Grantigus

First grade has been good for Grant. He is gaining confidence and has had several opportunities to stand up and stand out. I have received texts from two separate moms who were thanking Grant for being a good friend. He has stood up for kids that were being picked on or excluded at recess. This is a big deal for this boy who struggles to stand up for himself sometimes.

Grant was selected to play the part of the Beast in his class reader's theater production of Beauty and the Beast. He got to stay after class with his teacher to help build props and was uncharacteristically enthusiastic about the prospect of performing. It was a cute and simple production and I was filled with so much gratitude for wonderful teachers who go the extra mile.

We crowned February the month of Grant. He was taking swim lessons at the same indoor swim center that Grace was doing her conditioning for swim team. He was also finishing up Winter Basketball. And we signed him up in a different soccer league for the spring that began in the middle of the month. So he was swimming one night. At basketball practice one night. At soccer practice TWO nights. And then we had basketball and soccer games on Fridays and Saturdays. Piano lesson night was in there somewhere as well. With the end of the month (when we went on our cruise) basketball and swim lessons were over. I remember there were nights that I got Eden and Jeffery into their PJs and let them choose a movie for the car. We then spent 2 hours just driving back and forth across town getting Grace and (mostly) Grant here and there. I don't recommend it!

Basketball was a good experience for Grant. He is so timid by nature. The boys he played with and against were pretty aggressive and Grant rose to the challenge.

His sweet teacher came to a couple of his games.

The first grade hosted a lovely mother's day event. They gave us a little presentation in the classroom and we did a craft together. Then we moved into the cafeteria where all the first graders serenaded the room of teary-eyed mamas.

Grant is a lover/connoisseur of cheeseburgers. There is a famous hamburger joint in Cypress called The Shack just a few miles from our house. We lived there for over a year before trying it. The place is amazing. The menu has hamburgers in just about every imaginable incarnation. Mac n cheese on your cheeseburger. A pizza on your cheeseburger. Two grilled cheese sandwiches for the bun of your cheeseburger... they pull it all off. Cori and Grant tried out the "six napkin." Grant's face below says it all.