the lines!This week at Millcreek an aviation company has used our property as a home base for their trailers, supplies, and helicopter landing area. They are replacing the spacers within the wires over several thousand miles. In the end they will replaces 22,000 of them! They are only in our area for a short time, it takes about and hour to replace the spacers between two towers. You should see this in action – the guy holds out something that creates a big blue bolt and zap of electricity and hooks it to the wire.  They he works quickly to take off the old spacer and put on the new spacer, all while the helicopter pilot hovers in place.  It’s a sight to see!  
On Friday evening we attended Griffin’s last NPCA Fun Fest! He enjoyed a night of playing games and eating hot dogs and ice cream. I can’t believe this is his third and final year of pre-school.  And here are a few others from the week.  My first Pumpkin Spice Latte of the season – hard to believe it is that time of year.  Kevin treated me to this one when he brought it home to me when he returned from running some errands. I was able to rock Reid to sleep while enjoying a sweet treat!