grantigus lately

Interspersed with some pictures from last Saturday's soccer game is a little update on our little man. Round 2 of soccer has been great for him. He is playing with a handful of the boys he played with last time, but now they are renamed the Power Stars. He is getting more and more confident, and has even scored a couple of goals. The boy has a smile on his face each and every time he kicks the ball.

He really enjoys preschool. Most days. He writes his own name and tries to spell other words. He will bring me papers full of letters which are actually the first letters of individual words in a whole paragraph. Grant still loves doing projects with Grace - they busy themselves with the art cabinet on a daily basis.

Grant is a great buddy in the mornings before preschool. He occasionally whines about running errands, going visiting teaching, and the other things I drag him around to. But he wants to be good. He is amazingly well behaved during my weekly presidency meeting - hoping Eden will start following his example there. Grant is a great little cleaner when he is in the mood for it. Also, and this still amazes me, he loves to watch cartoons and play Wii, but for only so long. He will watch/play for a little while and then turn the tele off and find something else to do. 

We did a month of swim lessons to prepare for pool season. The first lesson was a little rough. But by the last lessons he was being brave and happy with the new things being asked of him. He is still a little nervous in the deep by himself, but the summer is off to a good start on the swim front I think. I really just want Grant confident and capable so that I can keep both eyes and arms available for Eden. That girl is going to be the death of me, but more on that later.

He still treats us to the occasional fit. Most of his grouchiness is manifested in non communication. But overall, his temperament is good. He starting to become a bit of a comedian. It sneaks up on us sometimes. The other day he fell into the pool. When he surfaced, I was ready for tears or at least some anger. But he stood up and said, "Are you kidding me? I just fell into the pool? Did you guys see that?" Cue crazy Grant laughter.