Maine Maple Sunday With Family

Greetings To All,

Yes I do know that it has been a long long time since I have posted a blog - Shame on me and I do not have any excuse.

Today is Maine Maple Sunday and Mike and I joined Tiff, Dan and Petros along with Cheryl and Melissa, Gavin and Avery at Cooper's Farm in Windham for a pancake and bacon breakfast with, of course, tasty maple syrup. It was delicious. Petros sure was enjoying it immensely.

After breakfast we went to see animals. What fun. We saw cows (which Petros had no problem with picking up a handful of hay and feeding them) minature horses, pheasants, peacocks and an ostrich. All very interesting.
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Oh, and of course Grampy had to buy some real maple syrup. Mmmm Good! Just can't leave with out that.

We can't leave out the part where Grammy fell down and scraped up her knee walking back down the muddy hill, but Tiff came to my rescue. Thank You Tiff. The worst part is that I ripped the knee of my best jeans. That stinks! It made it all better when Petros called a few hours later to ask if my knee is all better. He is just too sweet and thoughtful. :)

All - in - all it was a very fun filled morning.

And for those of you who have expressed to me that they are having "Allie withdrawals" (that would be you Lorraine) here are some photos of that little cutie pie as well.

Enjoy all of the pics-

Until next time....

Mary

Grandparents First Christmas

Hello Again,

I must say that Mike and I had a wonderful Christmas. It was so much fun watching our grandchildren on their first Christmas with them.
Of course Allie, only being 7 months old, is just a bit young to realize just what was going on. But she was sure glad to see everyone and to be getting all of the attention. She is always happy to see her Auntie Tiff.
As for Petros, well he was just amazed with all of the presents and maybe a bit on overload, but having so much fun all of the same. Always a smile on that little boys face.

What a joy both of these children are.

Enjoy the pictures.

Until next time....

Mary

A Fun Weekend

Hello again,

We have had another lovely weekend here at the LeVasseur home.

Allie came to visit for the weekend and of course we had a fun filled couple of days with her.

Saturday she got to go and have a photo with Santa and she did a very good job. Her mother - AKA - My daughter conned me into taking her to get her ears pierced because she was too chicken to do it. I must admit, I almost chickened out as well. But we got through it with help from my good friend Kate. She held Allie while the deed was done. She seems to have forgotten all about it now - Just as smiley as ever.
We all went to a Christmas party at Danny & Cheryl's house Saturday evening which was a very good time. Petros was so very entertaining and showed us quite a nice dance. He is a very good little dancer. I know that I say it at every post, but this kid amazes me. We did a Yankee Swap and Tiff and Dan had explained that to Petros prior to the party and he wanted to participate. He chose a gift to buy which was a toy and it got opened by someone, then it was his turn and he chose to take the toy and have that person open another gift. All good right? Well his Nana got #1 so she got to pick last so she went up to him and pretended that she might like to take the toy and give him her candle, this child just looked at the toy that he so wanted and said, "okay" with a smile. Then of course Nana told him that she had changed her mind and his eyes lit up because he knew he got to keep his toy. He is just the best little boy. He keeps telling his parents that he wants a baby in the house. Well, Tiff is a natural she kept little Miss Allie quite happy all evening. Allie was tired and would get a bit fussy and along came Auntie Tiff to the rescue and guess who would get a smile on her face. Well both Auntie Tiff and Allie, but Allie sure wanted to be with her Auntie all evening that's for sure. :)
Enjoy the pictures.

Until next time....

Mary

Still Here in LA

Hello Again,

Yes, I know it has been quite a while since I have posted a blog. I wish that I could say that I have been busy but that is not the case. I have been lazy.

Our grandchildren are healthy, happy and growing like weeds. Would we have it any other way? No. They are absolute dreams to be around and we treasure every moment that we are around them.

Petros' adoption is final and he had his day in court (at the children's museum) to prove it. With a judge and the whole bit. He had a great time playing at the museum after the ceremony. He was all dressed up so handsome and quite the little star of the day.

He is quite the intelligent young man and amazes everyone everyday. Please check out Tiff & Dan's blog and view their well done montage in celebration of it being 6 months since the referral date.


Allie is now 6 months old more and more animated. She made a funny face when I was feeding her some fruit the other day and I laughed out loud at her and she looked at me and laughed right back at me. What a riot she has become. She is a very happy baby with a smile on her face a good part of the time. She absolutely loves to jump in her jump - n - go. She will jump in that thing for an hour or so at a time. I have to wonder if she gets leg aches?!
I can hardly wait to see both of these little ones together at Christmas. I know that Allie won't know what is going on but it will be our first Christmas with the both grandchildren and it's going to be a special one. :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
PENNY

Mike's mother's birthday is tomorrow and I just know that she is going to be 39 years young. :) Have a wonderful day Penny.

Until next time....

Mary

Happy Times

Hello Again,

Happy times have been many for me lately. I have been enjoying these two wonderful grandchildren immensely. They have brought such joy to our lives that words cannot even describe.

Petros is learning more and more English every second of every day that it amazes all of us. He is always coming up with some phrase that his parents do not expect him to say. He is such a handsome and loving little boy. He loves putting puzzles together and playing games and I just can't wait to see what he thinks of the snow. Just wait until he walks on it and he finds that it is slippery! Oh, he is going to have fun this winter, I just know it. :) I actually am looking forward to going sliding with him and hearing him squeal as we go down the hill. It just gives me the chance to be a great big kid again or let the kid in be loose. How fun will that be?!
Allie will be 5 months old tomorrow. Can you believe it?! She does not use the pacifier anymore - Oh no - She uses her thumb! Much better, you can't loose that. She is just such a happy little baby with a great disposition and learning more and more all of the time. She is growing like a weed and still no hair, but as beautiful as they come. :)
I have to say that we are blessed with two wonderful grandchildren and we are thrilled that they are both in our lives. They have both, already, brought so much joy, love and meaning to our lives that I cannot even begin to explain.

We love you Petros and Allie. XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

Until next time....

Mare

The Joy Of My Grandchildren

Hello Again,

Yes, I know that it has been awhile since I have posted a blog - I have been lazy.

We have been enjoying the grandchildren this weekend. We had Allie overnight on Friday and she was a good girl as usual and slept through the night. She likes to scream now just to hear herself scream - What a riot! She can roll from her belly to her back and she will plant her little feet down and arch her back. Needless to say you cannot leave her alone for a second now or she will roll off the bed or something else that you may not expect her to do.

In the picture below Allie was playing under her little jungle gym and very much enjoying it as you can see by the big grin.
We went down to visit Dan, Tiff and Petros today and may I say that Petros just amazes us more and more every time that we see him. We bought him a bicycle a few weeks ago with training wheels at a garage sale that was in GREAT condition. Well you would have thought that we gave that child a million dollars. Tiff tells us that that bicycle is the first thing that he asks for when he wakes up in the morning. One day they took him for 3 rides down the road on it and he would still tell them, "want more." I played "The Memory Game" with him today and he won!!! I did not go easy on him either. He is one smart and may I say handsome little boy. He has sure captured our hearts.

In this picture he is showing us that he has learned to wink. His Great Grammy LeVasseur taught him that.
In this picture he is showing us that he can give his baby cousin a bottle and she did fall fast asleep. He then politely asked me to take her. :)

Enjoy the pictures.


Until Next Time....


Mare

Weekend With Allie

Hello Again -

Well we had a weekend visitor - Allie. She spent the weekend with Grammy and Grampy. She was a very good girl as usual. She got to spend Saturday with Auntie Tiff, Uncle Dan and Cousin Petros and go to a barbeque and I picked her up after I finished work. She slept through the night on both nights. Let me tell you, she is a much better sleeper than her mother ever was. Ha! Ha! We enjoyed having her here very much and now it is very quiet here and we both miss her and are not liking the quiet. :(

Here are a few of the MANY pictures that I took of her.

Now we are just waiting for the time that we can keep Petros for a weekend (Yea Right!) How about just a few hours Mommy and Daddy? He just amazes me all of the time. Tiff told me that she carried Allie up the stairs on Saturday morning just as Petros was waking up and he looked up and said, "Hello Allie." He is such a smart little boy and just so full of energy. We just love him so much and I love to hear him tell me that he loves me. It just melts my heart.

Okay, time to fold laundry that I have been putting off all afternoon.

Until next time....

Mary