First Day of School

As some of you know, Grant has been struggling with his speech. He has a very large vocabulary, but has a hard time putting words together in sentences. We had his speech assessed in February. I met with the speech therapist this past Friday and she informed me that Grant would be starting his class this week! He now goes to school Mondays and Wednesdays for an hour and a half each time. The class consists of other 3-year-olds who have the same struggles with speech. I'm so excited that he will have help, but it was a very difficult thing for me to drop him off this morning. Fortunately, I was able to hold back the tears until I was almost back to the car. I had planned on having him home with me until he went to pre-school in a year and a half. Nate reminds me that he's only gone 3 hours a week, but it's still a big step for us. I'm praying that he loves his class and his speech will blossom in that environment.

You're sending me WHERE???

Welcome to Chez Grant

Chez Grant is now open for business! He makes a mean bowl of broccoli... (Thanks, Aunt E, for the cool apron!) I know a kitchen is typically thought of as a "girl toy," but why? Grant loves to help me in the kitchen and now loves to create things for us in his kitchen.

New Chalkboard

I've been wanting to get Grant an easel from Ikea for a while now, so this week we picked one up. It has a chalkboard on one side and a dry erase board on the other. Lots of fun for $15! Of course, we had to draw the solar system right away. Take a look at Grant's great space shuttle!!

Learning about the Universe

Looking at a comet in the telescope and then in the book. "Look, Mommy, same!"

Playing in the Rain

It was raining this weekend and Grant had the best time splashing in the puddles.



After losing the water-drenched jeans, Grant got nice and toasty by the fire.

The Latest

I haven't been taking many pictures lately and need to get back to it! Right now Grant is really into astronomy. Nate took him out one day when I was sick and let him watch the Galileo Baby Einstein video in the car. I hadn't played those videos for him in a long time since I thought he was too old for them. How wrong I was! Grant LOVED the video and wanted to see more "Earf" (earth). From the video he learned about Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, the moon, space, and galaxies. He's so excited about it and wants to talk about it all the time. This weekend we went to Barnes and Noble and picked out a DK book on space. It's been really educational for Nate and me as well as Grant. I was reading to him tonight and turned the page and was wondering what it was about. Grant said, "Galaxies!" and was, of course, right. It's really fun to see him so excited about things lately and to get to hear his reactions. Nate showed him a video the other night about space and he said, "Wow, amazing Mama." It truly is amazing to learn about God's creation all over again, this time through fresh eyes.

Fun at the Park with Emma

We got to go play at the park with Emma and Lola today. It had been a LONG time since we'd seen them and it was so great to catch up. Grant got to share his new trucks and Emma learned how to climb up the jungle gym by herself and slide down!

Oops

Good thing Nate put all those pillows there. Makes it pretty nice to fall out of bed.

I Love This Little Guy!

I was trying to take pictures of something in the house the other day and this little face kept popping up in front of the camera saying, "CHEESE!" Such a cute little munchkin.

The Zoo

We got to go to the zoo over Christmas break with Aunie Jill, Jer Jer, Kegan, and Timmy. It was so much fun!

Grant LOVES his cousins!

Crazy kids!

New Stuff

I've been making barrettes for a while now, but I've more recently started making flower hair clips and am now selling them online at http://www.joyfulblooms.etsy.com/. I'm addicted! Here are a few examples:

Merry Christmas!

So excited!

Checking out his new telescope from Auntie Crystie and Uncle Sead. He LOVES the moon and was really excited to be able to see it through the telescope.

Christmas Eve

Gramma and Papa Prince sent Grant a cool pirate ship! We decided that he could open it as his special Christmas Eve gift.

Wow!

It came with a few pirates to man the ship.

It was almost big enough to hold Grant. We brought in a step stool for him to reach the top.

Thanks, Gramma and Papa! I love it!

Glittercones

Today's project was making glittery pinecones out of our treasures we found outside. It was lots of fun. Now my house sparkles...just not for the right reasons.

Gingerbread

We tried our hands at gingerbread structures this year. It was a lot of fun, but I learned that I shouldn't go into the food decorating business. I have no patience for it. It's so much harder than it looks!

Multi-Talented

He learned this particular trick from his father. Moms don't come up with things quite like Dads do.

Driving Lessons

Grant loves to "drive" my car in and out of the garage. Nate let him help once and now Grant thinks it's his job. Any time I mention that I'm going to move my car, he goes and finds his shoes and is ready to roll. It's quite tricky steering with his "help" but he couldn't be happier.

Shaving

I finally found a play shaving set for Grant so now he can safely shave with his dad. The only glitch was the shaving cream brush that came with the set. Grant rubs it on his face and says "face powder."

Random

This is what I found the other night...