BOO!

Grant's 2nd Halloween was a HUGE success! He started off the day with a Halloween party at daycare which did not go so smoothly. He did stop screaming long enough to run up to the witch to grab his goody bag though! On to stop #2-the bank. We went to visit Nana at the bank and to trick or treat there since it wasn't dark enough to go outside yet. This was so much fun as everyone had goodies at their desks. We then met Papa up at Great-Grandma Bea's to stop in with some Halloween cheer. After a quick pit stop at Nana/Papa's house, we headed home to do some real trick-or-treating. My best friend, Michele, and her daughter, Alivia, came over to do the honors with Grant. He caught on very quick....3 knocks, trick or treat, grab the candy, thank you and off to the next house. He really did enjoy every minute of it!!! We got a few pics of our spider in action! Happy Halloween!

Fall Events

Lets see....where do I begin?? we have had a rather busy past couple of weeks. Grant has been to 2 different pumpkin patches. Once with his friend Brooklyn and once with his Nana and Uncle Jay. They have been very fun to say the least as he loves to be outside. We also had a hayride yesterday at Peyton's (a little girl from daycare) grandparents house. All the kiddos from daycare were there. Mike was out of town but my parents got to go with us. They roasted hot dogs over a big bon fire, went on a hayride, fed goats at the neighbors house. It was a blast. We then got home and had our 4th annual pumpkin carving party at the neighbors house. Grant did some coloring while mommy was carving away. He did not think highly of the yucky mess that is inside of the pumpkins, but got a rather big kick out them after they were carved.

He has a halloween party at Noma's on Wednesday then we are off for some trick-or-treating in the neighborhood. Hope everyone enjoys the scary night!!! I know we will!!!

Lions and tigers and bears, OH MY....

We had an EXTREMELY busy day today! It started with our final swim lesson class at 900, which we "passed" with flying colors. Imagine passing something because you can blow bubbles!! Then it was home to motor around out back in the 85 degree weather with Daddy! Naps and then off to Grant's first Halloween party. We were greeted at the door by my best friend's daughter, who Grant LOVES....but not today, because she is dressed at a cat which scared Grant to death. We got him dressed up in his spider costume, which he kept on for all of 15 minutes, because it felt like summer outside. Once he got used to everyone being dressed it up, it was better. No pictures though, Grant has decided over the past few months that if a camera is pointed at him, lightning is going to shoot out of it! He did color pumpkins, play with balloons and get lots of good treats!! We are off to the zoo tomorrow to enjoy what I believe will be the last nice day of the year.

Swimming, swimming, just keep swimming

This morning Mike was able to attend swim lessons with Grant for the first time (thanks to his wonderful schedule!). This allowed me to take some pictures of the boys in the pool. Grant was MUCH more at ease in the water with Mike there, no tears-all laughing and splashing. His swim lessons last 30 minutes. His class has about 9 kids aging from 6 months to 4 years. We are learning to float on our backs, blow bubbles in the water, go under water and ice cream scoop (what the instructor calls dog paddling). We have 2 more sessions left and then I have signed Grant up for another session at a different facility starting in November. It will run for 5 weeks and we go twice a week. Should be fun. Mike and I went to the Northwest Pitt State game today for a few hours of tailgating. Grant stayed with Nana and Papa while we enjoyed some beverages with friends we only get to see every so often! Tomorrow we are heading to the pumpkin patch so more to come tomorrow! Love you!