Monkey Business

If you ask our two-year old son, Grant, "What are you going to be for Halloween?" He answers proudly, "A munkee." If you ask him what does a "munkee" say, he will respond by singing the "The Monkey Dance" song by the Wiggles (http://music.msn.com/playlist?playlist=fb001f00-7e73-0000-0000-000000000000#). I just tried to click on that crazy looking email address and well, it takes you to the site that you can sample "The Monkey Dance" song and hear the song we sing. It is so cute to hear Gman sing it. He is super excited about being a "munkee." Scott and I took some pictures of him in his costume and must share.

Pickin' His Pumpkin

He carried the pumpkin to the wagon and threw it in as hard as he could!

Grant told us, "Dis one"

Pumpkin Patch Festival

We went to a Pumpkin Patch Festival on Saturday. We were so excited to see our good friends, Ryan, Kara and their two beautiful children; Natalie and Matthew. Well, we saw so many pumpkins, it was unreal. Grant picked out his own pumpkin and was a good boy posing for his picture. Scott and I would say, "Grant look at the camera and smile." His reply, "Cheese." The problem with digital photos is that there is a delay (well, at least on my camera and I cannot figure out how to remove it), so you have to be quick. Thank goodness you can delete the unwanted ones (although it is so hard for me to do that).

Anyway, Grant took some pictures and enjoyed some freshly squeezed orange juice. However, I think he was most excited about going down the big slide and riding in the wagon. He really liked both of these things. He was excited to see Natalie, but by the time we finally made it to the festival, I think Natalie and Matthew were on fumes. They had been there for at least an hour before us and live about 45 minutes away. So, needless to say we didn't get to visit as long as we had hoped for, but something is better than nothing!!

Happy Harvesting!!

Did I tell you we had three boys last weekend?

We had three boys last weekend; Grant, Camden and Mason. It was fun! Camden is 8 and Mason is 5 and of course Gman is 2. We went to a birthday party for my friend's daughter who turned one!! Happy Birthday, Kimberly! Then Scott took Camden and Mason to a movie. They came back with pizza for all of us. Grant went to bed right after the banana splits. Camden, Mason and I finger painted and watercolored. They fell asleep to Die Hard which is a great action-packed movie (back in the day).

The next morning Chef Graf (aka Scott) made everyone pancakes. Grant and I went to church (where Grant insists on making his self known to the entire congregation). When we came home we hung out for a little while and had to take the boys to their house after that...we were sad to see them leave. Grant still talks about "Camen" and "Maason." We can't wait to see them again!

INFORMATION

Yes, we have been doing stuff, but our computer has been on the brink. About two weeks ago, we had our computer professionally seen...one might say, "it went to the doctor." Well, then a certain someone (who is two years old) decided to press the "reset" button on/off who knows how many times...before Scott caught him. Mind you, Scott went into the other room to grab the phone (which was me calling to say I was on my way home) and by the time he walked to the computer room...he caught Gman pushing the button. Well, needless to say our computer crashed and thankfully our computer person fixed it without too much money spent. The most important part is that he was able to recover all of our saved files and transfer them onto a new hard drive. By the way, if I sound uneducated on any of my technical talk...well, that's because I am, you should get the idea. Bottomline, our computer crashed and is now fixed. However, I have grades due in a couple of days, so it might be after the weekend before I update.

A Few Firsts...

Yes, of course Grant still has his "firsts." So, the past three days, I have witnessed three "firsts!!"

Friday, October 6, 2006:
I witnessed Grant receive a piece of a fruit roll-up from Lisa ("Eeesa") and he said, "thank you" without me instructing him to do so. Yes, the boy has manners...well, at least for that one moment!

Saturday, October 7, 2006:
I witnessed Grant potty in the "big potty!!" Yes, I helped him and yes, most of it ended up on the seat...but he did it nonetheless. He even told me that he was a "big boy" for using the potty. Now, don't kid yourself, he didn't want to and I had to coax him into doing it because he could get to wash his hands afterward. He loves to play in the soap and water.

Sunday, October 8, 2006:
He totally loves to knock over his bucket of blocks. I think it is for two obvious reasons...it makes a mess and it makes a lot of noise. These two reasons make everything fun in Grant's life. Anyway, he did that today and I had him help me put them back in the bucket. The boy knows at least red and blue. I say this because I asked him to put all of the blue blocks away first and he did!!! All of them. He even saw one that was across the room and he got up to get it before starting on our next color RED!! Well, as for the yellow and green...purple and orange are not too far off, right?

Yeah, Scott leaves for a weekend and see what I got...a few firsts! Of course, when Grant does these things in front of Scott for the first time...then, they will be a "first" for him!! I would have included some photos but the camera is on vacation with Scott. Take care

A Funeral/Flush for a Friend?

Long story short, the gold fantail "Wiggle" fish was lying on his/her back this morning. Grant told me that the "fishie sleeping." Yeah, I agreed with him and then took the fish for "the big swimming pool in the drain." We gave him/her the royal flush and purchased another tonight. So, upon the new purchase, Grant decided to rename both fish. We now have "Murray" and "Wags." Yes, both characters from the Wiggles. Let's see if he renames them tomorrow. Seriously, I am going to encourage him to do so because I think it is so FUNNY!! I am laughing right now just thinking about it.

Granma, Grandpa, and Grant went to the park today.

Grant told me about driving a car at the park...and he did!

Gotta take a break, this is a comfy...goat??

It makes you feel sorry for the goat. This is what Grant does to our dogs (daily)!

Lemme See!!!

Which one of these things does not look like the others?

Granma, Scott and Gman went to the Fair!

What's a Wiggle?

I forgot to tell Scott that Grant named both fish "Wiggle." It was funny, when I called to check in on the boys today. I explained the fish were named "Wiggle." Scott said everything made sense now because Grant kept saying, "That's a Wiggle and another Wiggle. Yeah. Wiggle and another Wiggle." Scott kept thinking he wanted to watch his show, but he had them playing. He said it all made sense because he was on his tippietoes trying to see the fish (we have them on the breakfast bar).

When I came home today, Grant said, "I bad boy." I asked him, "Why?" He said again, "I bad boy, yeah, bad boy." So, I told him that he was a "good boy." He kept saying, "No Mommy, I bad boy." It turns out he decided to get out some DVD's today and place them in the VCR slot. I don't think I have to go any further with the fact that he ruined about 15 DVDs and broke one in front of Scott. So, Scott told him that was bad and he was a bad boy. So, he proudly chanted this around the house today. First thing he said when he saw me was "I bad boy."

Later on, we went to see Granma and he told her that he was a "good boy, but bad news." Too cute, huh?? They pick up things so quickly. We got a laugh out of it.

Wiggle and Wiggle

Tonight, Grant and I went to our local Wal-Mart in search of some items of necessity. You know our typical trip to a store. We have a list of six items and somehow end up with about 20. Yikes! Well, we decided to visit the "fishies." Grant has a tank, but his fish had died after having him for about two weeks (this was before summer). So, it was time. We both felt we needed some fishies. Plus, we had an empty tank in the garage on a self. We couldn't let it sit empty any longer.

Grant couldn't make up his mind, so I picked out two fantail goldfish. One was gold in color and the other calico. So, we were excited that they survived the trip home (especially since we had to stop at the post office and I couldn't leave them in the car...I wished you could have seen the look on people's faces when we walked in with a bag of goldfish...priceless). Sorry, I digress.

Well, once we got home and made the tank all comfy. We put the two fish in and I asked Grant what are their names. He kept calling one of them Dorothy...you know like the fantail goldfish on Sesame Street...you know Elmo's best friend. Well, I thought for sure he would tell me that their names are Dorothy. He didn't. In fact, he didn't say anything until we were saying goodnight to them. I said, "that one is Dorothy and that one is Wiggles." I only thought of the second name because Grant's favorite show is "The Wiggles." Well, he corrected me by saying, "No, Mommy. That one is Wiggle and that one is Wiggle." I asked him if he was sure that he wanted to name them both Wiggle...he agreed. So, we have two fishies, both of whom share the name, "Wiggle." Cute, huh??

Grant driving the Bire Tuck (I mean Fire Truck)!

Grant on his pony ride!

Jennifer, Socorro, Audrey, Mel, and Grant at the Fair...in a barn?

Scott and Gman at the Fair!

Scott and Grant feeding a cute goat!!

Grant on his John Deer!

Grant, Socorro and Audry at the Fair

Fair Fun 2006!!

Well, we went to the fair. Actually, Grant, Scott and Granma went to the Fair on Friday. Mommy, Daddy and Grant went to the fair today. I will try to post some of the pictures from Friday at a later date (as I have to get them from Granma). I've heard she got some good ones of Grant sitting on the goats!

Today, we met some friends of ours at the fair and their two, little girls. We started out at the animals and worked our way over to a Children's exhibit before heading to the indoor exhibits (where you can buy everything under the moon...which I showed great self-control and purchased NOTHING!!...it was too crowded or else I would have given in).

Grant, Socorro and Audry seemed to really love the animals. They saw cows (even being milked), goats, bunnies (of every shape and color and size), chickens, ducks, roosters, llamas, a zorse (cross between a zebra and horse), a zonkey (cross between zebra and donkey), horses, etc. One of the best parts of today was "The Great American Horse Ride." Yeah, this is a fancy name for a pony ride. Grant loved it!!! Socorro loved it so much, she immediately wanted back on (who can blame her).

We ended up going to an indoor exhibit and Grant wanted two things: "choo choo train and bire tuck." That would be the train set on a table and the fire truck exhibit. We went to an outdoor train exhibit. It was so neat. It was probably the largest model train exhibit I have ever seen. Those things are so cool and have so much detail.

By the time we made it to the exhibit halls with all the merchandise, I was too tired to shop or deal with the crowds. Oh, did I mention it was the last day of the fair. Yeah, that could have had something to do with it. Oh, well!! We had a blast. Enjoy the photos!