{Visits from grandparents}

The beginning of autumn in Sioux Falls brought a visit from (nearly) all the grandparents and a major case of spoiled little boys!

Over Labor Day my parents were able to come out for the long weekend.  

We kicked off the month of September with an early birthday celebration for Calvin (who pretty much has the idea that his birthday now lasts the entire month- haha!)   He loved being spoiled by Grandma and Grandpa - including eating all of Grandma's banana bread - as much as his tiny body could handle!

We visited the kids museum which is one of our favorite places to go with the boys.

the "shadow" room

mind puzzles ... they kept grandma and grandpa busy!

Wesley like spinning the tops and actually got pretty good at it by the time grandma and grandpa finished their mind games!

wheelchair races

Grandma & Grandpa got them these bubble machines which were a huge hit!

Wesley's first day of pre-school!  Grandpa got to come in and see him off

We dragged them into our ward family feud night

Our Sunday walk around the outdoor campus trails... almost everyone enjoyed themselves the whole time! ;)

A few weeks later Grandpa Jim also came for a visit -  the boys really loved having him around (his visit was on Calvin's actual birthday- so of course more birthday parties for that little guy!)

We took Grandpa on a walk around Falls Park - one of our favorite places!  Calvin had "Barkley the Beaver" from his preschool since it was his birthday week.  He was quite pleased to take the beaver on all our adventures.

Grandpa also got to come to church with us!  He got to see Calvin's primary and part of Wesley's nursery for the singing time!

We finished off the week with Calvin's birthday party (again).  Grandpa even came to Calvin's pre-school and got to go into his class while we read Calvin's favorite book! 

We were pretty excited to have our grandparents visit - although we missed Grandma Marianne this time.  

Happy Birthday Calvin! :)