It has been such a long time since I've posted anything...I thought I would just post some amusing stories and things the boys have said and done recently. One afternoon I was cleaning out Jackson's shirt drawer, pulling out the shirts he has outgrown or never wears. Grant was watching me and said, "Are you saving those for Harrison?" I said yes, and Jackson added, "And the new baby!" I said, "We aren't having a new baby." Grant said, "You don't know that, Mom. Only God decides that." I said, "Okay, well, I'm not planning on having any more babies." Then I look up and see Jackson, head bowed, eyes closed, whispering, "Dear God, please help Mommy to have another baby." Then he looks up, smiles and says, "Amen!"
Two days ago, I cleaned out from under Grant's bed, finding lots of small toys, trash, etc. A little while later, Jackson was looking under there to see what he could find and came up with an eraser. I said, "Thanks, Jackson." He said, "I'm your hero, Mama." Who knew my hero would be a four year old whose favorite outfit consists of an orange shirt, red shorts and dinosaur rainboots?
Grant is doing so well in Kindergarten this year. He is the only Kindergarten student in the Challenge program, and he lives for Tuesday afternoons when he can go and spend an entire afternoon learning about China or Australia or Japan. He loves that one-on-one time with his amazing teacher. He is bringing home second and third grade level chapter books and reading like a pro! He's lost 4 teeth, two on the bottom, and two on the top. The first three he lost at school, one in the library and two in the classroom. The last one he lost at Dan's parents house when we were on vacation over Spring Break. It was one of those top front teeth and it was barely hanging on. I was teasing him about something and tickled him under his chin. As I was pulling my hand away, he was pulling away from me and putting his head down and - my hand caught that tooth and knocked it right out! It was crazy! But the really crazy part? Dan wasn't with us yet, so I had Grant call him to tell him about it. He said, "Daddy! I lost my tooth! Mommy knocked it out when she was slappin' me 'cross my face!" :)
My little sweet Harrison is turning out to be quite a handful. He is also a bit of a bully, but he comes by that honestly. He does have two big brothers who are constantly teaching him that he has to stand up for himself, so that's exactly what he does! He is so sweet though, very loving and cuddly. But he does know what he doesn't want and he's not afraid to tell you. He doesn't talk much, but this week he finally learned to sign "more" and he said "psss" for please. He can also say "mama" and "dada." He mostly says "dada" though. He's all about daddy. He understands so much! I have a feeling when he finally does start talking, he won't stop for YEARS. He also only has two teeth, which he finally cut at 14.5 months. He is now almost 17 months and has yet to cut any more. I think he's working on those two top front ones right now. They seem to be close to coming through.
