Words

Grant is in speech therapy for an expressive speech delay. He is saying more and more words all the time thought which is so GREAT. Here are just some of the words our G-Man uses (they are not all super clear but it works for us).

1. Mom

2. Dad

3. Mamaw

4. Papaw

5. Bruce

6. Warner

7. Sorry

8. Ya

9. Libby

10. Drink

11. Juice

12. Milk

13. Hide

14. Car

15. Bubbles

16. Love you

17. Up

18. Poop

19. Here

20. Hi

21. Bee

22. Pop

I am sure there are more that I will remember later. He also signs "more", "eat", and "all done".

Way to go Grant!

Wanna Play?

After naps today we told Jack we needed to run to Kohls and to one furniture store. Jack HATES to go shopping so he reaction to us was not a good one. He asked if he could call Mamaw and Pawp and see if they would come over. He called and asked his Pawp. He said, "Pawp, Mommy and Daddy have to go to the store and I was wanted to see if you could come over and play?" Good news, they wanted to come over and play and by coming over to play that means driving 45 minutes and getting around the Hwy 40 shutdown. So thanks Mamaw and Pawp the boys had fun and so did Brian and I. Thanks also for the dark chocolates on my nightstand.

This is a picture from earlier this year of playing with Pawp. They play with Mamaw also but I could not find a picture.

Pool Hero

We live in a wind tunnel. Our back yard is hit the most! This past month alone the wind knocked over our grill and it caught on fire, melting one side of it and the wind knocked our umbrella over causing the table made of glass to break into a million pieces. About 4:30 this morning I heard a storm and like normal ran to look in the backyard to survey the damage and our blow up pool was gone...it had blown away! I was so mad I went driving around looking for it at 4:30 in the morning. The pool even had water in it to weight it down because we know about the wind. I guess it did not have enough water in it. When Jack got up I told him about the pool and he was just as upset as I was. We were so bummed. Then I went to the garage get a drink from the fridge and imagine my surprise when the pool was sitting in the garage. Our pool hero took his morning running as a mission to find our pool. He found it about a block away and it was in good condition still and he carried it home. The weather guy says storms for the next few days so I think we will leave the pool in the garage. Can you image going someplace in the middle of the night and seeing our pool flying down the street (kinda a funny picture).

Anyway...thanks Daddy for saving the pool.

Wednesday Evening

Wednesday evenings are pretty busy around here. Grant has speech therapy and Jack has T-Ball practice. Then just for fun we added swim lessons in for Jack as well. We all got home around 7 and after eating went outside to play. I got the hose out to water some new grass that is growing and we had a little fun with the hose. I like these kind of summer nights!

Priceless

Swim Suit: $20.00

Swim Lessons $10.00

Getting This Great of a Pic out of Jack: Priceless

Jack swam across the pool yesterday at swim lessons...Way to Go Jack!

Something Missing?

Jack lost his third tooth this evening. It is the first tooth though that we have found after he lost. The first two were lost in the night or possibly in a piece of pizza. He put it in a bag under his pillow for the tooth fairy.

Kid Journal

When Jack was three I started writing down things he said so that I will always remember them. I thought I would put them on here from time to time because they are quite amusing. I am just starting to write down what Grant says/does because he is just reaching that age. Here are just a few...

1. You are never alone - Jesus is always with and usually so are mommy and daddy (Jack age 3)

2. At the age of 4 Jack saw a dead bunny on the road which lead to quite the discussion about death, heaven, new bodies etc. When I told Jack that it is okay the bunny was now in heaven he quickly pointed out that no it wasn't (pointing) it was right there. The next night on a walk he yells to 2 bunnies in a yard "Hey don't run in the street." Then at prayers on the same night he thanks Jesus that the bunny is now in heaven digging holes, running around with all the other bunnies who are DEAD!

3. Age 4 - On my birthday I asked Jack for a hug and kiss and he just said, "Why can't you just want a cake?"

4. Age 5:
Me: I love you Jack
Jack: I love you more Mom
Me: I will love you even when you are 14 and you don't like me
Jack: YOur joken me mom, I will love you and like you when I am 14
I am holding him to this one!

Tagged

Erin tagged me...

3 joys: "my boys", running, my friends
3 fears: something happening to me and not being around for my kids, flying, bridges
3 goals: to always work at being a better mom, friend, and wife
3 current obsessions/collections: i am not sure i have three because i HATE to collect things but I am kinda into this blog thing as it will provide a journal for myself and family years from now
3 random/suprising facts about myself: I have always wanted to foster/adopt when we are done having kids, i like kids more than i like most adults, i wish i had the guts to make my hair its natural color because i am tired of maintaining the color it is

T-Ball

Jack had T-Ball on Saturday. He did a great job! Grant can't wait to join in on the fun!

Ice Cream

I scream you scream we all scream for ice cream!

Mizzou Trip

Jack loves football. A dream come true for him would be to travel the United States and just tour different football fields (high school - college - NFL). So on Thursday when we met up with Bob in Columbia to give him Jett for the wedding we thought we should try and tour Mizzou's football field and locker rooms. I called Mizzou on Monday to inquire about tours, I just kept asking and they kept transferring me to different people. I finally spoke with a man by the name of Bob Stanley who said he was the director of maintaince and sure he would give us our own personal tour. Mr. Stanley let us run on field, see the locker rooms, and tour all parts of the training rooms. Jack asked a lot of questions and had a blast. As a mom I found myself tearing up throughout the entire tour because my little boy was in heaven. Jack dreams of being a Jaguar, then a Tiger, then a Ram. Who knows maybe someday (much to soon) my football boy will be at Mizzou and Brian and I will be driving down to watch him play. I pray he never loses his love for this sport, it is so genuine.

Zoo Trip

We went to the zoo on Wednesday. It was fun and we even got to see the new baby giraffe.

Brian

This is Brian. He works ALOT! We are so grateful that he loves us so much and puts up with me. He is an asst. principal at a brand new high school and the stories he comes home with always amaze me. He cares a great deal about kids and I am always touched by how much he does for them. He is a great dad to Jack and Grant.

Brian's Top 10

1. He keeps me sane and rational (if I would just learn to talk to him first).

2. He is convinced I will one day wash his clothes before he even takes them off.

3. He dreams of owning a big screen tv and new couches.

4. He can be heard often saying "Has anyone seen my wallet?"

5. His favorite animal at the zoo is the orgatun (yes I spelled that the way I wanted to).

6. He does not find me nearly has funny as I find myself.

7. When watching a movie with me he gets annoyed with all my questions.

8. He supports me in everything I do (running, motherhood, being a principal, going back to teaching, shopping, and just being me) Trust me when I say just being me and putting up with that is a full time job within itself.

9. He asks me not to cook the good meat in the freezer because he knows Martha Stewart does not live at our house nor would she come for a visit.

10. He is a great dad and husband. My boys could not be more blessed. Through all of it, he is present and I hope he knows I am his biggest fan.

Football Boy

This is Jack. He loves everything that has to do with sports but his true love is Football. He watches sports center instead of cartoons, will watch old games over and over, and has the highlight films from West High School memorized. He understands the game more than I do...alot more than I do. Jack will be starting kindergarten this fall but really can't wait until he turns seven because that is when he can start playing the game he loves. He wants to play for the Jaguars in high school, then Mizzou, and then the Rams. He is currently practicing his tackling skills on the G-Man. I am often heard saying "get off your brother."

Jack is also a talker. He has more questions than I have answers and told my sister once that he talks because he has a mouth. He is always STARVING and we have started saving so we can feed him in highschool. We love everything about him.

He may look innocent...

This is our G-Man or our G-Monstor as we love to call him. He can be so sweet, cuddly, and he is very playful. He is all boy though and keeps us on our toes. He loves to take the end of the broom and hit the water and ice lever on our fridge, he thinks it is funny to do cannonballs off the couch and at the zoo on Wednesday he thought it would be fun to throw his empty water bottle into the bear pit. The bears liked it as well. After they played with it for a while they came up and stood on their hind legs in front of us as if to ask for more water bottles. Oh Grant...you are so fun! Oh yeah and to add to the "boyishess" his favorite word is "poop"